Sausage and Leftover Barley Stuffed Pepperswith green lettuce side salad
Stuffed peppers are a classic dinner. Tonight's feature sausage, leftover barley, and beans for lots of textures and flavors.
Smarts: You can stuff peppers with anything! It's such a versatile dish. Just bake for 10 to 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
- Onions, small - 1, diced
- Bell peppers, any type (good for stuffing) - 4, tops sliced off for easy stuffing
- Sausage, cooked (pick your fave type) - 2, diced
- Cannellini beans (14 oz / 397 g can) - 1 can, rinsed and drained
- Cooking oil - 1 Tbsp
- Leftover cooked barley - ~2 cups
- Dried herbs (like basil, Italian seasoning, parsley, oregano) - 1 tsp
- Crushed tomatoes - 1 1/2 cups
- Green lettuce - 1/2 head, chopped
- Red wine vinegar - 1 1/2 Tbsp
- Dijon mustard - 2 tsp
- Maple syrup - 2 tsp
- Cooking oil - 2 Tbsp
Nutrition Facts
Prep
- Garlic / Onions / Peppers / Sausage - Prep as directed. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Green lettuce - Prep as directed.
- Beans - Rinse and drain.
Make
- Heat oven to 375F (or 190C) degrees.
- Heat a skillet or saute pan over medium-high heat. Add cooking oil and then garlic and onions to heated oil with some salt and pepper. Saute for ~2 minutes, until softened.
- Next fold in sausage, beans, leftover barley, dried herbs, and crushed tomatoes. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Brush the outside of the peppers with some cooking oil and then place pepper halves into a baking dish or onto a sheet pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and then divide filling into peppers.
- Transfer to oven, and roast for 10 to 12 minutes (if you’re a cheese fan and have some cheese in your fridge, sprinkle on in the last half of cooking).
- While peppers are roasting, whisk vinegar, Dijon, maple syrup and cooking oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- When peppers are done, toss vinaigrette with green lettuce and enjoy!
Reviews
This meal has 37 reviews
kids loved it! I added some spinach.
Has potential, but needs more flavor. Might try a bolder sausage next time and canned crushed tomatoes, since I had to substitute with fresh chopped tomatoes. Needs double the cooking time in my oven. 20-30 minutes. Oldest daughter liked it, youngest thought it was ok, hubby commented positively that it was "nice and light"... I froze the leftover filling to pack in kids' lunches next week.
Easy enough to make, but the flavor wasn't quite there for me.
Made with white kidney beans instead & froze extra
Delicious! I made 8 servings and froze 4. Lot of extra stuffing!
This is our absolute favorite. They freeze well, which makes for easy, quick lunches. We have these about every other week and never get sick of them. I use salsa spiced canned tomatoes for a little extra heat.