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Mardi Gras Peppers

Stuffed bell peppers filled with seasoned meat, vegetables, mushrooms, and rice, baked with tomato sauce and herbs.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mardi Gras Peppers

Oven350°F
Time10 to 15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the peppers

  1. Cut off the tops of the peppers and remove the seeds and membranes.

  2. Wash the peppers thoroughly.

  3. Blanch the peppers in boiling water for 3 minutes.

  4. Set the peppers aside.

Make the filling

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

  2. Add the ground beef, onions, green pepper, celery, and garlic to the skillet and saute for 4 to 5 minutes or until the meat is browned and the vegetables are tender.

  3. Add the mushrooms and chicken broth and cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender.

  4. Add the tomato sauce, butter, thyme, and hot pepper sauce and simmer for 7 to 9 minutes.

  5. Add the cooked rice, salt, and black pepper to taste.

Bake and serve

  1. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pepper cups.

  2. Sprinkle the tops with bread crumbs.

  3. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1677Calories
108 gProtein
60 gFat
169 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 18 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  4. Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  5. Beef + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Bell peppers
Hollow shells that hold the filling and soften as they bake.
Ground beef
Provides the savory, browned base and body of the filling.
Mushrooms
Add moisture and savory depth to the filling as they cook down.
Cooked rice
Bulks up the filling and absorbs the juices from the vegetables and broth.
Chicken broth
Adds moisture and savory flavor to the filling while it simmers.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, browned topping during baking.

The step that matters

Blanch the peppers in boiling water for 3 minutes. Blanching softens the pepper walls so they bend and cook through during baking. Skipping it can leave the shells firm and the filling underdone by the time they are tender.

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, olive, beef, onion, garlic, mushroom, chicken):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Rosemaryfits better
  3. Cuminfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, olive, beef, onion, garlic, mushroom, chicken. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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