Sausage and Leftover Barley Stuffed Peppers
with 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
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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.
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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!
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Ratings
37 reviews
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.
0 HelpfulThis 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.
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