Ok, now on to my Pinterest Win...ish.. Seriously, a total "ish". I have made stuffed peppers in the crock pot for years, and have done it quite successfully. I thought, "heck 30 minutes in the oven... this can't be too hard!"
I "pinned" this recipe to my "Hungry, Hungry Hippo" board on Pinterest. You can visit my board, with all the recipes, here: http://www.pinterest.com/lee_m/hungry-hungry-hippo/
The Pin will lead you to a blog called "Like Mother Like Daughter". They are a cute mother-daughter combo who have some great recipes. Definitely check them out when you get a chance.
The recipe is not complicated and detailed out well on the blog. I was 100% confident going into the challenge. Of course, John was excited because some hot chick was cooking for him. (I might have paraphrased that a tad bit...) Check out the picture from the blog, I mean... YUM-E!
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| Photo from http://lmld.org |
I followed the directions step-by-step, though I did make a few ingredient changes. I used chipotle ground pork sausage instead of the Italian seasoned ground turkey. (So, yes, I took the Italian out of the Italian Stuffed Peppers...) I also used Monterey jack cheese, instead of mozzarella AND I used brown rice. Basically, I used the ingredients I already had the house. (1) I am cheap, (2) I love convenience.
The process was just like the recipe stated. This mother-daughter duo do a great job of explaining the steps. My peppers came out looking pretty good, if I do say so myself!
I plated the peppers up for John and me and we sat down to eat them. I cut open my green pepper and just gave an exhausted sigh. John looked over and then laughed. Ok, he wailed and folded over in laughter. Guess now is a good time to let you know that there are two foods I have not mastered in cooking. Ironically, they are two of the easiest: queso and rice. Any rice... yes, I said rice.
Here comes the Win-ish. The peppers were good. They held up their shape, had a great flavor, were easy to make and an awesome go-to meal - especially after a long day.
HOWEVER... I do have a lesson learned (the "ish" part) that I need to share with all of you. If you don't have white or long grain rice in your house, and you use brown rice... make sure you cook the brown rice a bit before stuffing it into the peppers. Otherwise, the brown rice won't cook enough and you will have al dente rice (giving myself a bit more credit than I deserve on that description). I recommend cooking the rice in the sauce for a few minutes. That's all it would have taken. But, of course I didn't do that...
Overall I did well, and I love the recipe. Will definitely make this again. But, I am not keen on eating hard rice so I'll follow that part of the recipe. Luckily, John & I are still in the "impression" stage, so he is eating the leftovers. I'm gonna milk this stage as long as I can!
I hope you give this recipe a try. Just don't make my mistake!
Enjoy!
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