1 medium onion chopped
1/3 cup finely sliced celery tops
1/2 cup raw rice
salt and pepper to taste
1 small clove garlic finally chopped
Brown meat and add vegetables, salt, pepper and cook covered on low heat about five minutes. Add raw rice and mix well. Have about six medium peppers ready washed and corked. Spoon meat mixture into peppers.
Add to the pan you cooked the meat one can tomato sauce, 1/2 can water, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon basil leaves, 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, dash of salt and pepper. Stir well and spoon onto tops of meat mixture in peppers slowly so it seeps into and through the mixture. cover and cook slowly about one hour. Add a little liquid, (tomato sauce, tomato juice, water, or diluted ketchup) if the pan starts to go dry. If you cook it slowly and leave it covered, it shouldn't.
