Reviewed: May 22, 2012

Here's my take: great solid recipe that is easily altered to what you have on hand. I like salt, it doesn't like me = no salt. This recipe helped me to use my gypsy peppers. Hum...I have some nice range free no nitrate happy chicken sausage; so I chopped it up & tossed it in as I was cooking. Along w/some zucchini as per another reviewer's suggestion. Then, I thought about the left over (range free,etc) chicken broth I had...& a bit of that went into the wok to loosen up the caramelization on the bottom. (Forgot that I turned up the heat a bit & it worked out! I raise the temperature because I have a lousy stove.) I added the oregano & a bit more cayenne. For *my* taste test, I tossed a bit of red pepper on my serving. I served it up to hubby over last night's brown rice (sans red pepper). More than satisfying & he gave it a thumbs up for his lunch tomorrow. FWIW: hubby is a non-carnivore except for happy fowl & seafood + hates too much spice/heat. Me: I'm the Bourdain of the family...

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Reviewed: May 21, 2012

Gave it 5 stars even though I changed it according to what I had on hand, because I think it is very versatile, tasty, and easy! I used pinto beans, sweet colored peppers, and added a bit of tomato juice. We had it with rice, as a side dish, because my husband has to have meat! It would be a great vegetarian main dish with brown rice!

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martia51

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

I liked it. Had plenty of flavor for me. Dear husband didn't like that the beans weren't swimming in some kind of sauce. It was more on the dry side.

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ROWORK

Reviewed: Dec. 31, 2011

Really good! I added some Cajun seasoning and it was better than I expected.

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3BoysMama

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2010

Very flavorful recipe! Now that I've made the recipe per the instructions, I might try to change it up a bit per my personal tastes. Some ideas would be to add an additional type of pepper--maybe a hotter one or just green pepper? I prefer only a hint of oregano flavor, so a pinch was more than enough. One other option might be to add some minced garlic in the skillet with the onions and pepper. As is, the recipe is a winner and tasty. Have fun trying different spice blends geared towards your tastes. I did pack the extras in my lunch the next day and it reheats up very well in the microwave, which is an additional bonus! Thanks for sharing!

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Oliver22

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 18, 2010

This was good. I served it over toasted bread as kind of a bruschetta/open faced sandwich type of thing. It was good but I felt it needed more flavor or something. I like the idea of blending it up to make hummus though-that's great!

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JENNYLYN1

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Fresno, California, USA

Living In: Clovis, California, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2010

This is a very simple but very good dish! A few other reviewers seemed to feel it was bland, however it's not meant to be a highly seasoned dish. I followed the recipe as written and the only addition I made was to dress it with a little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil which made it a little more moist and added a little more depth of flavor. I served it over hot pasta with some Parmesan. Delicioso! (I suppose if you want to punch it up a bit, some fresh or canned roma tomatoes would fit in nicely as well.)

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JeniOM

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2010

Pretty good, but needs more flavour. Another reviewer suggested cumin and I think that would go great with this.

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Sugar8184

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jun. 23, 2010

Very tasty, and easy to make! Only giving 4 stars because I made modifications to the original recipe. I added 1 diced zucchini to give it more color/substance, and used a normal yellow pepper because I couldn't find the gypsy sweet pepper. Also used Italian seasoning, instead of just oregano, as well as some crushed red pepper and garlic to add a bit of spice/flavour. Paired it with couscous. Will definitely make again!

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