Ingredients

Directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Prepare peppers by slicing off a little of the top and bottom of each pepper (do not discard) and cut out ribs and seeds.
3. Slice each pepper into 3 thick rings.
4. Dice remaining pepper
5. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, seasoning, bread crumbs, egg, Parmesan, red pepper flakes, garlic, and diced peppers until combined
6. Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe pot over medium-high heat
7. Place pepper rings into pan/oven-safe pot and fill each ring with meat mixture leaving a dome of the meat on top of each pepper ring
8. Cover pan/pot and brown each stuffed pepper ring 4-5 minutes on each side
9. (Transfer browned pepper rings to oven-safe dish if stove stop pan used for browning)
10. Pour crushed tomatoes over stuffed pepper rings in oven-safe pan/dish
11. Cover and bake 45-50 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches 175 degrees
12. Top with cheese and bake 5-10 more minutes
13. Top with fresh parsley and serve