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Stuffed Green Peppers, Mexican

A Mexican dish of green peppers stuffed with a seasoned mixture of chicken, pork, and almonds, baked in broth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and pork match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,417 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Stuffed Green Peppers, Mexican

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare the peppers

  1. Select several green peppers of uniform size, wash and dry them.

  2. Immerse the peppers whole in hot fat for a few seconds, then remove and rub off the skin.

  3. Cut off the stem end, dig out the seeds, and remove the ribs.

Make the filling

  1. Chop and pound equal parts of raw chicken breasts and fresh pork, then season with garlic, salt, and Cayenne pepper.

  2. Add ¼ cup of fine cracker meal and moisten with rich sweet cream, then rub through a sieve and add whole blanched almonds.

Braise and serve

  1. Fill the cavity of the peppers with the mixture and arrange in a sauté pan.

  2. Moisten with a little consomme, cover with oiled paper, and braise in a slow oven at 300°F (150°C) for one hour.

  3. Glaze and serve on a hot platter.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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. Chicken + porktop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

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

  2. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Pepper + garlictop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,090 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Raw chicken breasts
Provide the main protein, giving the filling body and a firm, sliceable texture when cooked.
Fresh pork
Adds fat and moisture to the filling, keeping it tender and juicy during braising.
Cracker meal
Absorbs liquid and binds the meat mixture so it holds its shape in the pepper.
Rich sweet cream
Moistens the filling and adds richness and tenderness to the meat mixture.
Whole blanched almonds
Add texture and a mild nutty flavour to the filling.

The step that matters

Braise in a slow oven. Slow, gentle heat at 300°F cooks the raw meat filling through without drying it out. Oiled paper traps steam, so the peppers soften while the filling stays moist.

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, chicken, pork, clove, garlic, cream):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Chickpeafits better
  4. Almondthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, chicken, pork, clove, garlic, cream. 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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