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Beef and Rice Stuffed Peppers

Bell peppers filled with a savory beef, rice, and tomato mixture, baked under cheese.

Beef and Rice Stuffed Peppers, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
60 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$12.80

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lb ground beef (93% lean)
  • 4 red bell pepper
  • 3/4 cup long grain white rice
  • 15 oz canned tomato sauce
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 5 oz shredded mozzarella
  • 2 tsp italian seasoning blend
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 375F. Cook the rice.

  2. Halve the peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds, and set them cut side up in a baking dish.

  3. Brown the beef with the diced onion in the olive oil, 8 minutes. Add the minced garlic, Italian seasoning, and salt for 1 minute.

  4. Stir in the cooked rice and two-thirds of the tomato sauce.

  5. Fill the pepper halves with the mixture and spoon the remaining sauce over the tops. Pour 1/2 cup water into the bottom of the dish and cover with foil.

  6. Bake 30 minutes, then uncover, add the mozzarella, and bake 10 minutes more until melted and the peppers are tender.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Australia$73.87$18.4710 of 10 ingredients
Canada$128.43$32.1110 of 10 ingredients
United States$51.20$12.809 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£33.20£8.309 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$85.86$21.479 of 10 ingredients
Spain27,40 €6,85 €9 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 30,84€ 7,719 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٧٤٥٫٠٧ ج.م.‏‏١٨٦٫٢٧ ج.م.‏8 of 10 ingredients
Germany16,77 €4,19 €7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$1,514.97$378.747 of 10 ingredients
Greece17,22 €*4,31 €6 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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