Chorizo Stuffed Mini Peppers Recipes

CHORIZO STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil. Place peppers in boiling water, and cook 5 minutes. Remove, and set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large skillet, cook chorizo until almost brown. Drain fat. Stir in celery, carrots, onions, and garlic. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, basil, rice, and water. Cover, and simmer until rice is cooked, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and mix in Monterey Jack, Cheddar, and Mozzarella cheeses.
• Place peppers upright on a baking sheet. Stuff each pepper with the chorizo mixture. Sprinkle extra cheese on top.
• In a small bowl, combine tomato soup with just enough water to give the soup the consistency of gravy. Pour generously over peppers. Cover with foil.
• Bake in preheated oven about 30 minutes.

CHORIZO-STUFFED MINI-PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F.
• Rinse mini peppers and pat dry. Cut each one in half lengthwise and remove the seeds. Arrange peppers on baking sheet lined with foil.
• Cook chorizo in a sauté pan over medium heat, using a wooden spoon to break the sausage into small pieces. Cook until chorizo is cooked through, 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Mix cream cheese, cooled chorizo and all but 2 tablespoons shredded cheese together in bowl of a mixer with a pinch each of salt and pepper.
• Divide filling evenly between peppers, using a spoon to fill them completely. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons cheddar cheese.
• Bake until filling is hot and bubbly, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool five minutes before serving.

CHORIZO STUFFED REDS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the potatoes: Mix the spices in a small bowl. Wash and dry the potatoes. Poke several times around each potato with a fork. Rub evenly with the olive oil and sprinkle evenly with the spice mixture. Place on a baking pan and bake until cooked through and the skin is crispy, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from oven, halve and, with a small spoon, scoop out the potato, leaving about 1/8-inch of flesh in the skin. Reserve the skins and chop the potato flesh.
• For the filling: In a saute pan over medium-high heat, add the canola oil. When hot, add the chorizo and cook for 5 to 6 minutes. Add the onions and saute for 4 to 5 minutes. Add the red bell peppers, olives and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more. Deglaze the pan with the tequila, cooking until the liquid is absorbed. Remove from the heat and stir in the cilantro and reserved potato flesh to combine.
• Place the potato skins in a pie pan or similar baking dish, nesting them against each other. Fill each half with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the chorizo mixture, top with the cheese and return to the oven. Cook until cheese is starting to melt and they are heated through, 5 to 6 minutes. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve hot.

STUFFED PIQUILLO PEPPERS WITH CHORIZO AND MANCHEGO

Steps:

• Coat a saute pan, over medium heat, with olive oil. Add the onion, season with salt, to taste, and toss in the crushed red pepper. Saute the onions until they are soft and very aromatic, about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 2 to 3 more minutes. Stir in the chorizo and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the bread crumbs. Let the mixture cool. When cool, add the Manchego and parsley. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if needed.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Stuff the peppers with the filling and arrange them on a sheet pan. If there is extra stuffing, press a little on top of each of the peppers. Put the peppers in the oven to warm through, about 8 minutes.
• While the peppers are in the oven, combine the arugula, almonds and scallions in a large bowl. Dress the salad with sherry vinegar, big fat finishing oil and salt, to taste. Check for seasoning and divide the salad between 4 serving plates.
• Remove the peppers from the oven and arrange 2 peppers on each salad. Serve while the peppers are warm.

CHORIZO-STUFFED MINI SWEET PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat broiler, with rack in top position. Make a long slit down three-fourths of the length of each pepper, leaving stem attached. Stuff each pepper with 1 slice dried chorizo and place on a rimmed baking sheet. Broil until peppers are blistered and browned on all sides, about 4 minutes, turning peppers frequently. Serve warm or at room temperature.

BELL PEPPERS STUFFED WITH CHORIZO AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Remove seeds from peppers and set aside.
• Make stuffing: Saute onion in olive oil until soft.
• Add garlic and remove from heat.
• Add sausage, rice and cheese.
• Add egg, mix well, and set aside.
• Make sauce: Place all sauce ingredients in saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Use a spoon to chop tomatoes coarsely.
• Stuff peppers with chorizo mixture.
• Pour sauce into a glass or enamel baking dish.
• Arrange peppers on sauce, open side up.
• Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes.
• Spoon sauce over peppers.

KETO CHORIZO-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place bell peppers, cut-side down, on the prepared baking sheet.
• Place in the preheated oven and broil, watching carefully, until the skins begin to bubble and turn dark brown, about 3 minutes. Remove and place browned peppers in a bowl. Cover with aluminum foil and set aside to cool. Leave the broiler on.
• Meanwhile, whisk together eggs, hot pepper sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
• Brown chorizo in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, breaking up any large pieces as you go, about 4 minutes. Add egg mixture to the skillet and cook until eggs have set, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in drained pico de gallo.
• Remove as much skin as possible from the cooled pepper halves, and place each half on top of one of the cups of a 6-cup muffin pan. Fill each pepper with chorizo-egg mixture and sprinkle with Cheddar cheese.
• Place in the oven and broil until cheese melts, about 1 minute. Serve immediately.

PEPPERS STUFFED WITH CHORIZO AND RICE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat oil and chorizo, cook for 3 minutes.
• Add bell pepper, jalapeno, onions and garlic. Cook until they begin to soften then add rice and cook until all the grains of the rice are coated with oil and the rice begins to take on a little color.
• Add all liquids and stir over high heat for 3 minutes, cover and reduce heat to low.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place poblano chiles on baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Once cool, cut top 1/4 of chile off and remove ribs and seeds. Do not remove skin as it will help to hold the pepper together.
• When rice is finished cooking, fluff with fork and stir in shrimp. Stuff chiles with 1/6 of the rice mixture.
• Place all the chiles on baking sheet and place into oven for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven, mix cheeses together and cover pepper with cheese. Broil for 3 minutes to melt and brown the cheese.
• Serve.