Red peppers are like the black truffles of the pepper world, according to the grocery store.
Green peppers, oh my God take them all. Red peppers, $400 a piece.
I am sure there is some sort of totally sound reasoning for this, but whatever, it’s summer, and my mom gardens, so I hoard them for free. Thank you mom. And, like, Earth.
So we’re just starting to get and abundance of huge red peppers, what’s a girl to do?
Well, last week we made tacos.
And it was glorious.
Red Pepper Tacos
3 Large Red Peppers, halved and seeded
Taco Meat
Shredded Cheese
Jalapeno, sliced and seeded
Sour Cream
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Fill your pepper halves with taco meat. I use ground beef, browned and tossed with chili powder and BBQ sauce. Swear to God, it’s the best taco meat ever.
Cover the peppers with shredded cheese and some sliced jalapenos for heat.
Bake uncovered for 20 minutes. For extra browning, switch on the broiler for the last few minutes.
Top with sour cream and sliced cherry tomatoes.
P.S. these will get you motorboated they’re so good, and bonus! They can totally be low carb!
Yeah, those look SO GOOD! I will be trying this out for sure! (I saw a similar recipe that uses green pepper in place of nacho chips for amazing nachos with less guilt)
Brilliant!! I never understood the price difference at the super market, where you can buy 4305804395890 green peppers for 25 cents. But want a red pepper? That will be the soul of your first born child. Thanks.
I swear the red ones taste better! Sweeter, juicier, with no bitterness.
Maybe I have really expensive taste. That’s probably why I wipe with dollar bills too.
Chili powder and BBQ sauce! Amazing! I can’t wait to try that.
I love stuffed peppers, and these look so good. Although, I am in Texas; one jalapeno slice is not enough.
We usually blanch our peppers for a few minutes or two and it takes away some of the bite and the flavors meld even better…by far one of my face ways to eat taco meat.
These look incredible!! I need to make these one taco night to change out our boring routine!
These look SO GOOD. Too bad I’m allergic to peppers.
Would this come out the same with a green pepper?
Tonight is daylight savings taco night! These are in the pot as we speak. 1.98#s of flank perfection covered with all the peppers and onions! I only have 5 or 6 hours to work with so I’ll have a couple 15 minute high sessions on the crock and will report back.
Ooh! I just went grocery shopping and have everything I need for this! Yummy :)
I LOVE you for these! I loved you anyhow but THESE! My God! They`re almost as good as Fungus balls!! We didn`t even have sour cream and they were still fantastic. (I`m willing to eat avocado in place of sour cream sometimes.)
I am so glad you loved these! And omg, avocado is like crack to me, good call!
I read this yesterday while getting a pedicure… Immediately went next door to get all the ingredients at Whole Foods because I was so excited to make these that I didn’t even want to waste time to go to a regular grocery store and pay way less for everything. They were awesome and worth the $5437 that red peppers are, especially at Whole Foods.
Sounds delish. I too love red peppers. And orange. And yellow. And yes, even green.
However, there is not NEARLY enough cheese. Cheese is one of my best friends and gets invited to nearly ALL the dinner parties. I invite cheddar, jack, swiss, pepper-jack, cream, mozzarella , cottage, parmesan and some of their less popular friends. On occasion I will invited ricotta but only if he comes dressed up. Sometimes I set them up on dates. Turns out Cream LOVES Pepper-Jack and Cottage loves a threesome with Parmesan and freshly ground pepper.
I will be trying this recipe. I think I will invite several of cheese friends. :)
I also don’t see Avacado. Why wasn’t he invited? He is the life of the party.
I really want to try the taco meat w/ bbq but, I keep wondering what kind to use. If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I’d love to try. Otherwise I may have to do some experimenting on my own :) Thanks for the recipe, I love stuffed peppers, this is a great twist!
Of course! I use Sweet Baby Rays, the original. You can get away with almost any BBQ sauce, but stay away from like, the honey bbq and whatnot, it has an icky not-taco taste.
Um, wait, what? BBQ with taco meat?? I usually use taco seasoning. Please enlighten me.
YES. It’s a family secret. Sprinkle with Chili Powder and coat in BBQ Sauce. It’s AMAZING.
Yay! High Five. Making these tonight and thought damn, I hope she uses Sweet Baby Ray’s. Checked the comments and BAM.
Looking yum. Let the peppers roast for a while on their own first (spray with a little olive oil and dust with a little seasalt), they will be even yummier. Roasted peppers are the bomb.
Gonna be trying this recipe soon. Looks amazing and I am trying to keep my carb intake down.
They look amazing and I LOVE red peppers, thanks for sharing!!
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