Cooking With Beer: Smoked Porter Stuffed Peppers

Smoked Chipotle Porter - Try it on draft at London Gastropub!!

We also love the idea of cooking with beer.

Ingredients for Smoked Porter Stuffed Peppers:

4 Large Bell Peppers (for stuffing)

1 Large Bell Pepper - diced

1 Large Yellow Onion - diced

1 Poblano Pepper - diced

1 Jalapeno Pepper - minced

5 Cloves of Garlic - minced

1 Pound Ground Pork Sausage

2/3 Cup Basmati Rice

1 Bottle Smoked Porter

1/8 Cup Chipotle Pepper Puree

2 (6oz) Cans Tomato Paste

Chili Powder

Salt & Pepper

Instructions:

1. Pour the bottle of smoked porter into a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Add rice. Cover and reduce to a simmer. Cook about 20 minutes.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees

3. Cut the tops off the peppers and gut them out (seeds and ribs). Cut the bottom so that the peppers can stand up.

4. In a medium skillet heat oil and add the garlic and jalapeno. Saute for a minute and then add the diced onions and green peppers. Saute for about 5 minutes and then add the ground pork sausage. Brown the meat. Turn off the heat and mix in the tomato paste, chipotle puree, chili powder, salt & pepper and cooked rice.

5. Stuff the peppers with the filling. Stand the peppers up inside a non-greased baking dish (Wrap bottom of peppers in foil if they look like they are going to leak). Drizzle a little oilve oil on top of peppers. Bake for about 45 minutes. Option to top peppers with cheese 10 minutes before removing from oven.

6. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve with a smoked porter. Cheers!!

Courtesy of BeerWench...Love it!

Deschutes Abyss & Dogfish 90-minute IPA at London, Monrovia, CA

okay okay...we know it's been ages since we've blogged, but we got the first year under our belt and we're back on it!!
exciting new beers on draft at London:

DESCHUTES ABYSS

The Abyss has immeasurable depth inviting you to explore and discover its rich, complex profile. Hints of molasses, licorice and other alluring flavors draw you in further and further with each sip. And at 11% alcohol by volume, you will want to slowly savor each and every ounce.

DOGFISH 90-minute IPA

Esquire Magazine calls our 90 Minute IPA., "perhaps the best I.P.A. in America." An Imperial I.P.A. brewed to be savored from a snifter. A big beer with a great malt backbone that stands up to the extreme hopping rate.

Come in to London in Old Town Monrovia to check them out!!