**A Simple yet Delicious Recipe: Stuffed Peppers with Rice and Meat**

This recipe is a classic dish that I grew up eating, and it's surprisingly easy to make. The beauty of this recipe lies in its simplicity, allowing you to customize it to your taste preferences. With just a few ingredients, you can create a flavorful and satisfying meal that's perfect for any occasion.

To start, heat a couple of tablespoons of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add your ground pork or sausage, breaking it up into smaller pieces with a wooden spoon as you go. This will help distribute the meat evenly and prevent it from forming clumps. Next, add your garlic, and sauté until fragrant. This is a great opportunity to add in any other aromatics you like, such as onions or herbs.

Add a pinch of salt to the mixture, which will not only enhance the flavor but also help to soften the meat. Now it's time for the dried herbs – onion powder, garlic salt, oregano, and chili flakes all get added to the pot, giving the dish a depth of flavor that's hard to resist. If you have fresh oregano, feel free to add it in as well; I personally love the way the dried herbs make this dish feel more homey.

Deglazing the pan with a splash of white wine will help to release any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet, adding an extra layer of flavor to the mixture. Once the wine has evaporated, add your Arborio rice and cook until it's lightly toasted. Next, pour in some chicken stock and a can of diced tomatoes – this is where things start to get really interesting.

Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 18 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through. This is the most important part of the recipe, as it allows the flavors to meld together and the rice to absorb all the deliciousness. Once the dish has finished cooking, let it rest for five minutes before stirring in some grated Parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of fresh basil.

Now that we have our filling ready, it's time to stuff our peppers! Simply slice off the tops of your favorite bell peppers and remove the seeds and membranes. Place them in a baking dish or cast-iron skillet, and fill each pepper with the rice mixture. Cover the dish with foil and bake at 375°F (190°C) for 10-15 minutes, or until the peppers are tender.

Once the peppers have cooked for a few minutes, remove the foil and sprinkle some extra Parmesan cheese on top. Return to the oven for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. And that's it! Your stuffed peppers are ready to be devoured.

The best part about this recipe is its flexibility. Feel free to customize it with your favorite ingredients – add some diced ham, cooked bacon, or chopped veggies to make it even more delicious. The possibilities are endless, and the result is a dish that's sure to please even the pickiest eaters.

As we wait for our peppers to finish baking, let's take a moment to appreciate the aroma wafting from the oven. It's a truly intoxicating scent – part pizza, part pasta bake, with a hint of spice and herbs thrown in for good measure. When it finally emerges from the oven, you'll be greeted by a dish that's both visually stunning and tantalizingly delicious.

The first bite is like a symphony of flavors on your taste buds – the crunch of the pepper shell giving way to the soft, fluffy rice filling. The meat adds a satisfying heft to the dish, while the Parmesan cheese provides a salty, nutty note that ties everything together. And let's not forget the basil and oregano, which add a bright, herbaceous flavor that cuts through all the richness.

If you're feeling adventurous, serve this with a simple green salad or some crusty bread for a meal that's sure to impress. But honestly, it's perfectly fine on its own – just grab a fork and dig in. This recipe is a true classic, and once you try it, you'll be hooked. So go ahead, give it a shot, and discover the joy of stuffed peppers with rice and meat!

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okay and people keep saying like do this do that so what i do my trick is usually i run under cold water if i'm being completely honest and i run my knife blade under cold water i'm a sensitive girl okay so it makes me cry don't judge me onions release some kind of chemical okay called synthase or i don't know what the hell anyways everyone reacts differently to it i'm a baby i'm a bigger baby than most of you guys obviously um i'm okay with that but thank you for all of your tips everyone has a different method and i appreciate that all right we're gonna roughly chop our garlic two cloves of garlic in here okay so we're add some basil in here too we've got everything here ready for our stuffed peppers we've got arborio rice so where does our boreal rice come from kids arborio italy where is that not sicily take a drink we're gonna cook our rice we're gonna put all this together back here and then stuff our peppers it literally couldn't be any simpler so a few tablespoons of oil in there okay this is getting nice and hot i'm gonna add my those guys as we go just softening this up so add some salt salt's gonna help it soften it's gonna help it release its moisture this is definitely one of those like kind of classic dishes i feel like that i grew up eating you can make this into your own though you could make it flavored however you want to literally you could take whatever you want and put it in here and it's going to be good and if it's not you'll leave yourself the blind not me if you follow this recipe though they'll be happy that'll be good we're gonna add our ground pork our sausage just break it up into smaller pieces with your wooden spoon as you go are you honestly not gonna play beat me karaoke beat me karaoke what song shall i play it's christmas in july beat me karaoke truly is just just the best that's how karaoke was invented okay my meat is beaten and karaoked out so i'm going to add my garlic right on in there and we're going to add in all of our herbs onion powder garlic salt oregano chili flakes okay so all of our dry herbs go on in there there's nothing better i mean yes there is something better than the smell of onion powder and garlic salt is real onions and garlic but i think that you're adding to that that kind of flavor in here you're enhancing a little bit by adding the dried stuff the chili flakes i think are not really nice dried oregano i'm also going to add in fresh basil if you have fresh oregano add in fresh i just kind of love that i don't know it just the dried herbs kind of really make it feel more homey to me i'm going to add in my white wine i'm just going to deglaze it a little bit it's going to make a nice flavor our wine has basically evaporated from here we are going to add in our arborio rice our short grain rice um we're going to add in some chicken stock and a can of diced tomatoes this is gonna come to a boil so the rice is raw everything right now it's gonna absorb we're gonna cook it for 18 minutes exactly and let it rest for five minutes before we stir in the parmesan cheese and the basil okay yo this tastes like pizza it's so good you could literally just eat this as is out of the pot it's delicious right now toss that with like you could toss this with like spaghetti almost like bolognese it's delicious we're gonna take it one step further though stuff it into our peppers it's gonna be good oh man that's good i've got my peppers here ready to roll i put them in this little cast iron you can put any baking dish you want you know me i've got a real hard on for those cast iron skillets couldn't be easier so we've got the parmesan cheese in there the basil all the rice oh my gosh oh yeah looking good don't worry i've been snacking on this cheese too oh what wait wait cheese isn't going on it yet people fair die okay i got a little carried away first i'm going to cover this with foil bake it for 10 or 15 minutes let the peppers cook a little bit then i'm going to take off the foil and add the cheese and bake it until the cheese is melted into the oven it goes 15 minutes away we go okay it's been 15 minutes we're gonna put the cheese on oh yeah oh yes we did it mac and cheese oops a little bit of mutts on top okay we got our cheese all over and i made a huge mess with all the cheese but it's okay we'll just eat it look at that it's gonna go into the oven back in another 10 minutes or so look at that just until the cheese melts okay holy hell look at these bad boys oh my god there's also a really good art workout okay it's eating time let's try this guy pepper is cooked nicely like open it all up oh man just look at this it's so good so freaking hot oh my gosh i'm gonna definitely burn my mouth just the way it goes in the cooking show that's so good it tastes like pizza this literally tastes like pizza and i think it kind of has all of my favorite things that you would put in the pizza the onion the red pepper the meat the cheese the parm the basil the oregano it's got all those things this is the kind of thing you like make have some friends over have a salad with this like keep it really simple for the recipe click the link below delicious youthe coffee has hit the coffee has hit i had a coffee in it never give me coffee don't need it but i like it welcome back to the cooking show in my apartment i'm faraday and today we're making one of my favorite kind of childhood dinners stuffed peppers this is a really good kind of every time meal you can kind of flavor this any way you want i'm kind of going with like an italian-y kind of vibe to this so there's you know spanish stuffed peppers there's balkans do a kind of stuffed pepper um people people love to stuff vegetables let's be honest here jalapeno poppers we're putting in different meats some rice some cheese spoiler alert it ends up tasting like pizza if i'm being completely honest the seeds are gone i saved the trimming off the top i'm gonna cut this up so that we don't waste it look at that if you cut that if you had thrown all that away that's so much save it all we're going to cut up our onions everybody has tricks for cutting onion okay and people keep saying like do this do that so what i do my trick is usually i run under cold water if i'm being completely honest and i run my knife blade under cold water i'm a sensitive girl okay so it makes me cry don't judge me onions release some kind of chemical okay called synthase or i don't know what the hell anyways everyone reacts differently to it i'm a baby i'm a bigger baby than most of you guys obviously um i'm okay with that but thank you for all of your tips everyone has a different method and i appreciate that all right we're gonna roughly chop our garlic two cloves of garlic in here okay so we're add some basil in here too we've got everything here ready for our stuffed peppers we've got arborio rice so where does our boreal rice come from kids arborio italy where is that not sicily take a drink we're gonna cook our rice we're gonna put all this together back here and then stuff our peppers it literally couldn't be any simpler so a few tablespoons of oil in there okay this is getting nice and hot i'm gonna add my those guys as we go just softening this up so add some salt salt's gonna help it soften it's gonna help it release its moisture this is definitely one of those like kind of classic dishes i feel like that i grew up eating you can make this into your own though you could make it flavored however you want to literally you could take whatever you want and put it in here and it's going to be good and if it's not you'll leave yourself the blind not me if you follow this recipe though they'll be happy that'll be good we're gonna add our ground pork our sausage just break it up into smaller pieces with your wooden spoon as you go are you honestly not gonna play beat me karaoke beat me karaoke what song shall i play it's christmas in july beat me karaoke truly is just just the best that's how karaoke was invented okay my meat is beaten and karaoked out so i'm going to add my garlic right on in there and we're going to add in all of our herbs onion powder garlic salt oregano chili flakes okay so all of our dry herbs go on in there there's nothing better i mean yes there is something better than the smell of onion powder and garlic salt is real onions and garlic but i think that you're adding to that that kind of flavor in here you're enhancing a little bit by adding the dried stuff the chili flakes i think are not really nice dried oregano i'm also going to add in fresh basil if you have fresh oregano add in fresh i just kind of love that i don't know it just the dried herbs kind of really make it feel more homey to me i'm going to add in my white wine i'm just going to deglaze it a little bit it's going to make a nice flavor our wine has basically evaporated from here we are going to add in our arborio rice our short grain rice um we're going to add in some chicken stock and a can of diced tomatoes this is gonna come to a boil so the rice is raw everything right now it's gonna absorb we're gonna cook it for 18 minutes exactly and let it rest for five minutes before we stir in the parmesan cheese and the basil okay yo this tastes like pizza it's so good you could literally just eat this as is out of the pot it's delicious right now toss that with like you could toss this with like spaghetti almost like bolognese it's delicious we're gonna take it one step further though stuff it into our peppers it's gonna be good oh man that's good i've got my peppers here ready to roll i put them in this little cast iron you can put any baking dish you want you know me i've got a real hard on for those cast iron skillets couldn't be easier so we've got the parmesan cheese in there the basil all the rice oh my gosh oh yeah looking good don't worry i've been snacking on this cheese too oh what wait wait cheese isn't going on it yet people fair die okay i got a little carried away first i'm going to cover this with foil bake it for 10 or 15 minutes let the peppers cook a little bit then i'm going to take off the foil and add the cheese and bake it until the cheese is melted into the oven it goes 15 minutes away we go okay it's been 15 minutes we're gonna put the cheese on oh yeah oh yes we did it mac and cheese oops a little bit of mutts on top okay we got our cheese all over and i made a huge mess with all the cheese but it's okay we'll just eat it look at that it's gonna go into the oven back in another 10 minutes or so look at that just until the cheese melts okay holy hell look at these bad boys oh my god there's also a really good art workout okay it's eating time let's try this guy pepper is cooked nicely like open it all up oh man just look at this it's so good so freaking hot oh my gosh i'm gonna definitely burn my mouth just the way it goes in the cooking show that's so good it tastes like pizza this literally tastes like pizza and i think it kind of has all of my favorite things that you would put in the pizza the onion the red pepper the meat the cheese the parm the basil the oregano it's got all those things this is the kind of thing you like make have some friends over have a salad with this like keep it really simple for the recipe click the link below delicious you\n"