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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Stuffed peppers

We made stuffed green peppers tonight.  Now my Aunt showed up late so the Cotija cheese is a little over browned, but it tasted great besides.  The traditional way to make these is horrid.  Put stuff in and hope it cooks all the way.  NO THANKS!! :)  I put on one cup of rice in the rice cooker with 1 tsp. Turmeric and 2 tsp. Cumin. and started on the rest.  I just cut up a softball size onion and sauted in a couple Tbls. of olive oil.     Added about six chopped cloves of garlic.  Added in 2 Tbls. Cumin, 1 tsp. Coriander.  When onions started to be translucent and get some browned color put in 1 large carrot shredded and stirred into mix and then put mix into a bowl and in the same pan threw in the 2lbs. hamburger.  This was a fattier cut from local cows that we get from our neighbor for very inexpensive and antibiotic/hormone free so worth this next step I did.  After the meat was browned I poured it into a colander in the sink and rinsed it with hot water.  This essentially makes for fat free red meat.  I would only do this when doing a highly seasoned recipe like this so you aren't asking.."Where's the beef?"  I then put it back into the hot skillet to dry it out for a min and dump in the yummy onion mixture. Then I added two tomatoes chopped, and a can of low sodium beef broth.  Then I tasted and added more garlic salt, pepper, cumin, and red pepper flake to taste. I simmered the meat mixture for about 10 min. and added in the finished rice.  Stuffed them into hollowed peppers to a half inch over, stuffed extra mix around the peppers to help them stay up and sprinkled Cotija cheese over the top and cooked in a 350 degree oven for an hour and a half. put on bottom rack to prevent my browed cheese up there..lol.  Each pepper is under 170 calories and is only 7pts. WW.

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