

Cheesy rice and bean-stuffed capsicums
Ingredients
- spray oil, to grease
- 1 small red onion, diced
- 1 medium courgette, diced
- 1 ½ teaspoons Mexican seasoning
- 1 ½ cups cooked rice
- 2 x 420g cans red kidney beans, drained, rinsed
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriandercilantroX
- ⅔ cup freshly grated reduced-fat cheese
- 2 red capsicums, halved, deseeded
- 2 green capsicums, halved, deseeded
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. Spray a medium-sized frying pan with oil and place over a medium-high heat. Cook onion and courgette, stirring
occasionally, for 5 minutes until soft. Stir in Mexican seasoning.
2 Transfer onion mixture to a large mixing bowl. Add rice, kidney beans, tomatoes, coriander and half the cheese.
3 Place capsicums cut-side up on baking tray and fill with rice mixture. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over capsicums and lightly spray with oil. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until capsicums are tender. Serve with a large green salad.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free Mexican seasoning.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 351cal
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Kilojoules 1470kJ
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Protein 20g
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Total fat 9g
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–Saturated fat 4g
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Carbohydrates 45g
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–Sugars 12g
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Dietary fibre 12g
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Sodium 480mg
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Calcium 220mg
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Iron 3.5mg
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