Stuffed Peppers

[CheyDee]

Originally Posted by MelanieGermany

applesauce in stuffed green peppers seems very very strange to me :-)

I use applesauce in mine - instead of eggs. Nobody even knows it's there (except me, of course).

[Ruby Wilfong]

I like to buy porkloin, cut it how I want it, but I grind the "tails" in my "whiz banger" (food processor). Many times I use the ground pork with applesauce instead of ground beef and eggs. It really is delicious.
I make stuffed bellpeppers all kinds of ways. Really, it's a matter of taste, and your personal health choices. In my book, it's fairly fool proof.
I do prefer to blanch my peppers first, cook the meat and rice too. Just the way I prefer it, but it's okay to go raw as well. It will cook in the oven.
I also do the same things when making stuffed cabbage rolls. The possibilities are endless!

[antiquesmountainapache]

The pork and applesauce sounds good and is something a little different. Thanks Ruby!

[sheena12]

This is one of my husbands favorite dishes. He has an Eastern European background and I have some EE background.

We make it without meat and it's cholesterol free and delicious.

I parboil the peppers first. I stuff them with a mixture of sauteed onions garlic celery and carrots finely chopped.

I use cooked lentils and brown rice as the filling and mix that with the garlic onions celery and carrots.

I use a good quality marinara sauce and per jar add 3 T of brown sugar and 2 T apple cider vinegar.

Top with cheese or soy cheese if you like.

YUM!

[MatildaLoo]

Hi Sheena! (I'm not following you on purpose, I swear!)

How do you get the lentils from being too crunchy? Seems no matter how long I soak them and cook them, they always turn out that way.

Oh well -- I sub either chickpeas or quinoa instead and it turns out pretty good.

[brokencrayola]

I cut the tops off the peppers, hollow them out, and blanch them. I then cook a mixture of ground beef, rice, onions, garlic and the secret ingredient, BBQ sauce. I overfill the peppers, so I do not put the tops on and then cook them, very good.

[jlawrence01]

My favorite version of "stuffed peppers" is one that I serve this time of year.

When I have summer guests, the first course is generally a raw green pepper. After it is served, people look at the raw pepper and "don't get it".

Then, I lift the lid and they find that the pepper is filled with gazpacho.

[MelanieGermany]

Very nice Idea! I need such ideas for my cookbook pictures! :-) like serving a thai curry or a duck sweet and sour in a half pineapple...