Mommys Cuban Style Stuffed Peppers Food

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 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.

MOMMY'S CUBAN STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. cut the tops of the peppers of and remove seeds and veins. Place in boiling water with salt added for 3 min. In a frying pan saute the beef and onions until brown. Sir in drained tomatoes(save the juice). Remove from heat. DO NOT DRAIN. Remove the crust from the bread and cube. Add bread, salt, pepper, and 1/2 of the can of tomato sauce. Stuff the peppers and place in a large rectangle baking pan. In a sauce pan add the rest of the can of tomato sauce with 1/4 of the juice you saved from the tomatoes, wine and cumin. Stir on med low until warm. Add sauce to the tops of the peppers. Place in the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

MOM'S TOP-OF-THE-STOVE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Divide peppers lengthwise and remove seeds. Cook in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. Remove from water and let cool.
• Combine hamburger, bread crumbs, egg and a little less than a 1/2 can of tomato soup. (Don't use too much or the filling will be too loose) Add some chopped onion or onion powder to taste. (I use about 1/2 teaspoons onion powder).
• Fill each pepper half with meat mixture.
• Brown the peppers, meat side down, over medium high heat for approximately 6 minutes. Turn them over and cook about 5 more minutes. Then spoon the rest of the condensed tomato soup over the peppers.
• Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes, turning them over occasionally and spooning the sauce over the top a couple times.
• Serve over cooked white rice.
• Note: If someone doesn't want the peppers, you can make a few patties of the meat mixture and cook them a long with the stuffed peppers.

MOM'S STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut the top section of the peppers off and discard.
• Remove seeds and rinse the inside of peppers.
• Parboil peppers until slightly tender.
• Saute onions in butter until tender.
• Combine ground beef, cooked rice, egg, salt, pepper and half of the sauteed onions.
• Stuff each pepper with the ground beef mixture.
• Place stuffed peppers in a stock pot or dutch oven.
• Combine crushed tomatoes and tomato soup and pour on top of the peppers.
• Sprinkle the remaining sauteed onions on top of peppers.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce heat.
• Stir GENTLY occasionally.
• Simmer for about 45 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

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.

MOM'S STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Combine the beef with all the other filling ingredients, then stuff the peppers all the way to the top. It's fine if the peppers bulge a bit.
• Stand the peppers on end in a casserole dish and drizzle the olive oil over them. Bake at 400°F for 15 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 375°F and pour the tomato sauce around them. Continue baking until the peppers brown, about 30 minutes. Bring to the table in the casserole dish and serve.