What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? The Food Whisperer: Barbacoa Banana Peppers! More and more supermarkets are offering a wide variety of prepared meats to help make mealtime as effortless as possible. You can take advantage of these precooked packaged options or make use of last night’s leftover roast in the refrigerator, turning it into Barbacoa beef. I have great respect for everyone who juggles their time between work and home. This recipe combines fresh produce with convenient seasoned alternatives. Meet me halfway for this labor of love.
BARBACOA BANANA PEPPERS
Ingredients:
6 mild banana peppers, sliced lengthwise; ribs and seeds removed
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
6 sticks mozzarella string cheese
1 cup Barbacoa beef, shredded
1/3 cup fresh sweet corn
1/2 cup pico de gallo
2 green onions, sliced into curls
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400°. Arrange in a single layer, without touching, on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with seasoned salt. Roast for 10 minutes until banana peppers begin to soften slightly. Remove from oven to cool. Tuck one mozzarella cheese stick into each pepper.(It may be necessary to pull the cheese apart into strings to fill the pepper from end to end.) Divide shredded Barbacoa beef between peppers. Top with sweet corn. Set oven to Broil. Return stuffed banana peppers to the oven. Broil for 1-2 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden in spots. Watch carefully. Remove from oven. Top with pico de gallo. Garnish with green onion strips.
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Love the flavours and all the colour.
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This would make a nice appetizer, if you had an abundance of peppers. 🍃🌶
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Colours are wonderful, looks a picture on a plate 😋🌻
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Thank you. I do my best. 👀🍃
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One of the delights of peppers is how pretty they look on the plate!
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I agree. Also, red is slightly sweeter than green. 😍🍃🌶
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Colourful and flavourful recipe
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Thank you. I figure if it looks good before that first bite, it sets the stage for the entire experience. Does that make sense? 🤔
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WoW! I would love this, but Anita is unfortunately allergic to ANY hollow pepper, even the innocent red, yellow and green ones! 😟 And her allergy is to something soluble in the peppers, in that she cannot eat something cooked in the same juices. But every now and then, she buys me a green pepper and stuffs it with my favorite meat/carbs. Yeah, she loves me that much! 😊
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I hope you tell her what a great wife she is! 😍🍃
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At least once a day! 😊
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Good for you! 👏
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