Geaux Tigers! Stuffed Peppers

Geaux Tigers! Stuffed Peppers

Makes 8 stuffed peppers. Recipe is from Cajun Country Rice.

2 cups cooked medium-grain rice, prepared with extra water to make it sticky

4 yellow bell peppers

1 tbl. butter

1/4 cup purple onion, chopped

8 strips bacon

1/2 lb. medium Louisiana shrimp

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Salt and pepper, to taste

1. Wash and quarter peppers, removing seeds and membranes.

2. Sauté onion in butter until soft. Pan-fry the bacon, drain and crumble, reserving the bacon grease. Saut é shrimp in bacon grease until just cooked. Salt and pepper, to taste.

3. Drain shrimp and chop into small bits.

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, combine the rice, onion, bacon, shrimp and cheese, adding more salt and pepper, if needed.

5. Form mixture to sit inside a bell pepper quarter. Bake for 15 minutes.