Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers

Name: Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 425 grams chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 227 grams tomato sauce; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 79 milliliters couscous; 2 teaspoons cumin; 8 dried apricots, chopped into 1/4-inch dice; 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 737 grams green bell peppers (about each), tops sliced off, seeded and cored; 227 grams ground beef; 1 medium onion, chopped; 4 servings Salt; 1 teaspoons sugar; 2 teaspoons vegetable oil

Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 420 calories, 20g of protein, and 16g of fat each. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up bell peppers, garlic, couscous, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the cinnamon you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Fudge as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet.

Instructions

Bring 1/2 cup lightly salted water to a boil. Stir in couscous. Cover, remove from heat and let stand until water has absorbed, about 5 minutes. Fluff couscous lightly with a fork and re-cover. In a small bowl, combine cumin, cinnamon, sugar and 1/2 tsp. salt.

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Salt

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Warm oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Add garlic and saut until golden, about 1 minute.

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Garlic

Add beef and cook, stirring and breaking it up, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.

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Beef

Add onion and ginger and cook, stirring, until onion begins to soften, about 4minutes longer.

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Onion

Sprinkle cumin mixture over beef and saut for 1 minute.

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Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in tomato sauce, 1/2 cup water, chickpeas and apricots. Stir well, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of skillet.

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Chickpeas

Apricot

Water

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Remove from heat and stir in couscous.

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Couscous

Preheat oven to 375F and mist an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray. If peppers don't stand upright, cut a tiny slice off bottoms of peppers to level. Stuff peppers with meat mixture; place them in baking dish.

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