Best 11 Easy Spanish Rice Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

RICE-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook beef, onion, chopped green pepper, garlic, salt and pepper over medium heat until beef is no longer pink; drain. Add the water, tomatoes, tomato sauce and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. , Stir in rice; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 5 minutes. , Remove tops and seeds from the peppers; cut in half widthwise. Place in a large pan of boiling water; boil for 4 minutes. , Drain peppers and stuff with meat mixture. Place remaining meat mixture in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish; top with stuffed peppers, pressing down gently. Cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour. In a saucepan, heat sauce ingredients until cheese is melted. Serve over peppers.

STUFFED BELL PEPPERS WITH RICE

Steps:

• Start by chopping the top off the peppers (with the stalk) and de-seeding them. Placethe empty peppers in a pre-heated oven at 200C, facing down, for about 20minutes.
• Meanwhile, boil the rice until it is cooked. Sieve to get rid of any water at the end.
• Chop away the stalk from the tops that were removed and chop up the rest of thepepper you can salvage. Peel and slice the carrots finely, and the garlic,shallot, and spring onions.
• Fry the minced beef until all browned, then discard any fat. Add the choppedvegetables (carrot, garlic, shallot, spring onion) and fry for a further 5minutes. Add the mixed spice and cook for 2 more minutes.
• Then add the cooked rice to the pan and mix together. Finally season to taste.
• Then fill the peppers with the meat/rice/vegetable mixture and top with the gratedcheddar. Put back in the oven for a further 10 minutes.

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 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.

BEEF AND RICE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Slice the top 1/2 inch from the tops of peppers and cut out the stems from the tops. Cut the core from the inside of the peppers and strip away any seeds. Cut away a very thin slice of pepper from the bottoms so the peppers can stand upright. Poke about 4 tiny holes in the bottoms to let juices drain out.
• Pour 2 1/2 cups tomato sauce into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Add onion, beef broth, and red pepper flakes; spread out mixture evenly over the bottom. Set prepared bell peppers upright in the dish.
• Combine ground beef, cooked rice, Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, 1/4 cup parsley, 2 tablespoons tomato sauce, garlic, salt, and black pepper in a large mixing bowl.
• Lightly stuff peppers with meat mixture. Spread 1 tablespoon remaining tomato sauce on top of each portion of stuffing; place reserved tops onto peppers. Lay a piece of parchment paper loosely on top of peppers and cover dish tightly with foil. Lay dish on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Peppers should be starting to soften. Remove foil and parchment paper. Continue to bake until meat filling is cooked through and the peppers are tender, 20 to 30 more minutes. Sprinkle each pepper with 1/2 teaspoon parsley and drizzle with a spoonful of pan juices.

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).

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!

MEXICAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain. Stir in tomatoes, rice mix and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until liquid is absorbed, 6-8 minutes., Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. Place peppers in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Place 1/3 cup beef mixture in each pepper; sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cheese. Top with remaining rice mixture. Bake, covered, 25 minutes., Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted and peppers are crisp-tender, 5-10 minutes.

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!

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).

STUFFED PEPPER RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Combine ground beef and onion in a large skillet and cook over medium heat until onion is soft and translucent, 7 to 8 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 30 to 45 seconds. Drain extra grease.
• Add tomato soup, diced tomatoes, water, rice, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Stir in diced peppers and cook until rice is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Top with mozzarella cheese, cover, and let sit until cheese has melted, 5 to 7 minutes.