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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Stuffed peppers

Quick, easy dinner and a great way to use the left-over pot roast for another meal. You can use any cheese you like or leave it off. The peppers would also be good if you roasted them just a little before filling them. The inspiration for this recipe began at therecipecritic.com.

Servings: 6
Cook Time: Prep Time: 10 minutes; Total Time: 30 minutes
Meal Type: Entree
NC Ingredients: Beef, Peppers, Onion, Mushrooms

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Ingredients

1 1/2
cup left-over pot roast (aired September 21)
1/4
cup juice from left-over pot roast
3
large red, green or yellow bell peppers
1
medium sweet onion, chopped
8
oz. baby bella mushrooms, sliced
1
tbsp butter
1
tbsp olive oil
1
tbsp minced garlic
2
slices muenster cheese, cut in half
1/4
cup mozzarella, shredded

Directions

Step 1

Shred the meat of the pot roast. Slice the peppers in half and remove the membranes. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Step 2

In a medium size skillet on medium heat, add the butter and oil. Add garlic, salt and pepper; sauté 1 minute. Add onions and mushrooms and cook for 5-10 minutes. Add the pot roast and juice to the mixture and cook an additional 5 minutes until heated throughout.

Step 3

Place a slice of cheese in the bottom of each pepper then fill with the meat mixture.

Step 4

Place stuffed pepper in a baking dish and bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, add Mozzarella cheese on top of the meat mixture, return to oven and bake an additional 5-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and browned slightly.

 

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