Spanish Main Stuffed Poppers Food

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.

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 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.

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 MAIN STUFFED POPPERS

Steps:

• Chop and seed vegetables and herbs.
• Set aside.
• Simmer the vegetable stock in a pan.
• . Melt butter in a large pot. Saute shallots, garlic, and salt until they begin to weep. Add the rice and saute until evenly coated with the butter. Do not let the rice brown. Add one cup of the hot stock, and stir until the liquid is adsorbed. Continue adding one cup of stock at a time and stirring until the rice is creamy. This should take about 18 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Add drained diced tomatoes,thawed green peas, black olives, jalapeño peppers, cilantro, and lime juice. Mix well.
• Spoon rice mixture into poblano peppers that have been halved and seeded. Top each popper with cheese. Place poppers on a foil lined pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes.

SPANISH INSPIRED STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut peppers in half and scoop out the insides. Place in a 13x9 baking pan. Brown chorizo and onions together. Then add the corn, rice, tomato sauce, cumin, paprika and pepper flakes. Stuff peppers.
• Bake them for 45 minutes in oven.
• While the peppers are baking, make the goat cheese cream sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan on medium heat. Add flour and cook until a paste is formed. Add milk, lower heat to low. Cook until it begins to thicken. Add goat cheese and continue cooking until thickens.
• Place the peppers on a plate and spoon the cheese sauce on top and enjoy!

OUTSTANDING SPANISH STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• trim the top off of the peppers and take out the seeds.
• in large pot of boiling water add the peppers and cook for 20 minutes.
• Brown the ground beef and drain.
• prepare the spanish rice as directed on package.
• when the rice is finished,add it and the ground beef in a large bowl.
• combine the rest of the ingredients to the rice mixture.
• drain the green peppers and stuff with the rice mixture.
• in a preheated 350 oven cook the stuffed peppers (covered with aluminum foil) for 20-25 minutes.
• you will have left over rice mixture.
• i usually freeze it for another time.
• it is also good as a side dish (not stuffed in peppers).

SPANISH-STYLE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Halve 3 of the whole bell peppers lengthwise, leaving the stem ends intact, core and seed them, and in a large saucepan of boiling salted water blanch them for 3 minutes, or until they are just tender. Remove the peppers and invert them on paper towels to drain (they will soften while they stand.)
• In a heavy 11- to 12-inch skillet heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it sauté the onion, the remaining whole bell pepper, chopped, the tomato, and the garlic over moderate heat, stirring, for 15 minutes. Stir in the rice and cook the mixture, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the broth, heated, and salt and pepper to taste, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture, uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until the rice is barely tender. Stir in the almonds, the peas, the minced bell pepper, the zucchini, and the cumin and divide the mixture among the bell pepper shells, mounding it. Bake the stuffed peppers in an oiled baking dish, covered, in a preheated 325°F. oven for 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender, and serve them with the lemon wedges.