On Tuesday I stayed home from work and decided to make a quick dinner before meeting up with Anna's friend Wendy, and of course Anna, for lunch and dessert.
Instead of stuffing the peppers, I made each part separately, and then combined everything for a simple, but flavorful dinner.
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
10 ounces Mahatma Saffron Yellow Rice
2 green peppers, sectioned and sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, smashed and sliced
28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
seasonings: salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, coriander powder, cayenne powder, chili powder, dried basil, oregano
1 pitch of sugar
1/4 cup feta, crumbled
Directions:
1) Cook ground beef, seasoning it with all spices but basil and oregano.
2) Remove cooked ground beef from the pan, leaving a few teaspoons of fat in the pan. Add green peppers, red onion and garlic and cook until the tenderness you want (I left my vegetables with a bit of a bite). Again, season the vegetables with all the spices but basil and oregano.
3) Meanwhile, cook yellow saffron rice according to the directions on the package.
4) In a small saucepan spike up the crushed tomatoes with basil and oregano. Add a pinch of sugar for a bit of sweetness.
5) Once everything is cooked, spoon the rice into a bowl, top with ground beef and vegetables and feta, pour a bit of the tomato sauce around. Time to eat!
oh wow, those stuffed peppers look AWESOME. I want to go out and buy peppers NOW.
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That's what we do too! Lazy stuffed peppers or cabbage rolls, even enchiladas get layered like lasagne.
ReplyDeleteSuper time saver, but oh so delicious!
Just discovered your blog thru CookThink. So glad I did.
I love it.
Aww, my Mom used to make lazy stuffed cabbage too! I once made an even lazier one using a box of Tabachnik frozen cabbage soup and ground beef and rice!
ReplyDeleteWow this looks so yummy and satisfying! I love all the colors too...YuM!
ReplyDeleteThis is delightful - really pretty colours & a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI love peppers stuffer with rice! Yours look mouthwateringly good! Its funny...mango and tomato are two things I dont like..but I love your blog :)
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ReplyDeleteThose stuffed peppers look awesome. And do you take your own shots? The subtle reflections are great.
Olga...are you sure we aren't brother and sister?
ReplyDeleteI love the stuffed peppers and yes it was a common theme at the dinner table growing up! My mom, who is of Russian and Polish descent, loved making stuffed cabbage (Polish cuisine seems to stuff everything!)...I will treasure the memory while I make tuna fish and white bean sandwiches for lunch and miso soup...
my mom makes great stuffed peppers but i'd never thought about the feta idea. i'll tell her about it and maybe she'll make it for me since i'm so lazy usually haha!
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