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Mexican Stuffed Peppers
Recipe video above. That moment when you cut into these Mexican Stuffed Peppers and the cheesy, flavour loaded juicy beef and rice filling comes oozing out.....THEN you find out it's only 387 calories for a giant stuffed capsicum?? It's a little food miracle, right there. 🙌🏼
👥 5 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 50m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●oven
- ●knife
- ●baking dish
- ●skillet
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
2
Hollow Peppers:
3
Using a small knife, cut around the top of the capsicum at downwards 45 degree angle. Remove top, empty seeds. If capsicum bottoms aren't quite level, cut so they'll sit flat. (Be careful to cut off as little as possible so you don'' accidentally cut a hole in the bottom.)
4
Place capsicums in a baking dish that will fit them snugly (Note 4)
5
Filling:
6
Heat oil in a large skillet over high heat,
7
Add onion and garlic, cook for ⏱️ 2 minutes.
onion (, chopped (brown, white, yellow))1(12oz) ground beef ((mince), lean)350ggreen onions (, finely sliced (or red onion))1 cuponion powder1.5 tsp
8
Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until it's all changed from pink to brown.
9
Add Spices, stir through. Then add Tomato paste and cook for ⏱️ 1 minute.
10
Add rice, corn and chicken broth. Stir, bring to simmer, place lid on and lower heat to medium low.
11
Cook for ⏱️ 13 - 15 minutes until rice is JUST cooked - mixture should be fairly loose still at this stage, not thick and stodgy (see video).
12
Stir in green onion.
onion (, chopped (brown, white, yellow))1(12oz) ground beef ((mince), lean)350ggreen onions (, finely sliced (or red onion))1 cuponion powder1.5 tsp
13
Fill & Bake:
14
Spoon half the filling into the prepared capsicums.
15
Top with half the cheese, then fill to top with remaining beef rice.
16
Place capsicum lids back on, pour 1/2 cup water into the pan.
(12oz) ground beef ((mince), lean)350gcup tomato paste1/4cups (315 ml) chicken broth/stock (, low sodium)1 1/4cup long or medium grain rice (, uncooked (Note 2))1/2cups (150g) mozzarella (, shredded)1 1/2cup (125 ml) water1/2
17
Cover tightly with foil, bake ⏱️ 45 minutes.
18
Remove foil and capsicum lids. Top with remaining cheese. Bake further 5 to ⏱️ 10 minutes, just until cheese is melted.
19
Serve with sour cream and Guacamole! Quick Guac - Note 5.
(12oz) ground beef ((mince), lean)350gSour CreamGuacamole (Note 5 Quick Guac)
Nutrition Facts
calories
387 kcal
fat Content
15 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
5 g
sugar Content
9 g
sodium Content
971 mg
protein Content
27 g
cholesterol Content
70 mg
carbohydrate Content
36 g
saturated Fat Content
7 g
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