About
No mixed signals here! This will be the easiest, yet the most delicious, meal to revive you when you're feeling down! SOS Peppers are here to help save the day! Bell pepper halves are loaded with a Tex-Mex trio of seasoned rice, black beans, and corn, and then topped with cheese for a melted masterpiece in nature's proverbial cup of deliciousness. Add SOS Peppers to your cooking rotation and watch as coming to the dinner table becomes urgent!
Ingredients
- For the peppers:
- 3 medium-large red and/or green bell peppers, halved lengthwise, seeded and deveined
- 2 (8.8-ounce) pouches white or brown rice, cooked
- 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1/2 cup green onions, sliced
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 cup frozen corn
- 1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, snipped
- 1 1/4 cups Mexican-style four cheese blend, shredded, divided
- 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce, optional
- Optional, for garnish:
- green onions, to taste, sliced
- tomatoes, to taste, chopped
- cilantro, to taste, snipped
- hot pepper sauce, to taste
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
Step 2 -Line a 15x10x1-inch baking dish with parchment paper.
Step 3 -Add the bell pepper halves, cut-side down, to the prepared baking dish.
Step 4 -Bake the pepper halves until they are warm and start to become tender, about 10 minutes.
Step 5 -In a large bowl, add the rice, the black beans, 1/2 cup of the green onions, 1/2 cup of the tomatoes, the corn, the taco seasoning, 1/4 cup of the cilantro, 1/2 cup of the cheese, and 2 teaspoons of the hot pepper sauce and stir to combine.
Step 6 -Transfer the baking dish from the oven to a wire rack and using tongs, turn the pepper halves over.
Step 7 -Evenly add the rice mixture to the cavity of the baked pepper halves.
Step 8 -Cover the baking dish loosely with foil.
Step 9 -Bake until the peppers are tender and the filling is heated through, about 25 minutes.
Step 10 -Transfer the stuffed pepper halves from the oven to a wire rack and discard the aluminum foil.
Step 11 -Evenly sprinkle the remaining cheese over the pepper halves.
Step 12 -Bake until the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
Step 13 -Top with the remaining green onions, the remaining tomatoes, the remaining cilantro, and the remaining hot pepper sauce.
Step 14 -Serve.
