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Green Pepper Skillet Burgers




Source of Recipe


JoAnna M. Lund






Recipe Introduction


Frances Joines, Colona, IL, share's a recipe she and her husband have enjoyed for years. I tasted why!
Serves 6





List of Ingredients



• 16 ounces ground 90% lean turkey or beef
  
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  
• 6 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) dried fine bread crumbs
  
• 1 3/4 cups (one 15-ounce can) Hunt's tomato sauce*
  
• 1/2 cup sliced onion
  
• 1 cup coarsley chopped green bell peppers
  
• 1 teaspoon prepared mustard
  
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  
• 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar Twin
  






Instructions



1. In a large bowl, combine meat, black pepper, bread crumbs, and 1/4 cup tomato sauce. Using 1/3 cup measure as a guide, form 6 patties. Place patties in a large skillet sprayed with butter-flavored cooking spray. Brown patties on both sides. Add onion and green peppers. Continue cooking 4 to 5 minutes. Stir mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and Brown Sugar Twin into remaining tomato sauce. Pour sauce mixture evenly over top. Lower heat. Cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes.
   






Final Comments


Each serving equals:
HE: 2 Protein, 1 2/3 Vegetable, 1/3 Bread, 1 Optional Calorie
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158 Calories, 6gm Fat, 15gm Protein,
11gm Carbohydrate, 622mg Sodium, 1gm Fiber
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DIABETIC: 2 Protein, 2 Vegetable

"Healthy Exchanges Food Newsletter January 1996, pg. 5."