Capsicum Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Stuffed peppers Prep time: 1 hour, makes ~10 peppers, serves 5+ Ingredients:*10 stuffing peppers (I used Big Jims but you can use Bell peppers, Poblanos, anything large and fleshy)*1 cup dried lentils(Optional: instead, use 1/2 cup of lentils with a cup of raw ground venison)*1 cup rice*1 cup sliced mushrooms1 cup diced tomatoes1 tsp thyme1 tsp minced garlic10 slices provolone cheeseolive oilsalt 1) Start cooking rice in a small pot on the side (if you can't cook rice then get the hell out of the kitchen ;)) In a medium to large skillet that has a cover, put a light dribble of olive oil, garlic, and thyme and allow to heat up to medium until sizzling. Add dried lentils, tomatoes, mushrooms, a pinch of salt, and 2 cups water. Cover and allow to simmer for 10 minutes, stirring once or twice. 2) Begin prepping the peppers, cut off the tops and remove the seeds/spines. Check the rice, remove from heat if it's ready. After 10 minutes add 2 cups of the cooked rice to the already simmering pan and add 1 more cup of water. Stir and allow to simmer for another 10 minutes on medium/high. I also at this time add my "special ingredient" --scorpion pepper powder, which renders the food inedible to other members of the household. Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a baking tray with oil/grease. 3) After 10 minutes remove stuffing mixture from heat. Take provolone slice, cut in half and put one half in the botom of the pepper. To stuff peppers I use a wooden spoon so I can also use the skinny end to ram it down in there. Leave some space to put the other half of the cheese slice in the top. Wrap them in foil (I didn't have any---the cheese spilled in the oven so I spooned it back in at the end). Bake for 20 minutes and remove carefully from oven. The Big Jims or Anaheims can be eaten like a burrito, or you can serve it with a fork/spoon/knife whatever. you may have some stuffing mixture and rice left over if it doesn't all fit into the peppers. This stuff works great on a tortilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobaccoFlower Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 It's like chile rellenos on steroids! Nummmm, I do love a good stuffed pepper.... I wonder how it'd be it you breaded it like a chile relleno, too? Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJest Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Yum, I recently tried something similar which I replaced the bell peppers most people used for it with jalapeños which turned out marvelously Which I also cook mine in the oven basted in tomato sauce with cheese slightly covered on the top of them as well. Due to the size of some of the peppers size it was limited on what how much I could stuff it with so I preserved some of the stuffing to serve on the side with tomato sauce covering the top of the original mixture that would have been stuffed inside. Though you did give me an idea of using a few drops of the scorpion seed extract in the tomato sauce. Though I may opt for extract of a milder nature invade I'm not the only one eating. Thank you and it looks beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexler Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 This looks really good Cap, I'm going to try it on my parents! How do you think it would be without the cheese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 First, this looks yummy and I realise how hungry I am, and second, it reminds me I still need to buy a new oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 Ravenshaw, I've never considered breading them, but it would probably work if you had a large enough deep fryer JustJest, sometimes I make fajitas with straight scorpions as a replacement for bell peppers and jalas, but people think I'm not right in the head as it is with the hot shit Wexler, They're fine without the cheese, I made a couple without cheese and had those for lunch today at work, there' isn't a noticeable difference in flavor--I just like cheese Horne, what happened to your oven? Witchcraft gone wrong? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticWitch Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Your post couldn't have come at a better time, Capsicum. I bought a red bell pepper three days ago with the sole purpose of stuffing/baking it. I just tried your recipe today and it is AMAZING! The only thing I did differently was use Swiss in place of the Provolone cheese (my vegan stint has officially reverted to vegetarianism, heh). Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I'm glad you liked it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Horne, what happened to your oven? Witchcraft gone wrong? :tongue:................................ It was one of my statuses recently, the glass door crumbled and fell to the floor while I was simply making toast. It still puzzles me what happened. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsicum Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 I'll take that as a yes....:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Oh well, when it's about the inexplainable, blame witchcraft, hehe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJest Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Oh I have heard my taste buds were scorched a long time ago by the way I can eat them. Just my friends can't handle it that spicy so I have to tame it down a bit when friends or over. Though I hope you don't mind if I alter some of your stuffing when I make chimichangas I always found this mixture along with a few other things go great with it just never thought of using the extract in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solanaceae Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Yum. And vegetarian too, thanks for sharing Caps! I love stuffed peppers! I make a similar recipe, I usually use bell peppers, much the way AW did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Witch Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 ................................ It was one of my statuses recently, the glass door crumbled and fell to the floor while I was simply making toast. It still puzzles me what happened. LOL Stuffed one too many children in there, did you? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horne Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Guilty, you got me all figured out, and I confess they were all unbaptized poor bastards too... damn I really should get some sleep now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJest Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 If you prepare tofu the correct way you can substitute it for the meat for are the vegetarians and vegans out there. I know because I tried similar recipes in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecolyte Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Wow! We used to have these growing up all the time (well, sans lentils and add beef lol)... My grandfather also adds an egg on top and lets it bake :D. Well, we use those giant Bell peppers and halve them, so theres room to not let the egg drip everywhereThe lentils are an AWESOME substitute, I never thought of it!! Thanks for sharing caps! Do you prefer green or brown...? I think I will try brown, but let me know! Also, for other vegs, Gardein is a brand that makes awesome fake ground beef is an incredible substitute for ground beef.. has a very similar texture, and as long as there is not too much liquid in a recipe, it will keep that texture/flavor :). So I guess for this recipe I would add it frozen to the mixture just before I put it to bake... For Wex, or others who are not wanting cheese, but need something to flavor it, you can add lemon, cumin and coriander, and omit the thyme and hot pepper to give it a different flavor profile :D. I make something similar to this called Dolma which I learned from the OH's grandma ... :). Also sprinkle parmesean and/or romano cheese before cooking Caps.. trruussttt me :D.. so nom... Great, now I'm hungry!!! Thanks guys ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexler Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Stuffed one too many children in there, did you? :rofl: :stirring: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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