Zeldas Asian Stuffed Peppers Recipes

SOUTHEAST ASIAN-STYLE STUFFED POBLANO PEPPERS WITH LIME PEANUT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat a grill. If you are using a gas grill you want to set it to medium-high heat. If you are using charcoal the right time to start the peppers will probably be about 5 minutes after all the coals are glowing. If the heat is too hot, the peppers will burn and not cook properly.
• Grill the peppers and turn them every few minutes for even cooking. They are done when the pepper starts to collapse on itself and is soft to the touch. Remove immediately, and place in a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap. The steam will pull the skin away from the flesh and they will be much easier to peel.
• Meanwhile, in a large saute pan over high heat, heat 2 tablespoons canola oil. Add the shallots and ginger and cook until they develop a nice deep brown. Add the garlic and cook 2 minutes. Next, add the chorizo and cook until browned and crumbly. Add the sweet soy, fish sauce, and basil. Turn heat down to medium and cook for another 5 minutes. Turn the mixture out onto a cookie sheet to cool.
• Take a grilled pepper and lay it flat on a cutting board. Peel down from the top to where the seed pod ends. Cut the pepper right at that point. It should be about half way down the pepper. Put the tip to the side. Slice off the pepper top, just the very top and pull the stem to remove the entire seed pod along with the stem. From the flesh of the pepper, peel away that thin plastic like membrane, being careful not to tear the pepper itself. Repeat with all of the peppers. Remove the seed pods and stems from the pepper tops and dice up the flesh.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the peanuts, shallots, canola oil, lime juice, fish sauce, and honey along with the chopped pepper tops.
• Stuff each pepper with the chorizo mixture. You can use as much or as little stuffing as you want just try not to rip the pepper. Once you stuff them all, you can serve them right away or reheat them on the grill. To serve, spoon the vinaigrette over the peppers.

ZELDA'S ASIAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Take the chicken and place it in the bag with marinade and let set in fridge overnight. Then remove from bag and cook in Skillet with olive oil. When Chicken is about done add eggs. Then set to side to cool down. Take large bowl add Chicken egg mixture, minute rice uncooked, the green onions and tomato sauce. Mix well. After peppers cleaned out put mixture in peppers. Place in pan and bake 50 minutes. Then remove from oven add cheddar cheese to peppers and place back in oven for 10 minutes. You may want to cover with foil the first 50 minutes.

ASIAN-INSPIRED STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking pan or baking dish with foil. Place halved bell peppers on pan and set aside until ready to fill.*
• In a large, deep skillet, heat about 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat. Add diced onion and sauté until softened and fragrant, about 4-5 minutes. Add turkey meat (or desired protein) to skillet and sauté until no longer pink.
• Toss in carrots, broccoli and zucchini and cook for about 4-5 minutes until just starting to soften. Add quinoa and stir to combine.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together soy sauce, water, sesame oil, sriracha, ginger, garlic and cornstarch {try to make sure there are no cornstarch lumps if possible}. Add to meat and vegetable mixture and stir until everything is well-coated and sauce is slightly thickened. Remove from heat.
• Spoon filling evenly among bell pepper halves.
• Place filled bell peppers in a baking dish with 3 tablespoons water (or broth) poured into the bottom. Cover with foil and bake for about 15-20 minutes or until the peppers become slightly tender.
• Serve hot or warm.

ASIAN STUFFED PEPPERS (WW)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spray medium nonstick skillet with nonstick cooking spray; heat.
• Add scallions, garlic and ginger; cook over high heat, stirring constantly, 15-20 seconds, until fragrant.
• Remove from heat; transfer to medium bowl to cool.
• Add pork, cornstarch, soy sauce and vinegar to cooled scallion mixture; mix thoroughly.
• Stuff each bell pepper half with an equal amount of pork mixture; place, stuffed-side up, into 2-quart shallow casserole.
• Add broth to casserole; bake, loosely covered, 30-35 minutes, until stuffing is cooked through and peppers are tender.
• Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes, until stuffing begins to brown.
• Place 2 pepper halves on each of 4 plates, sprinkle with cilantro and parsley and serve.
• SERVING (2 STUFFED PEPPER HALVES) PROVIDES: 2 Vegetables, 3 Proteins, 10 Optional Calories.
• PER SERVING: 217 Calories, 10 g Total Fat, 3 g Saturated Fat, 68 mg Cholesterol, 240 mg Sodium, 11 g Total Carbohydrate, 2 g Dietary Fiber, 22 g Protein, 49 mg Calcium; 5 points.

ASIAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Cut stems from peppers, remove seeds, cook covered in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain upside down on paper towels.
• Cook meat and onions until meat is browned and no longer pink. Add garlic and cook just until fragrant. Drain fat.
• Combine meat mixture, 4 tablespoons of tomato sauce, ginger, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce in a large bowl. Stir in rice, 1 cup of tomato sauce, waterchestnuts, bean sprouts, diced tomatoes, 2 tablespoons of the sweet and sour sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
• Stuff peppers, place upright in a 9x9 baking dish. Spread the rest of the rice mixture around peppers. add the remaining 2 tablespoons sweet and sour sauce with the remaining tomato sauce and spoon over the peppers.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes. uncover, add sliced cream cheese and continue baking for another 5 - 10 minutes or until cheese is soft and melted.
• Garnish with reserved scallions and top each with 1 fortune cookie.

ASIAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut the tops off of the peppers clean out the insides, set aside.
• In a small saucepan, bring the beef broth up to a boil, add the rice, reduce the heat to low and simmer, uncovered, until the broth is gone, set aside.
• In a large wok, heat a teaspoons of oil over medium-high heat then add the onion, mushrooms, and beef** to the wok and stir fry until browned, remove from the heat.
• Add the char siu, honey, salt and pepper, and the rice; stir to combined and then stuff the peppers with the mixture.
• Place the peppers in your crockpot, pour about 1 tablespoon more of the beef broth over each pepper, and cook on low heat for 5-6 hours, but no more then that!
• I believe you could also finish these in the oven!
• **You can use what ever beef you have on hand, even ground beef.
• When I made this I just used beef round and sliced it 1/2-inch by 2-inches and it worked great,.