When it comes to satisfying formal meals, sometimes there’s nothing better than tradition. However, what happens when tradition becomes stale? To make things interesting, you want to add a twist! This is especially true when it comes to a classic but adaptable dish, such as colorful and delicious stuffed peppers.
Proteins, fresh vegetables, herbs, grains and spices are baked together until hot and gooey – a vegetable and meat favorite. While chili is traditionally made with meat and rice, you can still enjoy this tried-and-true favorite without a few key ingredients. Whether you follow a traditional diet, a ketogenic diet or a vegetarian diet, you can enjoy filling chili thanks to the creative adaptations of these recipes. Take a look at these five delicious dinners.
Stuffed Beef Chili
Classic stuffed peppers are delicious, cheesy and very refreshing, and it’s vital to have a solid recipe on hand to make them the traditional way.Delish’s beef-based selection uses garlic, tomato paste, onions, oregano and other ingredients to make sure your meat filling is delicious. The dish is easy to make, topped with simple cheese, parsley and a drizzle of oil, but the flavor is ordinary. Best of all, these tasty treats may take as little as 10 minutes to make, most of which is spent baking in the oven with the peppers.
These iconic peppers are roasted in an oven-safe dish during the cooking process. This roasting pan is perfect for this recipe as well as a number of other foods, including large roasts and small vegetables. This pan is designed to ensure even heating throughout the base, ensuring that each pepper gets the exact amount of roasting needed to roast vegetables, while also bringing out the wonderful flavor of the stuffing.
Low-calorie stuffed turkey peppers
Do you want to reduce your calorie intake? Don’t worry. Skinnytaste’s low-calorie stuffed turkey chili replaces traditional beef with leaner turkey and rice. The best part? With fewer calories, you won’t lose any of the flavor. Garlic, cumin, coarse salt, tomato paste and parsley are used to make sure this dish tastes just as good as the original. The melt-in-your-mouth filling, topped with cheddar cheese and herbs, is sure to please the whole family.
This recipe is easy to make, especially if you have the right cookware. The filling for this recipe must be cooked in a pan, and the Le Creuset Signature Cast Iron Skillet will help you take the preparation of this dinner to the next level. The pan’s wide bottom and ergonomic handle make your baking experience quick and easy. The protective enamel also ensures that this pan can withstand a wide range of baking temperatures without compromising its integrity, including the 400°F required for this recipe.
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers with Vegan Quinoa
Considering that the base of this dish is bell peppers, vegetarianism is essential. Luckily, Delicious has created a wonderful quinoa recipe to help you make vegan tortillas filled with bell peppers. Instead of rice and meat, this delicious mixture contains protein-rich cooked quinoa and black beans. Chili powder, cumin, olive oil and vegetable stock infuse the dish with rich flavor, and the unusual texture of this dish adds an extra layer of interest.
In preparation, you’ll want to roast the bell peppers and quinoa separately before mixing them together – the peppers should be roasted twice. Do you need a reliable tool to handle the recipe’s many processes? This Le Creuset Signature Oval Dutch Oven is a great choice for evenly cooking this vegetarian recipe. The sand pouring cast pan is also great for making slow cooked dishes, roasts and sautés, so it’s a good choice for foods you’ll be making oven baked often. The finish on this cookware is also durable, ensuring that it will survive for years to come.
Shrimp with green pepper and seafood
Do you like sand better than drafting? This recipe was made just for you. These gooey, delicious shrimp-stuffed peppers from Food & Wine blend cheese and shrimp into a melting protein filling. What makes this dish unique is that it has no bell peppers, but instead uses either Hungarian wax peppers or Cuban peppers, both of which add a spicy kick to this classic dish. The mango tomato salsa on top of the peppers adds a touch of sweetness to the delicious base, complementing the cotija, ricotta salata and Monterey Jack cheese inside. For seafood lovers and spice connoisseurs alike, this meal is a must-try.
These chili’s are a little more involved to prepare than some of the other recipes on this list and require more mixing due to the sheer number of ingredients. Invest in these stainless steel mixing bowls with lids to make this recipe and others like it a success. There are four bowls in this set, each made of sturdy steel and varying in size, so you can make different combinations, large, small, hot, and cold, and separate them before you’re ready to use them. These containers also have lids, so any leftover shrimp and cheese can be saved for the next round of stuffed peppers.
Stuffed peppers on the ketogenic diet
While the ketogenic diet has some specific needs, you don’t have to forgo stuffed peppers while following it. While traditional stuffed peppers include grains like rice, this recipe excludes those foods to keep carbohydrates to a minimum. To meet ketogenic requirements, this ketogenic-friendly recipe from Delish eliminates rice in addition to the traditional ground beef and replaces it with bacon and beef broth. Chili powder, cumin, paprika and oregano are also scattered throughout the filling, so even though the carbs are gone, the main flavor profile of the stuffed peppers remains.
Bell peppers, shallots and bacon are all ingredients that must be sliced and diced when preparing this dish. This Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Rosewood Chef’s Knife will help you get the job done while putting the least amount of stress on your cookware. With a comfortable mahogany handle and sturdy stainless steel blade, this knife is perfect for slicing, dicing and slicing vegetables, meats and cheeses. If you have more than a few amazing dinner ideas, investing in a chef’s knife will help you get through each step of the cooking process faster.