Thursday, January 23, 2014

Stuffed Peppers


These stuffed peppers are great! They are sweet from the red pepper and a little bit spicy from all of the seasonings in the filling. I have seen other people make stuffed peppers, but I had never actually made them so this it sort of a combination of things I've had before and things that I just thought sounded good! And it worked out!

To make these delicious stuffed peppers you will need:
  • 8 oz. GROUND BEEF
  • 1/2 a SMALL ONION, diced
  • 3/4 cup COOKED RICE (1/4 cup uncooked rice)
  • 3/4 tsp CUMIN
  • 1/2 tsp CHILI POWDER
  • 1/2 tsp GARLIC POWDER
  • 1/4 tsp CAYENNE PEPPER
  • 1/4 tsp SALT
  • 1/4 tsp PAPRIKA
  • 2 tsp WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbs CHEDDAR CHEESE, shredded
  • 1/4 cup CRUSHED TOMATOES
  • RED BELL PEPPERS (or a different color bell pepper)

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Start off by browning the ground beef in a skillet with the diced onion. 


Once the beef is cooked, add the spices and Worcestershire sauce.


Now you could either leave the ground beef and onion in the skillet or transfer it to a bowl. Then, mix in the rice.


Next, mix in 1/4 cup of cheese. Then, add the crushed tomato. It should look something like the picture below!


Cut off the tops of the peppers and carve out all of the veins and seeds. This will open the pepper up so you can stuff lots of filling in!


Then, you guessed it, stuff the filling in!


Sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of cheese on top of the peppers.


Place the peppers on a baking pan and cover the top with foil. Bake for 30 minutes.


To brown the cheese on top you can either remove the foil from the top of the peppers for the last 5-10 minutes, or after the 30 minutes, remove the foil and turn the broiler on for a few minutes. Make sure to keep an eye on it though!






Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients:
  • 8 oz. GROUND BEEF
  • 1/2 a SMALL ONION, diced
  • 3/4 cup COOKED RICE (1/4 cup uncooked rice)
  • 3/4 tsp CUMIN
  • 1/2 tsp CHILI POWDER
  • 1/2 tsp GARLIC POWDER
  • 1/4 tsp CAYENNE PEPPER
  • 1/4 tsp SALT
  • 1/4 tsp PAPRIKA
  • 2 tsp WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE
  • 1/4 cup + 2 Tbs CHEDDAR CHEESE, shredded
  • 1/4 cup CRUSHED TOMATOES
  • RED BELL PEPPERS (or a different color bell pepper)
Directions:
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Start off by browning the ground beef in a skillet with the diced onion. 
  2. Once the beef is cooked, add the spices and Worcestershire sauce. 
  3. Now you could either leave the ground beef and onion in the skillet or transfer it to a bowl. Then, mix in the rice, 1/4 cup of cheese, and the crushed tomato. 
  4. Cut off the tops of the peppers and carve out all of the veins and seeds. This will open the pepper up so you can stuff lots of filling in!
  5. Then, you guessed it, stuff the filling in!
  6. Sprinkle the remaining 2 tablespoons of cheese on top of the peppers. 
  7. Place the peppers on a baking pan and cover the top with foil. Bake for 30 minutes
  8. To brown the cheese on top you can either remove the foil from the top of the peppers for the last 5-10 minutes, or after the 30 minutes, remove the foil and turn the broiler on for a few minutes. Make sure to keep an eye on it though!


    2 comments:

    1. Questions from a cooking-illiterate person: Do I drain the ground beef? What type do I use, in terms of fat%?

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    2. You can use whatever type of ground beef you normally use! We used 80/20 and then I drained the ground beef. If you use a leaner beef you may not need to drain it though.

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