Enjoy a delicious fusion of flavors with these Tex-Mex Stuffed Peppers. Packed with seasoned ground pork, black beans, corn, and melted cheese, these colorful bell peppers make for a satisfying and flavorful meal. Topped with your favorite Tex-Mex garnishes like sour cream or guacamole, these stuffed peppers are perfect for any weeknight dinner.
4bell peppers (large, red, orange, or yellow, or a combination)
3/4 Csalsa (plus more for serving, optional)
1 Cfrozen corn (thawed)
2tsp chili powder
Salt
Black pepper
1/4 Ccheddar cheese (Monterey jack, or Mexican blend cheese, shredded)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 500°F.
In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, bring water to a boil. Stir in couscous, cover, remove from heat, and set aside for at least 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook pork, stirring occasionally and breaking it up, until no longer pink, about 4 minutes.
Also while couscous is softening, remove tops from peppers and scrape out seeds. Set aside.
In a large bowl, combine couscous, pork, salsa, corn, and chili powder. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Fill peppers with pork mixture. Arrange peppers in a shallow baking pan and bake for 10 minutes.
Sprinkle cheese on top and continue baking until peppers are tender and stuffing is heated through, about 5 minutes.
Serve peppers with additional salsa on the side if you like.
Recipe courtesy of The National Pork Board
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