Stuffed Bell Peppers

[Hellraiser97]

OK, so I love stuffed bell peppers and I've finally gotten around to cooking them at home. So I need some recipes.

The one I used last night is ok (I'll post it when I get home if anyone wants it), basically used ground beef, tomato sauce, onion, garlic powder, rice and mozzarella cheese. I'd like to find something a little tastier though.

Tin Star in Dallas used to have a great one that had chicken and black beans, but I was never able to replicate it and they have since stopped serving it.

Any suggestions?

 

[jmrob93]

I cheated on some chicken ones the other day

Got the HEB shredded chicken that is pre-cooked in a package ( chicken fajitas work too) and put it in cleaned out poblanos

I poured some green salsa over it ( herdez green taqueria salsa, some cumin,extra lime and just enough sour cream to lighten it up)

bake for 30 minutes or until poblanos look tender, add some white cheese at the last second

 

[Idahorn2]

Shortly after we got married (July 1971) I mentioned, subtle of course, that we'd had a lot of stuffed bell peppers. Maybe three times in two months.

Well, I have seen neither hide nor hair of a stuffed bell pepper since then. I have even suggested that we get some frozen ones from Stouffers or whatever and all I get in response is a low growl. I liked them too, just not all the time. I may have learned something from this, but I am not sure.

 

[CommerceHorn]

I haven't made them, ever... but have been wanting to try. this appears to be very close to what mom used to make.

stuffed bell peppers

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

My stuffed pepper recipe is a bit more simple than that last one; the funniest part about it is taking bell peppers out of the pile & seeing which ones stand up on their own & have a flat base so they won't be tippy.

I do all of this on the fly & don't really have a set measurement in mind as far as cups of this, teaspoons of that...

& I don't add salt to any of my cooking unless a specific recipe calls for it. I haven't made this in years (wife can't have onions or bell peppers due to diverticulosis...

)

Note: If you want a colorful variety, sub green with any other color or mix them up.

4-6 Bell peppers, Green
1 each Red, Orange, Yellow Bell Peppers
6 large Shitaake 'shrooms
Mozz cheese for shredding & slicing
3 Tomatoes
7 or 8 leaves of Spinach
1 Yellow Onion, diced
cracked pepper to taste

Slice tops off of peppers you are going to stuff; dice up most of the tops & chop up the rest of the tops. Do a mix of 50-50 coarsely chopped & finely diced up other peppers.

De-seed the inside of the pepper boats / hulls.

Slice about 1/2 of the cleaned 'shroomers, dice the rest.

Cut the tomatoes in 1/4's & with whatever method you're fond of, get the tomato juice disposed of (spoon works OK; when I was cooking for myself I'd just slurp & suck the liquid out of the tops of the tomatoes... again, solo eating.

).

Slice & dice onions; make @ least 10 thin sliced rings.

Chop up spinach into a mix of small & sorta small bits.

Put all chopped & diced portions in a bowl, add a super fast drizzle of olive oil, shred liberally with mozz cheese. Crack pepper as you stir all together; crack pepper again & continue to mix with more cheese.

Take bowl mixture & in the boats / hulls, layer with onions, sliced 'shrooms, cheese & mixture. Put tiny holes in the bottom corners of your pepper hulls to allow any liquid to drain. Stuff to bulging @ top, lay shrooms on top & seal / cap off with mozz cheese. Spray (if you have the "in a can" variety) the top & all sides with a little bit of olive oil.

Bake @ 350 for about 15 minutes, maybe less.

Can easily keep warm in the oven @ 125 degrees until ready to serve.

 

[GakFoo]

interesting, cheese would not be an ingredient i would expect to see in stuffed bell peppers. my dad, who taught me to cook, specializies in comfort food and this was always one of his best ... he visited in january and i asked him to make them. i'll have to ask him for his recipe.

 

[longhornbell]

I add Italian sausage to mine. Half and half with the ground beef. I especially like the Johnsonville Hot Italian sausage. Just take out of the casings and mix in.

 

[C-Man]

I made the following once and it was bad ***.

BUTLER'S "TEXAS GOLD" SHRIMP STUFFED POBLANOS

4 Poblano peppers
1 C Rice
1 Lge onion coarsely chopped
1 tsp salt
1 Lb Jumbo shrimp
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp olive oil
Butler's "Texas Gold" Gourmet BBQ Sauce

Bring two cups salted water to boil. Add rice and butter, reduce heat to low simmer. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. While rice cooks, gently heat BBQ sauce in small pan. De-seed and clean peppers, mop insides with warm sauce and set aside. Heat oil and saute onion over medium heat, stirring frequently till soft and translucent. Grill shrimp to taste basting generously with "Texas Gold". Remove rice from heat and fluff. Add shrimp and onions and mix well. Stuff peppers with rice mixture. Grill for 5 - 7 minutes. Brush often with "Texas Gold". Serves 4.

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[austintexas]

white cheese (shredded jack)
shredded chicken
mushrooms
onions
cilantro
spice to taste
stuff 'em
bake 'em

easy.

one trick, though, is to deep fry the pepper (like 30 seconds) before stuffing them to peel the primary layer of skin off of the pepper. makes it more tender.