Making Stuffed Peppers

[kevin313]

Here in Michigan, the summer produce is starting to roll in. We celebrated by buying giant green peppers and making a familiar favorite!

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Recipe and more at link:

http://cavalcadeoffood.blogspot.com/2011/07/summer-veggies-galore-making-stuffed.html

 

[norgeway]

Looks!

F A N T A S T I C!!!

 

[rickr]

Looks great guys! I can almost taste it!

 

[toggleswitch]

YUM I cant watch this this moment at work, but I know it will be FABULOUS!

Thanks Kevin!

 

[butch-innj]

I never

heard of making stuffed peppers with meat thats already been cooked.
I'll have to try this one.

I've always made up a meat mix with rice and stuffed the raw meat into the green peppers and baked them until the meat is done.

I've also never boiled the peppers first. By the time the meat is cooked all the way the peppers are soft and done too.

Live and learn.

 

[autowasherfreak]

One of my all time favorites.  Will have to try this once it cools down a little.

 

 

[alr2903]

Careful timing is required but stuffed peppers are pressure cooker friendly.  It makes you miss the older presto cookers that were squatty and shallow, the newer ones are smaller diameter and taller. alr

 

[mattl]

I've been making stuffed a quick and easy way for years in the microwave.  I brown the meat and par boil the rice and the various spices and I cut the peppers in half the long way.  Microwave them a few minutes to soften, then drain and fill.  Top with tomato soup and microwave for 15 minutes of so.  I top them with shredded cheese.  Maybe 30 minutes tops for start to dinner...

 

[wetguymd]

Yummm ... I love your cooking segments Kevin!!

I will have to try this. I have also never boiled the peppers first and mine always seem to be some what bitter. Maybe boiling them first will take that away!

 

[nmassman44]

Ok Kevin I made the peppers today and I have to ask...do you drain the grease from the meats after they are browned? I used italian pork sausages and took the casings off and browned them meat with the hamburger. Instead of using the masher I used a slotted spoon to drain the meat and put the meat into a food processor and pulsed until the meat was uniform in size. That really worked well. So they are in the oven baking as I type this. I used the Flamingo ghost peppers that we grew instead of the green peppers...they taste the same.

 

[gadgetgary]

Agreed

I have never cooked the peppers or the meat before either.

I cut the peppers in half, fill with meat and rice mixture, cover with tomato sauce and bake covered in the oven for about an hour.

The peppers come out tender and the meat mixture is moist.

 

 

[kevin313]

Mike - yes, if there is an excess amount of grease from the meat I do drain it off.

You have given me food for thought regarding boiling the peppers before stuffing them. Next time, I'll skip this step and see what happens. If they are just as tender then I can safe myself some time! Thanks!

 

[nmassman44]

That's what I thought. I didn't rinse the meat , I know some do rinse but I didn't want it to be greasy. But still good flavor. I did add a couple of cloves of garlic and man what a flavor. Garlic was fresh pressed. They were delicious !

 

[blondie]

You are so kind, thank you so much for sharing this. I am going to make these this weekend. I have made these many times but not like this. I can not wait to try. I look forward to seeing more.