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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Puerto Rican

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 40 minutes, Preparation Time - 20 minutes

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| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook bell peppers in boiling water until softened, about 10 minutes. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the cut side on the bottom of the dish. | 3. Bake peppers in preheated oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. | 4. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir sofrito, garlic, salt, cumin, oregano, and black pepper with the onion; let mixture cook together for about 1 minute. Break ground beef into small pieces into the skillet; cook and stir until the beef is crumbly and completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir tomato sauce, capers, and rice through the beef mixture; spoon into the peppers. Sprinkle cheese over the top of the stuffed peppers. | 5. Continue baking in oven until the cheese is melted, about 10 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bell pepper	4			-	-	-	-
olive oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
onion	1		chopped	28.0	6.537999999999999	0.77	0.07
sofrito	2	tablespoons		61.0275	1.406	3.2960000000000003	4.6865
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1/2	teaspoon		3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
oregano	1/4	teaspoon		0.6625	0.1723	0.0225	0.0107
black pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
beef	1	pound	ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
tomato sauce	1	can		-	-	-	-
caper	1	tablespoon		1.9780000000000002	0.4205	0.203	0.07400000000000001
white rice	1 1/2	cups	cooked	1012.875	221.8612	19.7858	1.8315
monterey jack cheese	1	cup	shredded	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.