Bell Peppers with Brown Rice Stuffing

Bell Peppers with Brown Rice Stuffing is a simple American dish that adds body, flavour and texture. Using bell peppers, onion and garlic with brown rice is lovely. Also when you add the herbs, it goes up a level. This can be served as a main dish and a side dish with success. However being a vegetarian dish makes this dish good in several ways.

Bell Peppers with Brown Rice Stuffing

Fast simple but attractive and healthy recipe for those days when you fancy something different.

5 from 35 votes

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Course: Main Dish, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Vegetables, Vegetarian

Cook Time: 35 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

Calories: 262kcal

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Ingredients

 

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• 4 whole green bell pepper
• 1 medium Onion diced
• 1 clove Garlic minced
• 2 tbsp Oil
• 2 oz Brown rice
• 3/4 pt Tomato juice divided
• 1 leaf Bay
• 1 sprig Thyme
• 1 sprig Parsley
• 4 oz Mixed nuts chopped
• salt to taste

Instructions

• Slice the tops from the peppers to form lids. Scoop out the seeds and membranes.
• Place the peppers in a greased casserole.
• Sauté the onion and garlic in the oil over low heat until the onion is soft and golden.
• Add the rice and half the tomato juice, along with the bay leaf, thyme & parsley. Cover & simmer for 40 minutes.
• Discard the bay leaf, thyme and parsley. Mix in the nuts & add salt and pepper.
• Fill the green peppers with the sautéed mixture. Replace the tops.
• Pour the remaining tomato juice around the peppers.
• Bake at 350F for about 35 minutes

Nutrition

Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Sodium: 367mg | Potassium: 402mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g