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HP – Vegan Stuffed Peppers

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Vegan stuffed peppers packed with quinoa – and loads of flavour. Full of protein and with clear instructions in easy steps.

Cuisine:Global

Prep Time:20

Cook Time:1

Total Time:1 20

Servings:2 (makes 4 stuffed peppers)

Calories:599kcal

Ingredients

½ cup quinoa (½ cup = 85g)
1 cup vegetable broth
4 large bell pepper, red (or your favourite colour)
1 tbsp fajita mix (or 1/2 tsp cumin, ¼ tsp chili powder, ½ tsp paprika and 1 pinch salt)
3 tbsp nutritional yeast (if you don’t have it don’t worry, if you do – use it!)
½ cup sweetcorn
3.5 oz tempeh (about 3.5oz or 100g)
1 tbsp olive oil
2 cups tomato passata
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
½ cup basil, fresh

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Instructions

Cook the quinoa in a pot with double the amount of veggie broth on medium heat until the water has evaporated, stirring well and often. Remove from heat and cover with a tea towel – the quinoa will puff out.
In the meantime, dice the tempeh and stick it in boiling water for ten minutes. This will remove any bitterness, though you can skip this step if pressed for time.
Then fry the tempeh in olive oil for about ten minutes. Add the spices (or fajita mix) and a tbsp or two of water.
At the end of frying add the nutritional yeast and give it a good stir.
Drain and rinse the sweetcorn.
Clean the peppers and give the insides a quick scrape out. If the peppers do not stand up on their own, slice a TINY layer of the sticky-out bit off the bottom. Do not cut off more than you need to, you don’t want the contents of the pepper falling through.
Get an oven dish and pour in the tomato passata. Mix in the sugar, salt and basil leaves.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/390°F.
Stand the peppers up straight in the passata in the oven dish.
Put a tbsp of quinoa into each pepper, followed by a tbsp of tempeh, then a tbsp of corn. Squish it all down and add a final layer of tempeh, or any other ingredients you have left over. Squash them down again.
Pop the tray in the oven and cook for about 40 minutes at 200°C/390°F. When ready, the tops should be browned and the peppers should look soft (a bit wrinkly).
Serve in bowls with a dollop of sauce on top of each pepper, with more sauce around the outside. Make a final garnish of basil leaves.

NOTES

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Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

HP – Vegan Stuffed Peppers

Amount per Serving

Calories

599

% Daily Value*

Fat

Saturated Fat

Polyunsaturated Fat

Monounsaturated Fat

Sodium

1725

Potassium

2580

Carbohydrates

Fiber

Sugar

Protein

Vitamin A

12226

245

Vitamin C

450

545

Calcium

176

Iron

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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