Stuffed bell peppers seem like they would be a big deal, but they're actually really easy.
You start out by boiling a pot of water. Slice the tops off of some bell peppers and remove all the innards. I like to use different colored ones, I’ll show you why later
When the water is boiling drop the peppers in, make sure they are all submerged, and boil them for three minutes.
Drain them, let them sit for a minute or so up side down on some paper towels doesn't need to be long, turn them up and toss a pinch of salt around the surface inside each, do it while they're still hot.
Set them in a square baking dish and pre-heat the oven to 375°F
Now. Mince a small onion, you only need a cup of minced onion, chop some mushrooms, again, a cup and set aside:
1lb of ground beef, 85% lean is good for this. It's one of the recipes I splurge and use Wagyu beef for, but you dont have to.
A can of diced tomatoes,
1/2 a cup of tomato sauce
1/2 a cup of water
1/3 cup of long grain rice (I like jasmine for this)
1Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1Tbsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp each crushed dried oregano and basil , plus 1/4 tsp salt and pepper (you can put this all together, it's all going in at once)
1 cup finely shredded Mexican blend cheese
In a good skillet, heat a tbsp of EVOO on medium heat and toss in the onions and mushrooms. Sautee for about 2 mins, not too long.
Add the beef break it up and brown it. Pro tip, a potato masher works great to break up ground beef while you're sautéing. This will take about 5 mins. When there are 2 mins left. Throw in 1 Tbsp of minced garlic, keep tossing everything.
Drain off the fat.
Put the skillet back on the stove, add the undrained can of diced tomatoes, the tomato sauce, water, uncooked rice, worcestershire sauce, basil oregano salt pepper mix, basically everything BUT the cheese give it a good stir and bring to a boil.
Turn the heat down to a light simmer, cover and let it cook 15–18 minutes until the rice is tender.
Stir in 1/2 the cheese
Stuff the waiting bell peppers with the mixture
Then put them in the heated oven for about 15 minutes.
When they are heated through, put the other 1/2 cup of cheese on top of the peppers and let it melt in the oven for another 2 minutes.
Pull them out, let them cool and cut them all in quarters top to bottom on a platter.
I like to serve each plate with green piece, one red piece, one Yellow and one orange.
All done!
See? Nice and easy!
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