Originally Posted by
JBord
You really want to mess with a favorite
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Are these the kind with ground beef, rice, tomato sauce and seasonings inside? A few simple ideas: Mix ground beef and ground pork if you have it, or even a little pork sausage. Add paprika and garlic to give it more of a Hungarian stuffed pepper taste. Mix just a little of the sauce in with the filling and put the rest over the top of the peppers - I assume you could even bake them in the sauce. If you all are ok with spicy, add some diced chile peppers to the sauce on top.
I had Turkey breakfast sausage but thought that might be risky. I went with extra garlic and added paprika. I’d have enjoyed the diced chiles (as would FIL) but I keep the heat low for Mrs BV’s sake.
Ready for the oven. I didn’t take a picture after they came out if the oven. Other than the butter melting and the bread crumbs browning, they didn’t look any different. FIL liked them but said his mother made the best stuffed peppers ever. I can’t compete with an 80 year old memory.