Healthy recipe from fresh paprika: How to make stuffed roasted peppers?

Difficulty: low

Serving size: 4 people

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Paprika contains a high proportion of vitamin C, which is not lost when cooked as with other fruits.

Red peppers can be considered an excellent source of beta-carotene.

We have prepared a delicious and especially healthy recipe for roasted stuffed peppers.

Read more about this great vegetable in the article Paprika: What vitamins does it contain? How to grow it and what are its effects?

What are the vitamins and how to cook them?

This recipe is not only great for its taste, but also easy to prepare and very quick.

An unusual treat to surprise your visitor or enjoy a healthy dinner or light lunch.

Ingredients needed for the preparation

• 4 large red peppers (approx. 400 g)
• 150 g couscous
• 150 g chickpeas
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• sea or Himalayan salt
• ½ teaspoon ground sweet paprika
• 4 tomatoes (approx. 150 g)
• ground pepper (omit when preparing for children)
• a handful of basil leaves
• 100 g mozzarella light

Preparation procedure

Cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds.

Prepare the filling and cook the couscous according to the instructions.

Rinse the chickpeas (cooked or sterilised) under running water, pat dry and sauté them in a tablespoon of olive oil, along with a little sea/chimalayan salt and the red pepper, for about 5 minutes.

Prepare a larger bowl, into which you put the already cooked couscous, the roasted chickpeas and add the diced tomatoes.

Stir the mixture thus prepared, season with salt and pepper.

Chop the basil and add it to the couscous mixture.

Cut the mozzarella light into thin slices and place one slice in each half of the pepper, on the bottom.

Next, place the prepared couscous mixture into each pepper and press it down.

Place the peppers prepared in this way on a baking tray which you have previously brushed with a tablespoon of olive oil.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

A tip for you: since there are no limits to the imagination, you can add any other vegetable to the couscous mixture, for example courgette or aubergine.

Enjoy!

Nutrition table for 100 g of paprika