larauwen ([info]larauwen) wrote in [info]food_porn,
@ 2007-10-21 16:15:00
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Cooking Time
Hi guys, I bought some stuffed bell peppers at Ralphs today (they were half price) and I don't know how long I should cook them for. They've got a meat filling which looks pretty raw to me and no instructions. Help, I have no desire to get food poisoning!


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[info]beatle9
2007-10-21 11:16 pm UTC (link)
America's Test Kitchen says to bake them for 30 minutes, but that's after the filling is browned and the peppers are blanched.

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[info]amberbaka
2007-10-21 11:44 pm UTC (link)
to hazard a guess, 400F, cover it with aluminum foil for 30 minutes and then uncovered for 10?

Best guess here. :\

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[info]satwood
2007-10-21 11:45 pm UTC (link)
that would be my guess too.. do you know what they are stuffed with?

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[info]larauwen
2007-10-21 11:58 pm UTC (link)
It doesn't say. It's too light to be beef though, pork maybe? I'll try that method and see what happens, thanks.

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[info]amberbaka
2007-10-22 12:11 am UTC (link)
I'd say after the 10 minutes of cooking uncovered, stick two knives in, pull in opposite directions and peek at the center - if it's still pink, toss 'er back in! >.>;;;

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[info]larauwen
2007-10-22 12:27 am UTC (link)
I've just taken the foil off, so we'll see how it goes from here.

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[info]larauwen
2007-10-22 03:06 am UTC (link)
In the end it took almost an hour at 400! I think next time I will take the filling out and brown it separetly first.

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[info]subarashiine
2007-10-22 12:32 am UTC (link)
Hmm, thats odd! I have never seen stuffed peppers with raw filling, my supermarket only sells them cooked :D

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[info]larauwen
2007-10-22 12:36 am UTC (link)
I thought it was a bit odd too, but it's definatly raw, all pink and squishy.

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[info]subarashiine
2007-10-22 12:44 am UTC (link)
Oof yeah, you know you could also take the filling out of them and fry it up in a pan and then put it back in and bake it more, that way you KNOW everything is cooked :)

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[info]larauwen
2007-10-22 03:06 am UTC (link)
Yeah I'll have to do that next time, it took almost an hour to cook in total!

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[info]zaydia
2007-10-22 12:52 am UTC (link)
Get a meat thermometer. Preferably a probe style one. best invention ever. Set it for the temp you want and let it go, so you don't have to worry about time.

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