Black Bean Stuffed Bell Peppers

Submitted by christynlee

"Makes a great low fat main dish. My kids actually loved this!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 4 bell peppers (any color)
• 1 onion (diced)
• 2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with mild green chilies
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans
• 1⁄2 cup fat-free cheddar cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In large bowl, mix all ingredients except bell peppers and cheddar cheese.
3. Add salt and pepper to taste.
4. Cut top of bell peppers, clean the inside and rinse well.
5. Stuff with mixture and sprinkle cheddar cheese on top of each bell pepper.
6. Add 1/2 cup water to shallow baking dish.
7. Add bell peppers and cook for 30 minutes or until peppers are tender.

Reviews

[Cait1202]

Delicious! I took the advise of other reviewers and saut?ed the onions before cooking. Also, to prevent burning of the cheese, I added it at the last 5 minutes. It was perfect! And mixed a little cheese in with the rice mixture. So good!

 

[Mrs. McB]

A really easy recipe for a healthy and filling stuffed pepper! I love how it's hearty enough to be a main dish even though it doesn't have meat. I doubled the beans and sauteed the onions before mixing them into the rice. I also used half a can of the tomatoes with chilis and used fresh salsa for the remaining 5 ounces. I mixed half of the cheese in with the rice before stuffing the peppers. Then I topped the peppers with the remaining cheese like the recipe directs, but next time I'd omit that cheese since it just forms a hard crust on top of the peppers that's not very pleasant. Also, following other reviewer's tips, I sliced the peppers lengthwise to stuff and cook them. Perfect texture for the peppers, and the inside was nice and hot after a 30-minute cook time. We loved the results and will definitely be making again!

 

[Derf2440]

MMM Excellent and different!! We loved them, made as posted except I too used different tomatoes, diced with a few red pepper flakes added. Next time I will just make half of the stuffing, I had as much left over as I used, my peppers must have been a lot smaller and I used 5 peppers. I put the extra stuffing in a small casserole and baked along with the peppers, I'm sure it will make a lovely side dish! Thanks for posting I will be making these again!! DH loved them!!

 

[icandoit185]

These had absolutely no flavor. They need some spices!

 

[Winniepooh]

Wonderful! This is coming from someone who doesn't like a lot of vegetables. I also added cheese last five minutes and wished I had sauted the onion. I made all the filling but only cooked half one night and the other half the next night so I had fresh peppers.