Minnie / May 11, 2013

Stuffed Soyrizo Pepper

I’ve been wanting to make a stuffed pepper for a while now, but I wanted to do something a little unique. Usually stuffed peppers are bell peppers, with rice, beans, and chicken. I think we all know by now I’m not your average gal, I like different meals! Anyone can cook a chicken dish, make an awesome salad, or a healthy dessert. My recipes are made to give you guys different ideas and tweak them to your liking!

This recipe uses the poblano chile pepper. Poblano chile peppers have a mild heat and are perfect for a little bit of spice, but not too much.

I also used a vegetarian product called ‘Soyrizo’. This is a replacement for chorizo, a spicy sausage. I bought a couple packs when I was a vegetarian and had one left over in my freezer. It tastes just like chorizo, but healthier! Just because I’m not a vegetarian anymore doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy these products. I still eat tofu quite often, just because I like it and it’s good for you 🙂

This recipe uses a few particular items, and you can absolutely swap out these things for something you have in your cabinet instead.

For this recipe you will need:

1/4 cup of wheat berries (grain)
1 1/4 cup of water
1 Soyrizo link
2/3 cup of chopped zucchini
1/3 cup of red onion
Handful of raw spinach leaves
1 large poblano chile pepper

Start by preheating your oven to broil or 500 degrees Fahrenheit

Place the pepper in the oven to get a nice char on it. Leave it in for about 5-8 minutes (keep an eye on it). After it has cooked, reduce the oven heat to 375.

You can substitute with bell peppers

Next, cook your wheat berries. I made 3/4 a cup to eat off of for a few days, but the serving is 1/4 cup for the recipe. You need to add about 1 1/4 cup of water to the grain, bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes until the water has absorbed. The grain should have a slight bite to it.

If you don’t have wheat berries you can substitute bulgur, brown rice, quinoa, barley, freekeh, whichever healthy grain you like!

This is the brand I bought from Wegmans, sorry forgot to take a pic fully cooked!

Next spray a pan with olive oil spray and add the soyrizo on medium heat. You can find soyrizo in the produce aisle of your grocery store next to the tofu and ‘veggie’ cheeses.