Chorizo Stuffed Peppers
Author: Kari - CookingUpClean
Recipe type: Main Dishes
Serves: 6 halves
- 6-8 ounces ground chorizo
- ½ onion, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- ½ cup pre-cooked quinoa
- ¼ cup sweet corn (about 1 cob, kernels sliced off or use frozen sweet corn)
- ¼ cup low sodium black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 teaspoon chili powder (optional)
- 3 bell peppers, seeded and cut into halves
- cilantro and cheese to garnish if desired
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a skillet, brown chorizo with onion.
- Add tomatoes, quinoa, sweet corn and black beans to the skillet.
- If desired, add chili powder and season with salt/pepper to taste.
- While chorizo is cooking, arrange bell pepper halves on a lightly greased baking dish (9x13 works well).
- When filling is completely cooked, spoon generous amounts into the bell pepper halves.
- Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- After baking, top with cheese and cilantro to serve.
Serving size: ½ pepper Calories: 201 Fat: 9g Carbohydrates: 22g Sodium: 266mg Fiber: 5g Protein: 9g
Recipe by at https://www.cookingupclean.com/chorizo-stuffed-peppers/
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