Double Duty Dinner Stuffed Chilies With Beef, Rice, Spinach, And Cheese Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time30 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In50 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexAverageServings8
CuisineCourse
MethodMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 Chili-pepper (like; moderate-heat poblano or mild Itlian Cubanelle) - 4 long
 Extra-virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon, more for drizzling
 Galic - 1 clove, cracked
 Spinach - 10 ounces, tripe-washed, coarsley chopped after removing stems
 Ground pepper1 To taste
 Beef or Chicken broth - 1 cup
 Leftover Beef and rice - 3 cups
 Tomato sauce1 Cup (16 tbs)
 Monterey Jack, smoked cheddar or Pepper Jack cheese - 2 cups, shredded

Directions

GETTING READY
1) Preheat a grill pan or griddle.
2) Preheat broiler at high heat.
3) Seed the chili peppers and cut them into halves.

MAKING
3) Drizzle little olive oil over chilies and grill them on pan over medium-high heat for 304 minutes or until tender.
4) On a baking sheet, transfer the peppers.
5) In a medium skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute crushed garlic for few minutes.
6) Add spinach into bunches and cook until wilted.
7) Remove spinach from the pan, set aside and drain the liquid.
8) In the same skillet, combine leftover rice and beef with broth and cook over medium heat.
9) Add tomato sauce and let it heat.
10) Into pepper halves, pile the spinach and rice.
11) To the peppers with shredded cheese liberally.
12) Under broiler, keep the peppers and let the cheese melt for 3-5 minutes.

SERVING
13) Serve the warm stuffed peppers as main dinner dish.
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