Bell Peppers Stuffed With Chorizo And Cheese Recipes

PEPPER-STUFFED PEPPERS WITH CHORIZO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 °F and coat a baking dish just large enough to hold the peppers upright (an 8 or 9-inch square works well) with nonstick spray.
• Slice the top 1/3 from each pepper, remove the stem and seeds and set aside. Lightly season the insides of the pepper bottoms with salt and pepper, then transfer to the prepared baking dish. Bake until the peppers are just beginning to soften, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
• While the peppers are baking, chop the reserved tops into 1/2-inch cubes and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until soft and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and continue cooking for 1 minute, then add the chorizo.
• Sauté the sausage until cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes, using a wooden spoon to break up any large chunks of meat as it cooks. Add the chopped bell pepper along with the jalapeño. Combine well and continue cooking until the bell pepper is tender, 4 to 5 minutes longer.
• Remove from the heat, add the rice and combine well. Add the Monterey Jack and cilantro, mix again, then taste and adjust the seasoning as desired.
• Divide the filling between the par-cooked peppers and bake for 15 minutes, or until the peppers are tender and the filling is piping hot.
• While the peppers bake, combine the sour cream, lime juice and cumin in a small bowl. To serve, plate the peppers and drizzle each with a little sour cream sauce. Serve the remaining sauce at the table.

CHORIZO STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F and add 1/4″ water to the bottom of a 9 x 13″ baking dish or similar sized casserole dish. Place the open bell peppers, arranged side by side, into the baking dish.
• In a large pan on the stove, over medium-high heat, warm the olive oil and then add the diced onion, cooking for 5 minutes or until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add the chorizo, and cook until the meat has browned. Drain any excess oil, if there is any.
• Stir in the tomato paste, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning and chili powder. Add the black beans, cooked rice, and 1 cup of the cheese. Stir to combine, then remove from heat.
• Fill the peppers to the top with stuffing, about 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup. You may have leftover stuffing! Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil, and place in the oven to bake for 20 minutes.
• Remove the pan from the oven, and remove the foil, sprinkling the remaining cup of shredded cheese over the tops of the peppers. Cook for an additional 15 minutes, or until the peppers are fork tender. Place the pan under the broiler for 1-2 minutes to turn the cheese to a golden brown. Serve immediately, with avocado, cilantro and sour cream (optional).

CHORIZO STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Add the chorizo to a skillet and sauté over medium heat until fully cooked. Remove it from the heat.
• Rinse and drain the black beans, then add them to the skillet, along with the diced tomatoes (with juices), cooked rice, chili powder, and salt. Stir to combine.
• Add half of the cheese and half of the green onion to the chorizo mixture, then stir to combine.
• Slice each of the bell peppers in half and then carefully remove the white ribs and seed pods, keeping the stem intact to help hold in the stuffing. Pile the chorizo and rice mixture into each pepper, making sure to stuff it up into all the crevices, and mound it up over top. Place the peppers in a casserole dish as you fill them.
• Once all the peppers are filled, add about 1/2 inch of water to the dish to help the peppers steam and soften. Cover the dish tightly with foil, then bake for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, remove the foil and top the peppers with the remaining shredded cheese. Bake for another 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly on the edges. Top the peppers with the remaining sliced green onion just before serving.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CHORIZO-STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chorizo and onion in the hot skillet until meat is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Add beans and corn; mix well. Turn heat to medium-low and add basil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• Fill poblano peppers evenly with the chorizo mixture. Top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese melts, about 10 minutes.

CHORIZO STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chorizo in hot oil until completely browned and broken into small pieces, 7 to 10 minutes. Remove skillet from heat; stir rice, onion, 1/4 cup taco sauce, Cheddar cheese, and cumin with the chorizo until evenly mixed.
• Fill poblano pepper halves with the chorizo mixture; place in a small casserole dish or a pie pan. Drizzle 1 tablespoon taco sauce over each pepper. Pour water into bottom of the dish; cover loosely with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until peppers are tender, about 1 hour.