I could not resist buying a little bag of these gems this past week! How adorable are these?! I had no idea what I was going to do with them. All I could think of was maybe making a mini version of my Turkey & Wild Rice Stuffed Peppers.
But then I saw a recipe using these little peppers in the most recent issue of Cooking Light that looked amazing so I scanned my fridge for the ingredients and adapted this recipe using what I had. (and some extras! like bacon!)
Mini Stuffed Bell Peppers
recipe by Sabrina W. for eat.drink.and be merry.
adapted from Cooking Light Magazine
serves 4
8 Mini Bell Peppers
1/3 cup cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons sour cream or plain yogurt
2 green onions, white & green parts, thinly sliced
3 slices of bacon, diced
1/4 of a red onion, minced
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Prepare your mini bell peppers by slicing them lengthwise and scooping out all the seeds.
In a cast iron skillet, cook your chopped bacon until crispy. Remove your bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside in a small dish. Add your minced onion and sauté slowly over med-low heat until translucent. Add in your minced garlic and cook for one more minute. Set aside in the dish along with your bacon and let cool.
In a separate dish, mix together cream cheese, sour cream, green onions, cilantro, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
Grill your peppers in your cast iron skillet about 4 to 5 minutes each side. Transfer to a plate and let cool for 2 minutes. Mix your bacon-onion mixture into your cream cheese mixture. With a small spoon stuff your peppers and transfer them back into the skillet on low heat to warm through before serving. (about 3 minutes)
9 comments:
Adorable! I've never seen mini bell peppers, too cute!
These are adorable! I'm really a sucker for mini-anything.
I love mini things!! and these peppers look and sound amazing!!
Mary x
Lovely! My fiance's parents have zillions of these peppers growing at their farm. I'd love to try this out with them!
I LOVE the little bell peppers! I tried them for the first time a couple of weeks ago and couldn't believe how amazing the flavor was...I've always been kind of so-so about bell peppers, but for some reason, I could eat the little ones like candy. Your recipe looks delicious! I pretty much love stuffed anything...Looking forward to trying this the next time I have the baby peppers!
What a great idea! I bet they'd taste great at room temperature as well, served as finger food...
This is totally my kind of app (sans bacon of course)!
These are so adorable!!! I love it all.
I am in love with these cute little gems! I love to snatch up the mini peppers when the store has them! Great job!
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