Southwest Beef-Stuffed Green Peppers
with Quinoa & Corn
Pimiento stuffed olives, almond-stuffed dates, the turducken… who doesn’t love a stuffed food? Here our chefs give you these sweet-spicy peppers packed with superfood quinoa, juicy tomatoes, and our special Southwest spice blend; then we bake it with a pepper jack topping for melty yum, and finish it with a cool lime crema driz, a sprinkle of scallions, and squeeze of lime: homey-yet-special dinner idea number one!
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
2 unit
Long Green Pepper
1 unit
Tomato
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Lime
1 unit
Veggie Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Quinoa
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains Milk)
1 unit
Corn
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
(Contains Milk)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
Not included in your delivery
4 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Halve green peppers lengthwise; remove ribs and seeds. Zest and quarter lime (for 4 servings, zest one lime and quarter both). Dice tomato. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
• In a small pot, combine 1 cup water (2 cups for 4 servings), stock concentrate, and a big pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then add quinoa; cover, and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until quinoa is tender and water has evaporated, 15-20 minutes. (TIP: Drain any excess water, if necessary.) Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While quinoa cooks, rub green pepper halves with 2 tsp oil (4 tsp for 4 servings); season with salt and pepper. Place cut sides down on a baking sheet. • Roast on middle rack until tender, 18-20 minutes. • Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sour cream, half the lime zest (all for 4), and a squeeze of lime juice. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat. Add beef or organic beef and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
• Drain corn and pat dry with paper towels. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably ovenproof, pan over high heat. Add corn and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly charred, 4-6 minutes. TIP: If corn begins to pop, cover pan. • Reduce heat to medium; add tomato, scallion whites, and Southwest Spice Blend. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tomato breaks down, 2-3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Turn off heat.
• Stir cooked quinoa into pan with veggies; season with salt and pepper. • Once green pepper halves are done, stuff each half with as much filling as will fit. Nestle stuffed peppers into pan with remaining filling. (TIP: If your pan isn't ovenproof, transfer remaining filling and stuffed peppers to a small baking dish.) Sprinkle evenly with pepper jack. • Heat broiler to high or oven to 500 degrees.
Stir cooked beef or organic beef into pan along with quinoa; cook through the rest of this step as instructed.
• Transfer pan with stuffed green peppers to middle rack; broil or bake until cheese is melted and lightly browned, 2-3 minutes. • Remove from oven; top with lime crema and scallion greens. • Divide between plates. Serve with remaining lime wedges on the side.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
