Baked stuffed peppers: recipe with a photo

In our country, baked stuffed peppers can be considered a traditional dish. It is difficult to find a man who at least once in his life has not tried it. Large ribbed and bright peppers seem to be specially created for them to be stuffed with other vegetables, meat or even fruits. This way of cooking allows you to pamper your family with not only a tasty but also a useful dish. What can we say about his aesthetic beauty. Multicolored fruits under the "coat" of cheese and greens look just great.

Be sure to try and cook in your kitchen peppers stuffed, baked in the oven. The recipe can be absolutely any. We offer you a special selection, where there are the simplest versions and more sophisticated in the ingredient composition of the original dishes.

Bulgarian pepper stuffed with mozzarella cheese

A surprisingly simple and very tasty dish of vegetables and meat. Especially piquant taste adds mozzarella cheese and garlic. Preparatory process will take no more than fifteen minutes, and cooking itself - 45 minutes. All ingredients are based on four servings. You will need:

• Bulgarian pepper (any color) - 4 pcs .;
• Ground beef - 500 g;
• Bulb of medium size - 1 pc .;
• Boiled rice - 180 g;
• Two cloves of garlic;
• Tomato sauce (liquid consistency) - 300 g;
• Mozzarella - 100 g;
• Salt to taste.

Stages of preparation

The proposed recipe for baked stuffed peppers is pretty simple. A little time - and as a result on the table a tasty and healthy dish. Peppers need to cut off the top, 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, put out the ground beef and finely chopped onion until cooked. Then pour a glass of tomato sauce, add rice, salt and garlic. Cook the mixture for 3 more minutes.

Oven to warm up to 180 degrees beforehand. Peppers are filled with the prepared mixture and set up vertically on a baking sheet (or in glass form), greased with vegetable oil. Top with water leftovers of 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 allow it to melt. Baked stuffed peppers (see photo above) serve as a separate dish with fresh vegetables or a green salad.

On the eve of holidays or for children, a dish can be designed in an original way. For example, as in the photo above. Use orange or yellow pepper, add eyes, nose and mouth to it and use a cut bonnet along with the pedicel.

Stuffed pepper in Mexican style

This recipe for stuffed peppers includes only natural and healthy ingredients. Aroma and spicy taste of the dish add oregano, cumin and hot chili. Serve it with light salads of arugula and spinach, boiled cauliflower and homemade bread. To prepare a dish you will need:

• Sweet pepper with a removed upper part and a seed box - 6 pcs .;
• Minced meat from turkey (chicken) - 500 g;
• Prepared brown long grain rice - 180 g;
• Salsa sauce - 400 g;
• Fresh or canned corn - 200 g;
• For ½ tsp. Chili, oregano and cumin;
• Black beans (cooked or canned) - 180 g;
• Finely chopped medium sized bulb.

As you can see, in order to prepare a baked stuffed pepper according to this recipe, rather unusual products are required, but at the same time quite affordable. Beans can be replaced with beans, and prepare salsa sauce yourself 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, thoroughly mix the mass until smooth. Then stuff the prepared peppers with the cut off cap. After gently place them in a deep, oiled baking sheet, tightly to each other and close the previously cut off "hats". Add a little water (1/3 cup) and bake in the oven over low heat for several hours so that all the ingredients are soaked in the taste of each other. About readiness will testify to black marks on pepper.

Stuffed pepper, baked in the oven with minced meat, in Spanish

The original recipe for baked peppers in Spanish is much like the previous one, but it has some specific features and ingredients. This is an absolutely vegetarian dish. Two halves of baked pepper contain 311 calories and 3.4 grams of fat. A great option for dinner for those who have problems with weight or diet.

So, to make pepper baked according to this recipe, you need to take the following products:

• Large Bulgarian pepper (multi-colored) - 4 pcs .;
• 170 g of film (or rice);
• 460 ml of vegetable broth;
• 120 grams of salsa (or ordinary tomato sauce);
• 400 g of black beans (ready-made);
• 170 g of corn;
• 2 cloves garlic (crushed);
• For 1.5 tsp. Ground cumin and red hot pepper.

These are the main ingredients that pepper will be stuffed with. In addition to these, one ripe fruit avocado, lime juice, ground coriander, crushed red onion and a little bit of salsa sauce will be needed as an addition.

How to cook?

It takes a little time to pretreat the products to cook the baked stuffed pepper according to this recipe. Kinoa should be boiled in vegetable broth until ready, the process will take about twenty minutes. In this case, the groats should become "fluffy" and absorb all the liquid. Pepper should be washed and divided into two halves, cleaned of seeds and partitions. Oven preheat to 170-180 degrees. Lubricate the pan with oil.

In a separate bowl, mix the prepared kinoa with the rest of the ingredients (except for additional ones). Adjust the taste by adding salt, spices and pepper. Generously fill halves of pepper with the mixture obtained, place them on a baking sheet and close with foil. Cook for about half an hour. Then remove the foil and lower the heat, continue baking the vegetables for another 15-20 minutes.

Prepared 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 to a table with light salads from greens.

Pepper stuffed with beef, in teriyaki sauce

The classic recipe for stuffed and baked pepper in this case takes an unexpected turn towards Asian cuisine with its best traditions. A great dinner for two, moderately spicy, sour-sweet-hot and original. For cooking, you should take:

• 100 g of cooked white rice;
• 130 ml of meat broth;
• 2 large Bulgarian peppers;
• 250 g ground beef;
• The stem of the green onion (crumble along the scythe);
• 1 medium grated carrot
• 3 tsp. Brown cane sugar;
• 3 tbsp. L. Soy sauce;
• 1 tbsp. L. Chopped garlic;
• ½ tsp. Ground ginger root;
• 60 g of mozzarella cheese.

Technology of preparation

Delicious and aromatic baked pepper stuffed with meat - a great alternative to a traditional dinner. It combines at once two components - the main dish and a vegetable garnish.

Before you begin preparing the products, you must turn on the oven and preheat it to 180 degrees. Next, boil until half cooked rice in a meat broth. Beef forcemeat, along with carrots and a white part of the onion stalk, cook in a frying pan with a little addition of vegetable oil. Vegetables should become soft, and meat should be dark brown. In the next step, add cane sugar, ginger, garlic and soy sauce, cook until the liquid is absorbed - one or two minutes. Pepper, divide into two halves, peel off seeds and partitions, fill with filling and place on a greased with a glass oil. Bake it first under the foil for 30-40 minutes, and then open until finished. Top with cheese and green onions before serving.

A hearty breakfast - pepper, stuffed baked (recipe)

The photo that you see below, from the first minute reveals the secret of an interesting presentation of this dish. A hearty breakfast with tuna, eggs and vegetables will fill you with energy and strength for the whole day, giving a wonderful mood thanks to bright colors and wonderful taste. For cooking, you will need:

• 3 Bulgarian pepper (multicolored);
• 1 can of canned tuna 250-300 g;
• 3 medium-sized tomatoes;
• 1 tbsp. L. olive oil;
• 1 onion;
• 2 cloves garlic;
• 5 chicken eggs.

Sequence of preparation

The main condition of breakfast - the speed of its preparation. First of all, turn on the oven for 200 degrees and leave to warm up. Tomatoes are processed with steep boiling water, peeled off, free from seeds and cut into cubes of medium size. You can do this the night before or use canned tomatoes.

Pepper cut into halves, free of seeds and partitions. Cut one piece into cubes. On warmed olive oil fry to a light golden color onion, add garlic, tomatoes, tuna and heat for 2-3 minutes. For flavor, you can add crushed thyme. Balance the taste with the right amount of pepper and salt. Start the peppers with a mixture and make a small groove in the middle. Put them on a baking sheet, oiled in advance, or use parchment paper. Gently pour a raw egg into each half of the pepper. Bake in the oven until the protein is ready, as a rule, it takes about fifteen minutes.

Baked stuffed peppers with tuna for breakfast - it's original, not boring and very satisfying. Preparation will take even less time if you prepare all the ingredients in advance, in the evening. In the morning you will only have to fill halves of pepper and bake. A short time in the oven allows you to preserve the taste of vegetables.