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Stuffed Pepper Enchiladas

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Ingredients

  • Stuffed Peppers Enchiladas
  • Serves: 8
  • Ingredients
  • 4 bell peppers (any color), sliced in half stem-to-tip, seeds removed
  • 1 c quinoa, uncooked
  • 1/2 medium onion, diced
  • 1 (15oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 roma tomato, seeded and diced
  • 1 (4oz) can diced green chiles (don’t drain)
  • 1/4 c cilantro, minced
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • olive oil, if desired
  • 1/2 c Monterrey Jack, grated
  • 1/2 c cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 recipe red enchilada sauce (or 1 (28oz) can)

Details

Preparation

Step 1

Instructions:
Add quinoa and onion to a large saucepan with 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes, cover, turn off heat and let steam 15 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
In the meantime, microwave pepper halves 2-3 minutes to soften slightly. (Prepared this way, the peppers should come out crisp-tender. If you want them crisper, you can omit this step.)
Pour quinoa/onion mixture into a mixing bowl. Stir in black beans, tomato, green chiles and their juices, cilantro, ¼ tsp salt, and ¼ tsp pepper. If the mixture seems to dry, drizzle in a bit of olive oil (I didn’t need any).
Pour enchilada sauce into a 9×13″ baking dish. Divide filling among peppers. Nestle stuffed peppers into the enchilada sauce. Sprinkle with cheeses. Cover the pan with foil and bake at 375 degrees 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and cook about 5 minutes longer. Serve peppers drizzled with enchilada sauce.

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