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Keep the goods in your stuffed peppers with this simple lifehack from Japanese cooking YouTuber

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By grape Japan

Stuffed peppers are a popular dish in many parts of the world, and Japan is no exception. Not only is it tasty, but it's also simple to make and provides a good way of getting meat and vegetables in one dish. Bell peppers, known in Japanese as ピーマン piman, from the French word piment, are known to be rich in Vitamin C, containing 97% of the U.S. Daily Value (DV) in a 100 gram reference amount. Red bell peppers have double this amount.

However, one problem that sometimes happens is that the meat stuffing falls out when you flip them over or remove them from the oven or frying pan.

Competitive eater, singer, TV personality and YouTuber ギャル曽根 Gal Sone introduces a neat lifehack to prevent this on her YouTube channel:

As it turns out, the problem is moisture. A raw green bell pepper, for example, is 94% water. Some of it seeps out from the fruit's mesocarp (inner lining) and this can cause the meat filling to dislodge and fall out as the pepper loses its firmness during cooking.

To prevent this from happening, Gal Sone recommends grilling the peppers first. She uses a fish grill, which is typically installed in Japanese cooking ranges, in her video but if your range doesn't have one, a toaster oven or even your frying pan will do the trick.

After the halved peppers are grilled, she coats them in flour before stuffing them with the meat filling and placing them meat-side down in the frying pan.

Since the skins are already nicely grilled, there's no need to flip them over and cook the other side. And when it's time to take them out of the pan, the meat doesn't fall out.

Gal Sone called it "the discovery of the century," which may be an exaggeration but her fans were impressed, leaving comments such as:

"I’ve never seen such beautiful stuffed peppers. I can't stop drooling..."

"She's right. It's 'the discovery of the century!' lol. I want to make it too."

"This was very helpful. I appreciate these videos."

In the same video, Gal Sone also made stewed bell peppers and a vegetarian version of pepper steak (known in China as 青椒肉絲 qingjiao rou si, in Japan as チンジャオロース chinjaorosu) without the steak.

For the tasting part, Gal Sone's husband makes an appearance and the two of them are seen enjoying the dishes.

On her YouTube channel ギャル曽根公式チャンネル「ごはんは残さず食べましょう」 (gyaru sone koshiki chaneru gohan wa nokosazu tabemasho | Gal Sone official channel - let's clean our plates), which has over 416,000 subscribers at the time of writing, Gal Sone also introduces other short recipes and menus aimed at making veggies easy and enjoyable to eat.

If you're interested, why not check it out?

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© grape Japan

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People usually stuff the peppers with meat and season rice and cook it and discard the peppers

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I made some Enchiladas with bell peppers and onions,using Mexia Tortilla,they are easy to fold and cook like a corn enchilada,but corn tortillas tear, Mexia do not,gonna make some burritos,with rest of them

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Mexican food may be popular in America, but is not so in Japan.

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Mexican food may be popular in America, but is not so in Japan.

Why can I find Mexican foods in the supers? Many Japanese like spicy foods.

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3, everybody like Tex Mex food,Wallace if you can find some Chili's sauce,you can make on Mexican food,it all in the sauce and seasoning

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People usually stuff the peppers with meat and season rice and cook it and discard the peppers

Then they're lazy people, stuffed peppers are the best. if you are going to throw away the peppers, then don't make them and waste them.

Why can I find Mexican foods in the supers? Many Japanese like spicy foods.

You can't find truly authentic Mexican food, it just wouldn't work, it's not about the spiciness of the food, it's more about the ingredients, most Japanese don't do savory beans, won't go near cilantro, corn tortillas are hard to find (that is, if you really want to make an authentic taco) they don't do olives, can't get the proper chilis and tomatillos and you can't get REAL Queso and without any of these ingredients, you will never get the true taste, so besides basic tacos (which is pretty much the only food that Japanese know from Mexico) it just wouldn't succeed, sad, but true. Being from California, Mexican food is in my blood so I grow my own peppers and make my own tortillas and everything else, so I am very good on Mexican food.

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And yet one of the most popular restaurants here in little ole Oita is an authentic Mexican restaurant with a line out the door for seating every single night. How do I know? I own the restaurant/

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Will definitely check out her YT channel! Didn't know she was still active as I don't have a TV.

@Wallace I am not an expert on Mex food but I have seen quite a few ingredients in the Gyomu Super for Mexican food. They have many shops all over Japan. They also stock lots of other imported and Halal foods at very reasonable prices.

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Only food you need is tortilla,salsa ,taco seasoning, fajitas seasoning, enchiladas season,beans, tomatoes,onions , hot peppers,cheese to have a revolving Mexican meal,

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Ptolemy,you ever thought about serving Tortillas Soup,it simple and will be a hit,it includes black beans,corn,ground meat,taco seasoning,and cook with a tomato sauce,serve with rice,cheese and tortillas chip and salsa on the side,it will be Caliente

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We have taco night at least once every 2 or 3 weeks. The only imported items are the taco sauce and the corn tortillas which I fry into taco shapes myself.

Personally can’t stand the taste and texture of cooked green peppers, but guacamole is easy and tastes fantastic.

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Fizz,you make your taco sauce or salsa,by using dice tomatoes and green chili peppers,with tomato sauce and taco seasoning Hot sauce cooked

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Ptomley,has tried a fish taco,deep fried battered fish serve in a tortilla,with coleslaw and taco sauce

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