Best 7 Spicy Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

SPICY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Rinse rice and place in a saucepan. Add water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is partially cooked, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir turkey in the hot skillet until partially cooked and crumbly, 3 to 4 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Add cooked rice, tomato sauce, egg, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, basil, oregano, and parsley; mix thoroughly.
• Remove the tops of the peppers and scoop out the insides. Arrange peppers, hollowed-sides up, in a deep baking dish. Slice the bottoms of the peppers if necessary to help them stand upright. Spoon turkey mixture into each pepper and place any extra in the dish around the peppers. Cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until turkey and rice are cooked through and filling is hot, about 50 minutes.

SPICY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Boil rice in a saucepan with three cups boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Rinse with cold water and drain well.
• Heat two tablespoon oil in a skillet, add onion and cook over low heat until softened. Let cool.
• Mix with remaining stuffing ingredients.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut tops off of peppers and remove stem, core and seeds.
• Spoon stuffing into peppers and cover with reserved pepper tops. Stand peppers in a baking dish into which they just fit.
• Pour tomato sauce over peppers.
• Sprinkle peppers with oil.
• Bake uncovered about 1 hour or until very tender.

SPICY TRI-COLOR VEGETARIAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F Heat olive oil in large skillet and then add cumin, garlic and onion; saute until tender. Mix ground burger, corn, spices and 3/4 cup water in; cook on medium heat 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring frequently. If mixture seems dry and sticks to skillet, you can add more water, up to 1/2 cup. Remove from heat. Add prepared rice and 1/2 cup of the cheese and mix thoroughly.
• Spoon mixture evenly into pepper halves and place in 13x9-inch pan. Pour 1/2 cup water into pan (this will ensure that the peppers are tenderly cooked).
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Uncover. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until cheese is evenly melted.

SPICY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS (VEGETARIAN/VEGAN/GLUTEN-FREE)

Steps:

• Sautee onion, jalapeno, and garlic in oil until onion just starts to turn clear. Add carrots and cook another minute or two. Add rice, lentils, and liquid. Turn heat up to high. Stir in garam masala and 1 tablespoon of the Braggs. Bring to a boil. Then cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 40-50 minutes or until rice and lentils are tender.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut tops off of bell peppers and clean seeds out from inside. Submerge in boiling water for 3-5 minutes. Place in a shallow baking dish.
• Mix tomato paste, remaining Braggs, and ketchup in a small bowl. Add a little warm water to thin to the consistency of a thick sauce.
• When lentil/rice mixture is cooked, stir in corn and peas. Scoop mixture into bell peppers. Spoon tomato sauce on top of each and bake for about 20 minutes or until peppers are slightly tender and tomato sauce is dark.

SPICY CHICKEN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Boil chicken in a large pot until no longer pink.
• When chicken is done, shred with fork and place in a large skillet with diced tomatoes and green chilies and diced onion. Cook over medium heat until onions are translucent.
• Add tomato sauce, taco seasoning, olives and taco sauce.
• Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Slice bell peppers in half lengthwise. Remove seeds. Place on cookie sheet, cut side down, and bake in oven for 10-12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and drain any juice from peppers.
• Fill pepper halves with chicken mixture. Cover with shredded Mexican cheese.
• Bake at 350°F for approximately 40-45 minutes.

YUMMY SPICY TURKEY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Wash peppers, cut off tops and remove seeds, cores and membranes.
• Melt butter or margarine in large skillet over medium low heat. Add onion, garlic and jalapeño. Sauté over medium low heat, stirring for 10 minutes or until tender.
• Add turkey, herbs, chili powder, cocoa powder and salt. Cook, stirring occasionally 10 minutes or until turkey browns. Remove from heat.
• Stir in brown rice, corn, peas and 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• Pour tomato sauce in bottom of 9 x 13-inch pan.
• Spoon turkey mixture into peppers and place in pan. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 45-60 minutes or until done.

SPICY VEGETARIAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Cut peppers in half lengthwise, remove ribs and seeds.
• Combine remaining ingredients except cheese and fill peppers.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Top with cheese as desired.
• Return to oven to melt cheese.