In our country, baked stuffed peppers can be considered a traditional dish. It is difficult to find a person who has not tried it at least once in his life. Large ribbed and bright peppers seem to be specially designed to be stuffed with other vegetables, meat or even fruits. This method of cooking allows you to pamper your family with not only a tasty, but also a healthy dish. What can we say about its aesthetic beauty. Multi-colored fruits under the “fur coat” of cheese and greens look just great.
Be sure to try to cook stuffed peppers baked in the oven in your kitchen. The recipe can be absolutely anything. We offer you a special selection, where there are the simplest options and more complex original dishes in the ingredient composition.
Bulgarian pepper stuffed with mozzarella cheese
Surprisingly simple and very tasty dish of vegetables and meat. Mozzarella cheese and garlic add a special piquancy to the taste. The preparatory process will take no more than fifteen minutes, and the cooking itself - 45 minutes. All ingredients are for four servings. You will need:
- Bulgarian pepper (any color) - 4 pcs.;
- ground beef - 500 g;
- medium-sized bulb - 1 pc.;
- boiled rice - 180 g;
- two cloves of garlic;
- tomato sauce (liquid consistency) - 300 g;
- mozzarella - 100 g;
- salt to taste.
Cooking steps
The proposed recipe for baked stuffed peppers is quite simple. A little time - and as a result, a tasty and healthy dish is on the table. Cut off the top of the pepper, clean it from the inside and rinse. In order for it to stand exactly on the baking sheet, you can cut off the bottom part quite a bit. Blanch the peppers for two minutes in boiling water.
Separately stew ground beef and finely chopped onion until tender. Then pour in a glass of tomato sauce, add rice, salt and garlic. Cook the mixture for another 3 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Fill the peppers with the prepared mixture and place vertically on a baking sheet (or in a glass mold) greased with vegetable oil. Top with the rest of the tomato sauce and cover tightly with foil. Cook in this form for ten minutes, then remove the lid and bake until cooked. Finally, sprinkle with cheese and let it melt. Baked stuffed peppers (see photo in the section above) serve as an independent dish with fresh vegetables or a green salad.
On the eve of holidays or for children, the dish can be decorated in an original way. For example, as in the photo above. Use an orange or yellow pepper, add eyes, nose and mouth to it, and use the cut cap along with the stalk.
Mexican-style stuffed peppers
This stuffed pepper recipe includes only natural and healthy ingredients. Oregano, cumin and hot chili add aroma and spicy taste to the dish. It should be served with light arugula and spinach salads, boiled cauliflower and homemade bread. To prepare the dish you will need:
- sweet pepper with the top part removed and the seed box - 6 pcs.;
- minced turkey (chicken) - 500 g;
- cooked brown long grain rice - 180 g;
- salsa sauce - 400 g;
- fresh or canned corn - 200 g;
- ½ tsp. chili pepper, oregano and cumin;
- black beans (cooked or canned) - 180 g;
- finely chopped medium-sized onion.
As you can see, in order to cook baked stuffed peppers according to this recipe, rather non-standard products are required, but at the same time quite affordable. Beans can be replaced with beans, and salsa sauce can be prepared in advance.
Cooking process
Preparing the dish is extremely simple. It is necessary to mix all the ingredients for the filling in a separate bowl, mix the mass thoroughly until smooth. Then stuff the prepared peppers with a cut cap. After that, carefully place them in a deep, oiled baking sheet, tightly to each other and cover with the previously cut “caps”. Add some water (1/3 cup) and bake in the oven on a low heat for several hours so that all the ingredients soak in each other's flavors. Readiness will be indicated by black tan marks on the pepper.
Spanish stuffed peppers baked in the oven with minced meat
The original recipe for Spanish baked peppers is very similar to the previous one, but has some specific features and ingredients. This is a completely vegetarian dish. Two roasted pepper halves contain 311 calories and 3.4 grams of fat. An excellent dinner option for those who have weight problems or are on a diet.
So, to prepare peppers baked according to this recipe, you need to take the following products:
- large bell pepper (multi-colored) - 4 pcs.;
- 170 g quinoa (or rice);
- 460 ml vegetable broth;
- 120 g salsa (or regular tomato sauce);
- 400 g black beans (ready-made);
- 170 g of corn;
- 2 garlic cloves (chopped);
- 1.5 tsp. ground cumin and red hot pepper.
These are the main ingredients for stuffing peppers. In addition to them, you will need as an addition one ripe avocado, lime juice, ground coriander, chopped red onion and a little spicy salsa sauce.
How to cook?
It takes a little pre-processing time to prepare the baked stuffed peppers according to this recipe. The quinoa should be boiled in vegetable broth until tender, a process that will take about twenty minutes. In this case, the cereal should become “fluffy” and absorb all the liquid. Peppers need to be washed and divided into two halves, cleaned of seeds and partitions. Preheat the oven to 170-180 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with oil.
In a separate bowl, combine the cooked quinoa with the rest of the ingredients (except extras). Adjust the taste by adding salt, spices and pepper. Generously fill the pepper halves with the mixture, place them on a baking sheet and cover with foil. Cook for about half an hour. Then remove the foil and reduce the heat, continue to bake the vegetables for another 15-20 minutes.
Ready baked stuffed peppers in the oven (photo - in the previous section), garnish with slices of ripe avocado, sprinkle with ground coriander and red onion, sprinkle with salsa. Serve with light green salads.
Pepper in teriyaki sauce
The classic recipe for stuffed and baked peppers in this case takes an unexpected turn towards Asian cuisine with its best traditions. An excellent dinner for two, moderately spicy, sweet-sour-spicy and original. To prepare you should take:
- 100 g cooked white rice;
- 130 ml of meat broth;
- 2 large bell peppers;
- 250 g ground beef;
- stalk of green onions (chopped on an oblique);
- 1 medium grated carrot
- 3 tsp brown cane sugar;
- 3 art. l. soy sauce;
- 1 st. l. chopped garlic;
- ½ tsp ground ginger root;
- 60 g mozzarella cheese.
Cooking technology
Delicious and fragrant baked - a great alternative to a traditional dinner. It combines two components at once - the main dish and a vegetable side dish.
Before you start preparing food, you should turn on the oven and preheat it to 180 degrees. Next, boil the rice in meat broth until half cooked. Cook ground beef together with carrots and the white part of the onion stem in a pan with a little vegetable oil. The vegetables should be soft and the meat should be a dark brown color. In the next step, add cane sugar, ginger, garlic and soy sauce, cook until the liquid is absorbed - one or two minutes. Divide the pepper into two halves, remove seeds and partitions, fill with stuffing and place on a glass form greased with vegetable oil. Bake it first under the foil for 30-40 minutes, and then bring it open until ready. Top with cheese and green onions before serving.
Hearty breakfast - baked stuffed peppers (recipe)
The photo that you see below reveals the secret of the interesting serving of this dish from the first minutes. A hearty breakfast with tuna, egg and vegetables will fill you with energy and strength for the whole day, giving you a great mood thanks to bright colors and great taste. For cooking you will need:
- 3 bell peppers (multi-colored);
- 1 bank 250-300 g;
- 3 medium sized tomatoes;
- 1 st. l. olive oil;
- 1 onion;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 5 chicken eggs.
Cooking sequence
The main condition for breakfast is the speed of its preparation. First of all, turn on the oven at 200 degrees and let it warm up. Process tomatoes with boiling water, remove the skin, free from seeds and cut into medium-sized cubes. You can do this the night before or use canned tomatoes.
Cut the pepper in half, free from seeds and partitions. Chop one part into cubes. Fry the onion in hot olive oil until light golden brown, add garlic, tomatoes, tuna and heat for 2-3 minutes. For flavor, you can add chopped thyme. Balance the taste with just the right amount of pepper and salt. Stuff the peppers with the mixture and make a small well in the middle. Place them on a greased baking sheet or use parchment paper. Gently crack a raw egg into each pepper half. Bake in the oven until the protein is done, usually about fifteen minutes.
Baked stuffed peppers with tuna for breakfast is original, not boring and very satisfying. Cooking will take even less time if you prepare all the ingredients in advance, the night before. In the morning, all you have to do is fill the pepper halves and bake. A short residence time in the oven allows you to save the taste of vegetables.
