Ingredients:
- 3 large Florida bell peppers (your favorite color), halved lengthwise, seeds removed
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 package taco meat seasoning for 1 pound of ground beef
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Florida tomatoes, diced
- 12 ounces Colby jack cheese (or your favorite), shredded
- 1 cup tortilla chips, crushed
- salsa and sour cream for garnish
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Directions:
- Preheat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Add olive oil to preheated sauté pan.
- Add chopped onion to the pan and cook until translucent.
- Add garlic and ground beef to the cooking onions.
- Brown ground beef and drain any excess fat.
- Add the taco seasoning mix and diced tomatoes; stir ingredients to combine.
- Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
- Add about 4 ounces of the cheese to the beef mixture and stir to combine.
- Evenly stuff each pepper half with the beef mixture.
- Top each stuffed pepper with the rest of the cheese.
- Place stuffed peppers on a cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove stuffed peppers from oven and evenly top them with the crushed tortilla chips.
- Place the peppers back in the oven for another 5 minutes or until tortilla chip topping is golden brown and filling mixture and cheese are bubbly.
- Remove stuffed peppers from oven and let cool slightly.
- Serve warm with salsa and sour cream.