How to Make Mexican Vegan Stuffed Peppers

These Mexican flavored stuffed peppers are so delicious, you won't even stop eating to realize (or tell!) that they are vegan.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 5 green peppers cut in half and cleaned out (10 halves)
• 2 small cans or one large can of mild enchilada sauce
• 2 tsp cumin
• 10 mushrooms very finely chopped (these give a meaty texture, you can have more than 10 if you want)
• 5-6 cups cooked rice (preferably basmati or Mexican, you can use brown rice to make the peppers more healthy)
• 1-2 onions finely chopped
• 2-3 pieces toasted bread (vegan, I use whole wheat with no dairy etc) cut into small cubes (approx. a centimeter square)
• 5 tbsp vegan margarine or vegetable oil
• 1 tsp salt

1. 

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. 

   In a large pot, start margarine or oil over medium heat and add onion, mushroom, cumin, and salt. Sautee until onions are fairly soft.

3. 

   Add enchilada sauce to mixture and cook over low heat for a couple of minutes. This gives helps add Mexican flavor to the vegan peppers.

4. 

   Clean and cut green peppers into halves. Place in the casserole dish and set pepper halves in, open side up.

5. 

   Add bread (vegan) cubes to the rice mixture, making sure everything is coated. The mixture should be wet but not soupy. If it is too dry, add more enchilada sauce. If it is too wet, add more rice or bread.

6. 

   Carefully spoon mixture into pepper halves. Mound any extra over the top and bake at 350 F for approximately 40 minutes, or until the peppers are tender. Enjoy these spicy vegan peppers!

Tips & Warnings

• Please rate this article up at the top
• You can add chilli pepper or chopped up jalapenos to make this recipe even spicier!!
• If you're vegetarian but not vegan, try my easy guacamole recipe below for an appetizer that goes great with these spicy eppers

Resources

• vegetarian guacamole appetizer

[lydiabily]

on 1/17/2009 This looks terrific, and fairly simple, too. And I never thought of pairing guacamole with stuffed peppers. Thanks!

[prism]

on 11/25/2008 These sound so yummy! As a fairly new vegetarian, I hadn't explored substitutes for stuffed peppers or zuchini yet. I bet your filling will be really good for stuffed zuchini too! Thanks!

[Willowsidhe]

on 7/26/2008 Great recipe! My carnivorous room mates will even enjoy this!

[cookvegan]

on 7/6/2008 Thanks for posting good vegan recipes here, they are hard to find sometimes. I like how you used a lot of pictures!

[Ladybugblue]

on 7/2/2008 This sounds like a great recipe and I'm going to try it. Thanks!