Creole Bell Peppers

Recipe Ingredients

1		Eggplant - small, diced
2 tablespoons	30ml	Butter or margarine
1 tablespoon	15ml	Flour
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Onion - chopped
2 cups	320g / 11oz	Rice - cooked
1		Crabmeat - picked over(6oz)
3 tablespoons	45ml	Parsley - chopped
3/4 cup	177ml	Chicken broth
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Cayenne pepper
5		Green bell peppers - large
1/4 cup	40g / 1.4oz	Rice cereal crumbs - crushed

Recipe Instructions

1. Cover eggplant with salted water; let stand 20 minutes.

2. Melt butter in large skillet; add flour and cook until browned, stirring.

3. Drain eggplant; add eggplant and onion to skillet and saute until tender.

4. Stir in rice, crabmeat, parsley, chicken broth and seasonings; blend well.

5. Cut tops off bell peppers and scoop out seeds.

6. Parboil peppers about 5 minutes; drain and fill with rice mixture.

7. Sprinkle tops with cereal crumbs and stand upright in buttered baking dish.

8. Bake in preheated 400F oven 20 minutes.

Source:
Justin Wilson's "Gourmet and Gourmand Cookbook"

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