Mediterranean
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers
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Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the oven to 375F.
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Slice the tops off the bell peppers and scoop out the seeds, reserving the tops.
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Cook the onion and garlic in 2 tbsp olive oil until soft, then stir in the grated tomatoes, tomato paste, rice, parsley, mint, and salt and cook 5 minutes.
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Spoon the rice mixture into the peppers, filling them three-quarters full, and set the tops back on.
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Stand the peppers in a baking dish, add a splash of water, and drizzle with the remaining olive oil.
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Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes, then uncover and bake until the peppers are tender and the rice is cooked, about 15 minutes more.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 360 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 55 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 8 g
- Sodium
- 550 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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