Comments on: Stuffed Peppers

By: Wendi

Wendi — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:39:16 +0000

J – you have no idea how hard it was to get the old girl (and I say that with much love and respect) to give me anything that even came close to a recipe.

By: flakyartist

flakyartist — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:17:29 +0000

Stuffed peppers appeared regularly on our dinner table. Mom’s recipe:

Peppers. Stuff them.

Hers were whole hollowed shells standing nobly upright on the plate though and I treated them as a vessel to be emptied, not eaten. I still do. I have the taste buds of a five-year-old. Thank MamMom for an actual recipe, hard won as it was. ♥

By: Emily Revere

Emily Revere — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:40:04 +0000

Maybe a mixture of ground turkey and some lean beef would work? The spouse is not a fan of ground turkey. I have been mixing in a little of it with my ground beef. So far, he ahs not noticed. LOL SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

By: Wendi

Wendi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:07:05 +0000

Beth, I’m not skilled in the ways of ground turkey but I would guess that if you used ground dark meat, like thighs, instead of breasts you might be ok. You might want to also parboil the peppers a little longer and cut down the oven time so that the meat doesn’t completely dry out.

By: Beth @ 990 Square

Beth @ 990 Square — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:38:34 +0000

Wendi, any ideas on if these would work with ground turkey?

By: TheKitchenWitch

TheKitchenWitch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:11:20 +0000

I love stuffed peppers! But I must confess, when I get a craving for them, I just buy the Stouffer’s ones!

By: Wendi

Wendi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:06:46 +0000

Tracy, the first few times I tried to make stuffed peppers I didn’t parboil them. And they were awful. It took me years to decide to try them again.

By: Wendi

Wendi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:03:10 +0000

Emily, par boiling the peppers is the key to them being tender. I promise.

By: Emily Revere

Emily Revere — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:46:12 +0000

PARBOIL??????PARBOIL??????WHO KNEW!???

no wonder the darn things are tough and give me heartburn! I switched to red or yellow peppers for the heartburn reason

thank you very much!

By: Tracy (Amuse-bouche for Two)

Tracy (Amuse-bouche for Two) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:52:19 +0000

And that is the step that is often missed. One must parboil the peppers. That is just the information I needed. It makes perfect sense. I learned something new today. Thank you, Wendi!