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preheat oven to 375
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take your peppers and cut out stem tops and scoop out seeds and membranes.
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leave peppers whole.
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set aside.
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in a large bowl mix together the raw ground beef,tomato paste, 1.5 cups of the raw rice,the diced onion and the ketchup.
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mix well with hands.
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add salt and pepper to taste.
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take meat mix and stuff your reserved peppers to the very top.
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stand up the peppers in a deep baking pan.
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take your crushed tomatoes by the spoonful and place 1 large heaping spoonful and pour over each pepper.
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take the remains and pour into bottom of pan.
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now take ur diced tomatoes and pour all around your peppers.
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now take the rest of your rice and mix it into the tomatoes in the bottom of the pan.
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now grab ur green chilis and evenly distribute them over the tomato rice mix.
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if u have leftover meat make them into medium sized meatballs and place ontop of green chilis..
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cover entire pan with foil.
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and place into the oven and bake until thermometer inserted into center of green pepper meat reads 170-180 degrees and the rice is fully cooked.
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about 1.5 -2 hours
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stir your tomatoes rice mix occasionally throughout cooking time.
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serve 1 stuffed pepper on a plate and spoon rice mix around your green/red pepper.
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serve hot.
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u may sprinkle some cheese over the tops of the peppers during last 10 min.
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of cooking time.
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uncovered to brown and melt cheese.
