My Hubby needs help!

[Thewife]

He's making stuffed green peppers. (YUCK)

He's got the stuffing cooking.(venison, sausage, rice)

Does he need to cook the peppers first if he wants to freeze them?
Or can he just stuff them and freeze?

He would really appreciate any help you can give him!

 

[sufficientforme]

This may be to late but here are some directions for a basic recipe for them, so using what you already and work from there, hope that helps.

1. Cut off the tops of the peppers and remove the core and seeds. Remove the stem from the tops -- dice up the tops; set aside.
2. Boil the green peppers completely submerged for about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
3.Fry ground beef until done -- add diced green peppers and cook until the darken; then drain any grease.
4.Add tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce & water, turn stove to low and let simmer for a minimum of 20 minutes. Simmering longer won't hurt it!
5. Turn off heat and add instant white rice and stir til all rice is saturated. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes.
6. Remove lid and slowly stir in cheddar (I often add extra cheese).
7.In a pan or casserole dish stuff the pre-cooked peppers. Put extra rice stuffing in the pan next to the stuffed peppers.
8.For 1/2 the servings simply freeze the other half. If you are making this for OAMC then you freeze it at this point.
9. Bake in oven at 350F for 20 minutes then serve!
**To heat frozen meal simply heat at 350F for 20-30 minutes or until heated through out.

 

[Thewife]

Hubby says, THANK YOU, Sufficientforme!

I guess he loves stuffed peppers?
10 years together and I still learn something new everyday!

 

[SKR8PN]

He's making stuffed green peppers. (YUCK)

He's got the stuffing cooking.(venison, sausage, rice)

Does he need to cook the peppers first if he wants to freeze them?
Or can he just stuff them and freeze?

He would really appreciate any help you can give him!

We never cook the peppers, just the stuffing. We stuff them, then vacuum seal them 2 per bag for a meal size portion(for us anyway)
To serve we just toss them in the oven using a casserole dish and heat them up till the peppers are done.

 

[keljonma]

Like sfm, we always parboil the peppers for 5 minutes before stuffing - whether we freeze or they go straight to cook.

 

[Farmfresh]

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We never cook the peppers, just the stuffing. We stuff them, then vacuum seal them 2 per bag for a meal size portion(for us anyway)
To serve we just toss them in the oven using a casserole dish and heat them up till the peppers are done.

That is a VERY good idea!