BBQ Portabella

vval's Note:

I make BBQ's portabella pizza's for my vegetarian daughter.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 1

• 1 large portabella mushroom cap
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (more or less)
• 1/4 cup green pepper, sliced
• 1/4 cup red pepper, sliced
• 1/4 cup yellow pepper, sliced
• 1/4 cup orange pepper, sliced
• fresh onion ring (if you like onions)
• italian seasoning
• 2 slices provolone cheese or 2 slices mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Clean off the portabella cap, and cut stem close to cap, chop stem.
2. Gently heat the olive oil in a saute pan, then add the peppers, onion, and stem ( I've added cubed tofu at this stage too) Saute all together until just tender Set the peppers, etc. aside for a moment and use a pastry brush dipped in the flavored olive oil in the bottom of the pan to oil the portabella cap ( both sides) Then, with the top side of the cap down, put all the peppers, etc. on the underside (up), transfer to the grill and cook for about 3-4 minutes.
3. Put the cheese onto of the peppers, and grill until melted.
4. Really good, I even like this, and I'm a confirmed carnivore! Vickie.

Reviews

[DeeDee]

I've made this a couple of times and my DH and I love them. Some portobellos can be so thick they don't get cooked all the way through, so I found that if I grill them first (about 2-3 minutes a side) before stuffing them, they are cooked better. I add fresh chopped hot peppers from our garden to spice things up because that's what we like. We eat 2 each as a main meal with a salad and we're completely satisfied. I added fresh garlic but only after the mix is sauted. The flavour of garlic comes through much stronger when it's not cooked. We LOVE garlic! I also added salt & pepper. This is a real nice and easy meal.

[Miss Annie]

This is a lovely way to prepare those wonderful mushrooms. A perfect substitution for those pizza cravings. I use a melon baller to scrape out the gills from the mushrooms. That is a neat and quick way to get rid of them, as they aren't too pretty cooked. I made this dish as you directed, but I did add one seeded, deveined jalapeno with the other peppers. It wasn't that noticible. Maybe next time I will add some pepper flakes instead of the jalapeno. I will definately keep this on my list of zaar "best finds". Thanks for sharing.

[Rhiannon&Matt.gauci]

We make these too! Great to make on summer nights at backyard BBQ's, garlic bread on the side, a nice cold beverage...what more could you want? ;)