Asian Stuffed Peppers Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place a stainless steel or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Oil the peppers lightly with 1 tablespoon olive oil and place in the hot skillet, turning frequently to just blister the skins and begin to brown them on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove peppers to a cutting board. Turn off heat.
• Remove the top of one pepper, cutting as close to the stem as possible to save as much of the pepper as possible. Carefully removed the inside seeds and membrane. Do not puncture the pepper! Repeat with remaining peppers. Place peppers on a baking sheet.
• Bake peppers in the preheated oven until tender, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining tablespoon oil in the same large skillet over medium-high heat. Once hot, add steak and season with pepper. Cook until just done and pink has disappeared, about 5 minutes. Remove steak to a bowl and set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to the skillet, with more oil if needed. Cook and stir until onions are just translucent, about 5 minutes. Add bok choy and carrots. Cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes; remove from heat. The bok choy will overcook quickly and you want it to still have some texture to it.
• Combine steak and vegetables; stir in unagi sauce. Fill peppers with as much filling as possible, using the back of a spoon to pack down if necessary. To serve, place each pepper on its own plate.

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,.

Steps:

• Cut a 1/2" thick slice from the side of each pepper, reserving slices; remove seeds.
• Place peppers in boiling water, boil 5 minutes, drain, set aside.
• Coat a large skillet or wok with Pam; add sesame oil, and place over med heat until hot.
• Add garlic and gingerroot; stir fry 30 seconds.
• Add carrots and green onions; stir fry 2 minutes more.
• Remove from heat.
• Add chicken and remaining ingredients, stirring well.
• Spoon 3/4 cup mixture into each reserved pepper.
• Top with reserved pepper slices.
• Arrange peppers, cut side up, in a 10 x 6 x 2" baking dish.
• Cover and bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Steps:

• Dice onion and mushrooms and beat egg.
• Place the ground beef in a mixing bowl and marinate for 5 minutes with sherry, salt, pepper, sugar, thin soya sauce, cornflour and oil.
• Mix well.
• Add the onions, mushrooms and beaten egg and mix well.
• Cut the peppers lengthwise in halves, and remove core and seeds and wash.
• Stuff each half firmly with meat mixture.
• Heat a little oil in wok or frying pan, then add the peppers meat side down.
• Sprinkle with a little salt, cover and cook about 5-8 minutes on medium heat.
• Turn over and cook green side for another 5mins (or until no longer pink).
• Remove and set aside on a warm serving dish.
• In a small bowl combine water, cornflour, thin soya sauce, sugar and pour into pan.
• Stir until thickened and bubbly and then pour over peppers.
• Serve over rice.

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.