Best Easy Santa Fe Style Stuffed Peppers Recipes

EASY STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cut the tops off the peppers (reserve the tops), remove seeds and membranes and discard. Chop tops of the peppers to add to the filling.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook peppers 5 minutes. Remove and drain well.
• In a large skillet, brown beef, sausage, onion & garlic over medium high heat until no pink remains. Drain any fat.
• Stir in the diced tomatoes with juice, rice, 1 ¼ cup water, diced pepper tops, Worcestershire sauce, and Italian seasoning.
• Bring to a simmer, reduce heat and cover. Cook 15-20 minutes or until rice is tender. You can add more water if needed. Stir in ½ cup marinara sauce.
• Place 1 ½ cups of marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Fill each pepper with the rice mixture. Spoon remaining marinara sauce over peppers.
• Cover with foil and bake 35 minutes. Remove foil, baste peppers with any sauce in the bottom. Top with cheddar and bake an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and peppers are tender.

EASY SANTA FE STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Looking for the ultimate recipe for stuffed peppers? Look no further than these savory green bell peppers, made with Success® Brown Rice, melted Colby and Monterey Jack cheeses, your favorite chunky salsa, ground beef and sweet corn. Try them the next time you're craving stuffed peppers and prepare to be blown away! Step 1
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare rice according to package directions. Step 2
• Heat oil in a large, nonstick skillet over high heat. Add beef and brown, undisturbed, about 5 minutes. Then, break up with a spoon and continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes, or until cooked through. Drain off excess fat. Stir in salsa, corn and rice. Step 3
• Pierce peppers with a fork or sharp knife and stand up in a small casserole dish. Fill each pepper with the meat mixture. Step 4
• Cover peppers with foil and bake for 20 minutes, until tender. Uncover and sprinkle with cheese before serving.
• Recipe Tips
• For something different, substitute ground turkey for the ground beef called for in the recipe. Or, make this dish vegetarian by adding a meat substitute, instead of the beef. Add a little heat to this dish by spicing up your ground beef with spicy salsa or with 1 tablespoon of your favorite hot sauce.

SANTA FE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Cut the stem end of the peppers to remove a thin cap.
• 3. Carefully remove the seeds and membranes. Rinse the peppers and dry. * If needed very thinly slice the bottoms so the pepper will stand up.
• 4. Place the beef in a skillet and brown it, stirring to break it up as you do. Thoroughly drain the grease. Return the beef to the skillet.
• 5. Add the garlic powder, chili powder and cilantro. Stir to mix well. Cook 2 minutes and remove from heat.
• 6. Add the salsa, corn, black beans and rice. Mix well.
• 7. Gently stir in avocado. Add the cheese and stir to mix.
• 8. Place the peppers in a baking dish. Even fill each with the beef mixture.
• 9. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes.
• 10. Uncover and bake for 10 more minutes or until the peppers are tender.

SANTA FE-STYLE STUFFED BELL PEPPERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F.
• Brown meat in large skillet; drain. Return meat to skillet. Stir in corn, salsa and rice.
• Pierce peppers with fork or sharp knife; place, cut sides up, in 13x9-inch baking dish. Fill with meat mixture; cover.
• Bake 20 min. Sprinkle with cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.

SANTA FE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Brown meat in skillet. Meanwhile, prepare stuffing as directed on package. Combine meat, stuffing, eggs and 3/4 cup salsa.
• Prick each pepper in several places with fork; place on baking sheet. Fill with meat mixture; top with remaining salsa. Cover.
• Bake 25 min. Top with cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.