Stuffed peppers in halves under a cheese crust in the oven is an amazing dish! The amount of ingredients is minimal, it is quite simple to prepare, but the result is amazing! Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Stuffed peppers are a familiar dish. This dish is found in the cuisines of many nations of the world. In our country, they are usually cooked whole stuffed with rice and minced meat stewed in sauce. Today we will add a fresh touch to the preparation, and bake the stuffed peppers in halves in the oven under a cheese crust. Instead of the usual rice and minced meat, we will make a juicy and incredibly tasty filling from slices of eggplant, carrots and onions. This cooking method allows you to make the familiar pepper dish more beautiful and refined. Such a dish can be safely served to guests!
In the preparation of this recipe, you need to know some features. Then the stuffed pepper will not turn into a shapeless mass, and the filling will be well baked.
- Choose peppers that are even and about the same size so that they are cooked through at the same time.
- For the preparation of stuffed fruits in halves, medium or large specimens are suitable.
- According to the same recipe, you can bake whole peppers, then choose medium-sized fruits.
- Bright multi-colored pepper looks more appetizing, so give preference to red or yellow fruits.
- When roasting peppers in halves, always use cheese, which can be sprinkled with grated or sliced peppers. Then the filling during baking will not fall out of the peppers, and the appetizer will acquire an appetizing crust.
- Garnish for stuffed peppers is usually not required - this is a self-sufficient hot appetizer.
See also how to make oven baked stuffed peppers.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 185 kcal.
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 1 hour 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Sweet Bulgarian pepper - 6 pcs.
- Ground black pepper - a large pinch
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Cheese - 100 g
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Eggplant - 1 pc.
- Salt - 1 tsp without slide
- Basil - a few twigs
- Onions - 1 pc.
Step-by-step preparation of stuffed peppers in halves under a cheese crust in the oven, recipe with photo:
1. Peel carrots with onions, wash and cut into small cubes. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and add prepared vegetables to it.
2. Saute the carrots and onions over medium heat until lightly translucent.
3. Wash the eggplants, dry them, cut them into small pieces and send them to the pan to the food. If the eggplant is ripe, remove the bitterness from it. This can be done dry and wet. You will find detailed step-by-step recipes for removing bitterness on the pages of the site.
Continue frying food until it is almost cooked through. Then season with black pepper salt and finely chopped herbs.
4. Stir food and remove from heat.
5. Wash the bell peppers and dry with a paper towel. Cut it in half lengthways along with the stalk. Do not cut off the tail, because it will keep the shape of the snack well. Clean the seed box from the fruit cavity and cut off the septum.
6. Fill the pepper halves with the filling and place in a baking dish.
7. Grate cheese or cut into thin slices. Sprinkle the filling with them and send the stuffed peppers in halves under a cheese crust to bake in a heated oven to 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes. The ready-made appetizer is delicious to use both hot and chilled.
See also a video recipe on how to cook stuffed pepper halves.
