[Collegiate Meals] Stuffed Peppers

This is a great one. Need to feed a bunch of people? Or just one? This recipe scale up very easily and can be as taste-bud demanding as you want.

Stuffed peppers can be stuffed with just about anything you can think of. Here we'll do a vegetarian pepper stuffed with rice. If you're craving beef or chicken -- go ahead and add some browned beef or chicken ;)

Step 1 Ingredients

Rice A Roni -- beef or chicken or other, you're choice
Peppers -- any color but they must be able to stand on their own

The ratio is... 4 medium bell peppers to 1 box of rice.

Comments

[krowii]

Excellent recipe and easy too! I like to add cheese to mine and use red bell peppers instead of green.

[danfog]

My dad does these so well. He does them in the oven in a tray with a small amount of stock in the bottom. Somehow, while it's cooking, the stock gets sucked up into the ricey, bacony stuffing and makes it moist and soooo tasty!

[I Am An Evil Taco]

This looks rather good. personally I'd toss some red beans, chopped peppers (nice to have the fusion inside the pepper as well, imo), a diced jalapeno, some corn into the rice, to break up the monotony a bit. That's my only fear about this, I'd have to lay some flavor bombs into the rice to spice things up a bit.

[trebuchet03]

That is what's so great about peppers - most of anything that fits inside is tasty :)

[I Am An Evil Taco]

Oh, no doubt! I could waste weeks tasting different pepper/filling combinations. I specifically love how you roast the peppers. I've seen a lot of very bad ideas about this, up to and including a welder's arc.

[nonexplosive]

sorry but it was not good

[trebuchet03]

to each his/her own ;) If you think of food as an experience, rather than a taste -- then there's no such thing as "not good" or "bad" :)

[I Am An Evil Taco]

Well said. Some people eat chocolate covered snails. To each his own?

[trebuchet03]

Chocolate Covered Squid

[I Am An Evil Taco]

O_o really? I'm intrigued, yet I think I just vomited a little.

[Ibanezfoo]

Oh man bell peppers are my favorite. Too bad my wife hates stuffed bell peppers... I usually make em with an Italian meatball recipe and top em with marinara. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[trebuchet03]

Do share :) I've been looking for a good meatball recipe... I just can't find a good Italian market locally :P

[I Am An Evil Taco]

1 lb ground beef 1 lb ground pork 1 egg 1/2 cup italian bread crumbs italian herbs (basil, oregano, parsley, thyme) to taste, I use 2-3 tblsp of the full mixture in equal portions 1 tsp celery seed optional: 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes mix, roll into balls, bake until done, rotating every 5 minutes or so. For sauces, bake until almost done, still a bit soft in the middle, then roast them in the sauce for the final bit of the cooking process.

[mje]

Here's a way to make stuffed peppers that doesn't require any convenience foods: Mix 1lb ground meat (or soy granuals) of your choice with 1/4c plain, uncooked rice, one minced onion, a couple of crushed garlic cloves, and about 1/4c ketchup. Fill your bell peppers with tis mix, loosely. Place stuffed peppers in a glass baking dish, side by side to support each other Pour a little water- a couple of tablespoons- in the bottom of the dish Cover and bake for an hour at 425.

[I Am An Evil Taco]

good recipe. I'd add a tsp of worchestershire sauce.

[trebuchet03]

I'll have to try that next time :) I'm waiting for the red peppers to go on sale :P Is that cooked ground meat? I tend to like my veggies on the raw side, so perhaps I'lll try a varient of that :)

[mje]

No, that's raw meat; it cooks along with the veggies.

[lemonie]

It's good to know that some people can cook. I'm feeling inclined to do something in this vein myself

[RaNDoMLeiGH]

I made these and they were quite tasty. You can add some beans to the rice for protein (we used lentils), or canned mixed veggies if you're in a hurry and don't like to chop things. Also, I served them over fetuccini noodles with a jar sauce, I think we used sun dried tomato alfredo. Even the kids ate them, which was pretty miraculous.

[trebuchet03]

I'm glad you're family enjoyed it :) I do love sun dried tomatoes (especially in something like gnocchi -- and I'll have to remember that for next time.

[nonexplosive]

oh and just for the record we do ne a collage gate cattagory..........

[trebuchet03]

I think you meant college -- I haven't done a collage in a long long time ;)

[supes]

I am not a fan of vegetables but I will try this...As usual great work! Mexican flavored rice would go well with the taste of the pepper.

[trebuchet03]

that's the spirit :) And the right type of thinking. Experimentation is great! You're mother was wrong, do play with your food ;)

[HamO]

Well done instructable, look's delicious.

[theRIAA]

it looks like maggots oozing out of someones body... *mouth waters*

[chenkerchops]

Outstanding. I'm cooking this shit up next week! xoxo

[ScooterSES]

This is an excellent instructable. It is very well written and the pictures are among the best I've seen. Also, as a college student I appreciate the series. Keep up the good work!

[utilitygeek]

While not a college student, I just wanted to say that I'm really enjoying this series. I may even write up some of my own recipies from my Ramen days.

[trebuchet03]

Please do so :) As long as it's not Ramen (or similar), I'm likely to try it :) Simple is Good Simple and Cheap is awesome Simple, Cheap and Healthy -- now that's a trifecta :P

[Crash2108]

Needs some soy sauce.