Spicy Spanish Rice Stuffed Peppers Recipes

SPANISH STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Spanish Rice (can be made in advance):.
• Sauté onion, garlic and pepper in vegetable oil until tender.
• Add rest of ingredients.
• Stir, cover and simmer for 35-40 minutes.
• Stuffed Peppers:.
• Spray casserole dish with non-stick spray.
• Cut slit in one side of each chili, removing seeds and membrane, carefully leaving the stem intact.
• Mix together Spanish rice, beans and 1 cup cheese.
• Divide the rice/bean mixture between the poblano peppers.
• Place in casserole dish, cover and bake in 350°F oven for 35 minutes or until chiles are tender.
• Sprinkle top with remaining cheese (1 cup) and continue baking until melted (approximately 5 minutes).
• Note: Place peppers on a foil-lined baking sheet. Bake in a 425°F oven for 20-25 minutes until skin is bubbly and browned. Cool in ziplock bag or covered casserole dish for 30 minutes or until cool enough to handle. Peel skin. This process can also be done on an outside grill or over a gas burner.

GUY'S SPICY SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the grill or broiler to high.
• Arrange the red bell, poblano, jalapeno, serrano and corn on the grill or under the broiler. Char, turning frequently, until the peppers have blistered and corn is starting to brown slightly. The smaller peppers will finish first, as they do, transfer to a small paper bag and close. Let the peppers sweat and cool, then remove the seeds and skin and dice. Cut the corn kernels from cob. Add the peppers and corn to a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside.
• In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, yellow bell pepper and chayote. Saute until just starting to caramelize. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne. Stir in the garlic and rice and saute for 3 to 4 minutes. Add the chicken stock, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Stir in prepared peppers and corn, the olives, black beans and tomatoes. Cook until the rice is tender, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Turn off the heat, add the cilantro and adjust seasonings, if necessary. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve immediately.

SPANISH STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cut off tops of peppers and remove seeds and ribs, reserving tops. Discard stems and dice reserved tops. Set aside. In a large saucepan of boiling water blanch the peppers to 3 to 4 minutes, or until they are slightly soft. Drain, refresh, and pat dry. Cut off a thin slice from the bottom of each pepper so that it stands straight. In a nonstick skillet set over moderate heat, warm 1 tablespoon olive oil until it is hot, add the onion and reserved diced pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes, or until vegetables are softened. Add the garlic, curry powder and ginger and cook, stirring 2 minutes more. Transfer mixture to a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients, except the bread crumbs and lemon, to the bowl and gently stir to combine well. Stuff the peppers with the filling and arrange them in a shallow baking pan. Sprinkle tops of peppers with the bread crumbs and drizzle each with a little olive oil. Bake the peppers for 40 to 45 minutes, or until stuffing is completely cooked. Transfer peppers to a serving platter and sprinkle with lemon juice or serve with lemon wedges.

SPANISH RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray 8- or 9-inch square baking dish with no-stick cooking spray; set aside. Finely chop pepper tops; set aside.
• Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high and cook chorizo and corn until corn begins to turn golden and chorizo begins to brown, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef and cook until browned.
• Stir 2 cups water, Knorr® Fiesta Sides™ - Spanish Rice and chopped pepper tops into skillet and cook according to package directions. Stir in 3/4 cup cheese and let stand 2 minutes. Evenly stuff peppers with rice mixture and arrange in prepared baking dish. Add 2 tablespoons water to baking dish and cover tightly with foil.
• Bake 45 minutes or until peppers are tender; sprinkle peppers evenly with remaining 1/4 cup cheese and bake 2 minutes or until cheese melts.

SPANISH STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Halve the peppers through the stalk, then cut out and throw away the seeds. Sit the peppers snugly, cut-side up, in a casserole dish, or two if needed. Halve any larger tomatoes, then divide them, the bread chunks, garlic and chorizo between the dishes.
• Drizzle over the vinegar, then the olive oil, and season with pinches of sugar, sea salt and ground black pepper. Bake for 30 mins, covered, until the peppers are tender and collapsing a little. Remove, uncover and cook for a further 30 mins. Leave the peppers to cool a little, then scatter with parsley, if you like, and spoon onto plates, scooping out any extra juices. Serve with crusty bread for mopping up the juices.

SPICY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook peppers in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Combine ground beef, onion, rice and seasonings; spoon into peppers. Place in a greased baking dish; top with picante sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 35-40 minutes or until meat is no longer pink.

IRRESISTIBLE SPANISH STUFFED PEPPERS WITH RICE & CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Fill a stock pot 3/4 of the way with cold water and heat with a high heat
• Cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, cut off a little bit from the core and remove the seeds
• Once the water comes to a boil add bell peppers into the stock pot and blanch them for 8 to 10 minutes, then remove them from stock pot and set aside
• Once the bell peppers are cool enough to handle, pat them completely dry, then add them into a casserole dish in a single layer and season with sea salt, set aside
• Add 3 cups vegetable broth into a stock pot (I used the same one and just drained the water from blanching the bell peppers), pinch in 1/4 tsp saffron threads and heat with a medium-high heat
• At the same time heat a large fry pan with a medium-high heat and add in 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• After heating the olive oil for 2 minutes, add in 1/2 onion finely diced and 4 cloves garlic roughly minced, mix with the olive oil, after 3 minutes add in 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika and mix together, then add in 1/2 cup tomato sauce and simmer for 1 minute, the add in 1 cup uncooked round rice, 1 1/4 cups canned chickpeas (drained & rinsed), 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley and season with sea salt & black pepper, mix together until well combined, then add in the hot saffron infused broth, give it one final mix and simmer
• Meanwhile, crack 3 eggs into a bowl, add in 2 tbsp finely chopped parsley and season with sea salt & black pepper, whisk together until well combined
• After cooking the rice for 9 to 10 minutes and there is virtually no broth left in the pan, remove the pan from the heat, add the rice mixture into the reserved bell peppers, making sure to leave a little space on top for the egg wash, then add the egg wash over the rice, making sure it´s coating the entire surface of the bell peppers
• Add the casserole dish into a preheated oven, bake + broil option 210 C - 410 F, after 10 minutes and the eggs are fully cooked through, remove from the oven, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley, enjoy!

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Combine rice, garlic powder, and onion powder in a large sauce pan.
• Pour the chicken broth and ½ the enchilada sauce over the rice mixture.
• Bring to a rolling boil and reduce to a simmer.
• Cook for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Fluff with a fork and add remaining enchilada sauce as desired.
• Add jalapeno (optional).

MEXICAN BEEF-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut tops off peppers and remove seeds; set aside. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain., Stir in the rice, 1-1/2 cups cheese, salsa and pepper sauce. Spoon into peppers. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Pour water around peppers., Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until peppers are tender and filling is heated through. Top with remaining cheese; sprinkle with cilantro.

SPICY AMERICAN SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir rice in the melted butter until rice is lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir bell pepper and onion into rice and cook until bell pepper is softened and onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Break the ground beef into the rice mixture; cook and stir until beef is completely browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir tomato sauce and diced tomatoes into ground beef mixture. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes.

SPANISH RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In medium sauce pan over medium heat, bring water, tomatoes, rice and contents of seasoning packet just to boil. Reduce to low boil, cover, and cook for 25 minutes. Uncover and remove from heat. Prepare peppers by cutting off tops. Set pepper tops aside. Scrape out insides of peppers to remove seeds and membrane. Discard scrapings. Place peppers in baking pan. Remove stems from reserved pepper tops and chop pepper tops into small pieces. While rice is cooking, in medium skillet over medium heat, add butter, onion, celery, garlic and chopped pepper tops. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add ground beef and cook until meat is no longer pink. Remove from heat and drain excess grease. Add rice into meat mixture and stir until combined. Fill peppers with mixture. Place stuffed peppers in oven and bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle cheese on top of peppers. Return to oven and bake an additional 3 minutes until cheese melts. Remove from oven and serve.

BEEF & YELLOW SPANISH RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Set oven to broil.
• Brown beef (or sausage) in a large pan with the spices (if using sausage, don't add the spices).
• While beef is browning, prepare yellow rice as instructed on bag or box (or use your own recipe) in another large pan.
• While beef and rice are cooking: rinse, halve, and seed your bell peppers and place them hollowed-side up in a 13 x 7 inch baking dish.
• When beef is done browning, add the beef, diced tomatoes, and 1.5 cups of cheese in with the rice pan and stir till thoroughly mixed.
• Put a heaping spoonful of rice mixture into each bell pepper. They'll probably overflow --
• Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese over the top of the stuffed peppers.
• Broil the stuffed peppers until cheese on top is just melted and bubbly (about 15 minutes).
• Enjoy!