Cuban Style Stuffed Peppers Food

CUBAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Wash green peppers, slice off stem end, and remove seeds and membrane. Drop the peppers into boiling water that has been lightly salted. Boil for two or three minutes and remove.
• Sauté onion with ground beef and a little olive until browned. (DO NOT DRAIN.) Stir in tomatoes (I used chili style canned tomatoes) and heat through. Remove from heat and stir in bread cubes, 1 teaspoon of cumin, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup ketchup.
• Stuff peppers and place in lightly greased baking pan. Mix 1/2 cup ketchup with 1/4 cup tomato juice, wine, and one teaspoon ground cumin. Pour this sauce over the peppers, cover the pan, and bake at 300° F for 45 minutes.

CUBAN-STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef, onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the next eight ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes., Meanwhile, cut green peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds. Place in an ungreased shallow 3-qt. microwave-safe dish; add water. Cover and microwave on high for 8-10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; fill each pepper half with 1/2 cup meat mixture. Garnish with red pepper strips if desired.

CUBAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Bring large saucepan of water to boil. Add bell pepper halves; cook 15 minutes on medium heat or until tender. Immediately remove bell peppers with slotted spoon to ice bath to stop cooking process. Pat dry with paper towels. Arrange bell pepper halves, cut-sides up, in 13x9-inch baking dish
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°F. Brown ground beef in large skillet on medium-high heat. Drain fat. Add onion and Seasoning; cook and stir 4 minutes or until onion is tender. Stir in remaining ingredients except cooked rice. Cook and stir 5 minutes. Stir in rice. Spoon beef mixture evenly into bell pepper halves
• Bake 20 minutes or until bell peppers are tender

CHEESE STUFFED CUBANELLE PEPPERS

Steps:

• On a medium-hot grill, roast the peppers or chiles, turning occasionally, until completely charred (about 10 minutes).
• Place charred peppers in a paper or plastic bag to steam for a further 10 minutes to loosen the skins.
• Peel peppers, then cut a slit down the length of each and remove the seeds & membranes.
• Stuff each pepper with the cheese.
• Secure with toothpicks to hold the peppers closed.
• Using heavy foil, wrap the peppers so that a packet is formed that will hold in any juices.
• Grill the packet until heated through (about 10 minutes).
• Allow packet to cool for 5 minutes. This will give the cheese time to harden us and make the peppers easier to handle.
• Remove toothpicks and serve warm.