Pennsyltucky Pepper Stew Recipes

SLOW-COOKED STUFFED PEPPER STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles, 8-10 minutes; drain., In a 6-qt. slow cooker, combine sausage mixture, green peppers, brown sugar, beef base, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, tomatoes and tomato juice. Cook, covered, on low until vegetables are tender, 4-5 hours., Stir in rice. Cook, covered, until rice is tender, 15-20 minutes longer. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

ONE-POT BEEF & PEPPER STEW

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook beef over medium heat 6-8 minutes or until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Add tomatoes, green peppers, onion, chilies and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are tender., Prepare rice according to package directions. Serve with stew and, if desired, pepper sauce.

BEEF PEPPERPOT STEW WITH SPILLERS' DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• For the pepperpot: Wash the stewing beef and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut the meat into cubes around 5/8-inch thick and transfer to a large ovenproof casserole or heavy-bottomed saucepan. Combine the beef with the liquid, thyme, ginger, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and allspice berries, then adjust the seasonings with salt, and pepper. Bring the ingredients to a boil, skim the froth from the top of the liquid, cover with a lid, reduce the heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Peel the yams, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. Cut the yam into pieces the size of large potato wedges. Cut the sweet potato and pumpkin into 1 1/2-inch chunks. Discard the pumpkin seeds. Bash the green onions with a heavy knife to release their flavor. Dice the chiles (wear gloves), and add with the vegetables to the pot along with the coconut milk and lima beans. Stir the ingredients, and simmer gently, covered, for another 25 to 35 minutes, or until the meat and vegetables are tender, and cooked through. Add the greens around 13 minutes before the cooking time is up.
• For the dumplings: Mix the flour and salt together in a mixing bowl, and then gradually stir in the water to form a dough. Pull off 24 small pieces from the dough 1 piece at a time, and roll them into rounds or long pointy-ended ovals. Cook's Note: If you want bigger dumplings, use a double-sized piece of dough, and roll it into a round, pressing a small indentation into the top of it with your thumb.
• Drop the dumplings into the hot pot immediately after rolling, around 8 minutes before the cooking time is up. Taste the dumpling, and add extra salt, and pepper, if necessary.

STUFFED BELL PEPPER STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven brown beef and drain off fat.
• Add the peppers to the browned meat and sauté for 3-5 minutes.
• Cook rice following instructions on box.
• Stir in the rest of the ingredients accept the rice. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes. Stir in rice and heat through.
• Pour into bowls and top with mozzarella cheese if desired.

PEPPERY PORK STEW

Steps:

• Coarsely grind peppercorns with a large mortar and pestle, or with the bottom of a heavy skillet. Make twenty slits, each 1/2 inch deep and 1/2 inch wide, over pork's surface using a sharp paring knife, and insert a garlic half into each. Pat both sides of pork with ground peppercorns, and place, fat side up, in a large bowl. Add remaining garlic, the rosemary, and red wine. Cover, and refrigerate overnight (up to 1 day).
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Remove pork from marinade, reserving marinade. Pat pork shoulder dry with paper towels, and season with 4 teaspoons salt. Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Sear pork, fat side down, until golden brown. Flip pork, add reserved marinade, and bring to a simmer. Transfer to oven, and cook until meat is tender and falling off the bone, about 5 hours.
• Remove pork from Dutch oven, and pull apart meat; discard bone. Skim fat from surface of broth, and season with salt. Serve pork with some broth and crusty bread.