I hope everyone had a happy Halloween! I can't believe it's almost time for Thanksgiving and then Christmas! Holidays seem to have a way of speeding time up, it seems. I found this recipe for Stuffed Peppers in a cookbook my mom had made me of her favorites. I made it last year on Halloween and then this year too and I'm thinking it might become our Halloween classic. I'm sure you'll see why.
Anyway, here's what you'll need. I forgot to include the tomato juice so I just popped it into the corner there.
First, slice your peppers. Then hollow out the seeds and membranes. I chose orange peppers but the recipe calls for green. Can you see where I'm going with this?
Voila! This isn't not an essential part of the recipe but if you're looking to make your meal a little festive, here you are. I got this idea from Pinterest.
This recipe makes six stuffed peppers but, as there's just us two, I make two at a time. You'll need to bring water to a boil (enough to cover how ever many peppers you're making) and then boil them for five minutes. In the mean time, brown your meat (and cook your rice if you haven't yet!).
When the meat is finished, drain it to get rid of the fat. Then return it to the skillet and add garlic powder, salt, tomato juice, and rice.
Mix it all up and bring it to a boil.
When your five minutes are up you're going to want to transfer the peppers to a baking dish. Once there, put a half a cup of the mixture in the peppers and cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Once that's done, put a slice of tomato on each and sprinkle with salt. Return to the oven uncovered for 15 minutes.
Generally, you can throw out the tops when you first cut them off but I like them for that Jack-O-Lantern effect!
Ingredients:
6 lg. green peppers
5 C. boiling water
1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
2 Tbsp. chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 C. cooked rice
1 C. tomato juice
6 thick tomato slices
Salt
Anyway, here's what you'll need. I forgot to include the tomato juice so I just popped it into the corner there.
This recipe makes six stuffed peppers but, as there's just us two, I make two at a time. You'll need to bring water to a boil (enough to cover how ever many peppers you're making) and then boil them for five minutes. In the mean time, brown your meat (and cook your rice if you haven't yet!).
Once that's done, put a slice of tomato on each and sprinkle with salt. Return to the oven uncovered for 15 minutes.
Ingredients:
6 lg. green peppers
5 C. boiling water
1 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
2 Tbsp. chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1 C. cooked rice
1 C. tomato juice
6 thick tomato slices
Salt
- Cut thin slice from stem end of each pepper, remove all seeds and membranes.
- Cook peppers in boiling water 5 minutes; drain.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook and stir meat and onion in large skillet until meat is brown and onion is tender. Drain off fat.
- Stir in 1 tsp salt, the garlic powder, rice and tomato juice; heat to boiling.
- Lightly stuff each pepper with 1/2 C. meat mixture.
- Stand peppers upright in an ungreased baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 45 minutes.
- Top each pepper with a tomato slice and sprinkle with salt. Bake uncovered 15 minutes.
Your kids will love this tradition someday!
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