1 cup rice (cooked)
1 medium onion (optional)
1 1/2 lb. ground beef
1 tube hot Jimmy Dean sausage
1 cup barbecue sauce (your choice)
2 tsp. dried basil leaves
4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) stick butter, melted (optional)
10 bell peppers
extra 1/2 cup barbecue sauce (for the top of the peppers, added during last 20 minutes)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut tops off of peppers and take out seeds. Cook rice according to package. Dice onions fine and cook in large skillet, add ground beef, cook until brown. Cook sausage thoroughly.

Combine meat in large bowl, mix. Add remaining ingredients, mix well. Stuff peppers. Spray pan with non-stick cooking spray (Pam). Bake stuffed peppers for approximately 45 to 50 minutes.

Makes 10 stuffed peppers.

Submitted by: Barbara McNeil