What To Serve With Stuffed Peppers?

A great way to add some healthy colour to your diet would be with stuffed peppers, these little bowls of deliciousness can be filled with anything you desire: meats, cheeses, beans, veggies, herbs and spices make the perfect stuffing. Whilst stuffed peppers is undoubtedly delectable on their own, there’s no harm in spoiling ourselves and making a tasty side to go with your scrumptious stuffed peppers.

Table of Contents

• Poblano Peppers:
• What Are Bell Peppers?
• What To Eat With Stuffed Poblano Peppers?
• Sides For Stuffed Peppers:
• What To Eat With Stuffed Peppers?
  • Corn On The Cob
  • Sweet Potato Fries
  • Fried Cauliflower
  • Green Beans
  • Italian Sausage
  • Garlic Spinach
  • Roasted Courgette
  • Parmesan Yellow Squash
  • Red Cabbage Slaw
  • Glazed Carrots
  • Cucumber and Avocado Salad
  • Fresh Tomato Salad
  • Puffed Pitta Bread
  • Roasted Potatoes
  • Roasted Aubergine Cubes
  • Cheesy Corn Fritters
  • Garlic Roasted Mushrooms
  • Savoury Broccoli Rabe With Portobello Mushroom
• How To Make Stuffed Bell Peppers Taste Phenomenal?
  • Selecting The Right Peppers:
  • Carving Out Peppers:
  • What To Fill Your Peppers With?
    • Vegan Style:
  • Cooking Your Stuffed Peppers:
  • Types of Low-carb Vegetables:
• So What Can You Serve With Stuffed Bell Peppers?

Poblano Peppers:

Poblano peppers or capsicum annum are green in colour, and are a type of chilli pepper native to Mexico that can add a zing to your meals, just imagine how amazing they would taste when you’ve stuffed them! Whatever you decide to stuff these gorgeous peppers with – it could even be shepherds pie – there’s no doubt that they would taste fantastic freshly removed from the oven, sizzling ready to be devoured by the hungriest person. Fresh poblano’s actually have a mild, and slightly sweet flavour, but they are left to ripen till they taste hotter, the perfect taste to a stuffed pepper kind of day.

What Are Bell Peppers?

The bell pepper, better known as sweet pepper, pepper, or capsicum are a close relative to chili peppers, tomatoes and breadfruit, all of which are native to Central and South America. Bell Peppers can be eaten raw or cooked, they are sometimes powdered and dried and referred to as paprika.

These precious bells are low in calories and exceptionally rich in vitamin C making them an excellent addition to a healthy diet. Bell peppers come in all sorts of colours such as red, yellow, orange and green – which are unripe. Green unripe peppers have a slightly bitter flavour and are nowhere as sweet as the fully ripe ones.

What To Eat With Stuffed Poblano Peppers?

Stuffed poblano peppers can be eaten with almost anything, such as salads, vegetables, bread, or roasted potatoes (just to name a few). You can either opt to make something light to eat as a side with these peppers like a bowl of fresh crunchy salad, drizzled with olive oil that will compliment your main meal wonderfully. Or perhaps you’d like to keep the crunch and add something a little heavier to your main meal, like roast potatoes, with its crispy exterior and soft flaky interior this would make a perfectly hearty meal satisfyingly delectable.

Sides For Stuffed Peppers:

If you’re stuffing your peppers with starchy foods like rice or potatoes, you might want to opt for a lighter side dish, and what can be lighter than some deliciously nutritious and refreshing salad?

Here are some that you can choose from:

• Make a salad with chickpeas, cucumber, basil and tomatoes in balsamic vinegar.
• A salad that combines rich and creamy avocadoes with crunchy cucumbers sounds appetising, but even better when you add some bright red tomatoes into the mix.
• Or why not a pleasant bowl of lettuce mixed with tomatoes, cucumbers, and cheese, coated in a creamy ranch dressing?
• A tangy coleslaw, the contrasting flavours would pair wonderfully with stuffed peppers.
• Perhaps a plate of arugula leaves and feta cheese resting in lemon dressing would be perfect and tastes just as delightful.

What To Eat With Stuffed Peppers?

It’s no secret that stuffed bell peppers are comfort food, from ground beef to rice or veggies, they can easily be adapted according to any specific diet preferences, like low-carb, gluten-free or keto.

Let’s take a look at a bunch of mouth-watering ideas shall we?

• Corn On The Cob
• Sweet Potato Fries
• Fried Cauliflower
• Green Beans
• Italian Sausage
• Garlic Spinach
• Roasted Courgette
• Parmesan Yellow Squash
• Red Cabbage Slaw
• Glazed Carrots
• Cucumber and Avocado Salad
• Fresh Tomato Salad
• Puffed Pitta Bread
• Roasted Potatoes
• Roasted Aubergine Cubes
• Garlic Roasted Mushrooms
• Savoury Broccoli Rabe With Portobello Mushroom

Corn On The Cob

Boiling corn on the cob is such a simple yet much-loved side for both children and adults identically. The only ingredients you need are butter and salt and 20 minutes of your time. The buttery sweet taste eaten with stuffed peppers will work a treat.

Sweet Potato Fries

Baked sweet potato fries are an easy yet healthy choice of finger food that will compliment your stuffed peppers wonderfully.

Fried Cauliflower

Growing in popularity, cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable that it can be swapped into any classic recipe.

Green Beans

A simple fresh and green side, green beans are perfect as they don’t require much to taste great. Add a little garlic and olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste for some finger-licking satisfaction.

Italian Sausage

Unless you’ve chosen to stuff your peppers with sausage here’s a fantastic way for you to enjoy them on the side. You will need Italian sausage, onions and bell peppers thinly sliced and cooked in a pan. This is a brilliant side that will compliment your bell peppers perfectly.

Garlic Spinach

An easy side dish for any main meal would be the green veggies. Add a bit of lemon to garlic spinach for a delectable finish.

Roasted Courgette

Roasted sides are always the best because you don’t have to watch or stir them whilst they’re cooking. And this is why courgette is the perfect option because you can prepare them whilst your stuffed peppers are in the oven, and then slide them in with them for the last 15 minutes.

Parmesan Yellow Squash

We love a colour filled plate of food, and these cheese covered, yellow squash discs would be a hit with all of your dinners, they do make a wonderful add on to any meal.

Red Cabbage Slaw

A crunchy creamy slaw brings so much personality to a meal, with its crunchy texture and vibrant colours. Just add some red cabbage, carrots, celery and onions this mix is a great heatless option on days you don’t feel like cooking.

Glazed Carrots

Carrots are delicious as a quick snack during the day, but these glazed carrots are even better. Honey, cinnamon, and ginger are added to butter and oil for a slippery glaze that caramelises beautifully when roasted.

Cucumber and Avocado Salad

Fortunately there is a healthy side that can be made in under 5 minutes, and there isn’t a single raw vegetable! All you need to do is cut the cucumber, avocado, and green onion, then add some lime, olive oil, followed by a little salt and pepper. And boom your done!

Fresh Tomato Salad

Fresh bright red tomatoes are a sweet, refreshing addition to your stuffed peppers. Simply slice your tomatoes and enjoy.

Puffed Pitta Bread

You can make this at home or buy some freshly baked pitta bread to eat alongside your stuffed peppers. You may even want to rip off a small piece of pitta bread and dip it into the stuffing, this will most certainly allow you to appreciate each flavour, with a mouthful of stuffing, then a bite of pitta bread, delicious!

Roasted Potatoes

For a crunchy yet appetising side, try cutting some red potatoes into quarters and coat them in olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and then bake for 40 minutes until crisp. Then remove the potatoes from the oven and drizzle with another round of salt and pepper and garnish with some parsley for that extra herbal kick.

Roasted Aubergine Cubes

Most of us can appreciate the deliciousness that is fried aubergine, yes it’s oily but doesn’t stop it from tasting so good. You don’t have to necessarily make fry them, instead, they can be baked or breaded, but when you plan to eat aubergine alongside stuffed peppers, you might prefer them fried. However, roasted aubergine is lighter and healthier, and surprisingly wonderful whilst being less filling than eating them fried.

Cheesy Corn Fritters

Combine corn, with veggies and cheese to make these gorgeous corn fritters. The sweetness of the corn paired with roasted stuffed peppers should be enough to make your tummy swoon.

Garlic Roasted Mushrooms

Little mushroom poppers that are undeniably wonderful, with an exquisite kick of flavour. A little heat and a little oil, with a little garlic finished with a little salt, really does go a long way.

Savoury Broccoli Rabe With Portobello Mushroom

You can never go wrong with making an Italian side dish paired for stuffed bell peppers. For this you will need to sauté garlic, onion, thyme, and Portobello mushrooms. Next boil the broccoli on a covered pan until it softens, then toss in the sautéed mushroom, stir then its ready to eat!

How To Make Stuffed Bell Peppers Taste Phenomenal?

Before we figure out what to serve with stuffed peppers, let’s take a look at how we can prepare them correctly. Here are some ideas to help make this process a little easier than you think.

Selecting The Right Peppers:

Firstly, make sure the peppers you have picked out are ripe and brightly coloured, you want to be blinded by their vibrancy. You can opt for the red peppers for a sweeter and less bitter outcome. But if you wish to have a little spicy kick amid your meal, then you can opt for poblano peppers, these spicy peppers can be stuffed in the same way and provide the perfect amount of heat to a mild meal. To keep these edible bell-shaped bowls upright, pick the ones that stand on their own, or you can shave off any major bumps on the bottom with a good knife.

Carving Out Peppers:

There really is no right or wrong way to clear the seeds out of your bell peppers, so trust yourself and allow practise to assist you in developing your own personal preference. A knife to pre-cut the peppers, then get to digging and scraping of the guts and seeds with a table spoon.

What To Fill Your Peppers With?

There is no right or wrong method in filling your peppers, although common ingredients consist of ground beef, onions, rice, Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, tomatoes and grated cheese. So to give you an idea of how you can switch this up, swap the beef for meat like thinly diced turkey, sausage, or shredded chicken.

Vegan Style:

To eliminate meat, let’s fill the bell peppers with mushrooms, kidney beans, or aubergine along with rice. Roasted and stuffed bell peppers are such a customisable dish, so don’t fret over what to use.

Cooking Your Stuffed Peppers:

Your peppers will be spending most of their time in the oven, so before we get to that, brown your meat and rice mixture in a pan then start to stuff the peppers. There really is no need for you to cook the fillings all the way through as they will be happily roasting away for about an hour.

For the peppers alone, some cooks prefer to break their structure down a bit in hot, salted water on the stove before filling and roasting. The salt will work its magic and enhance all flavours within the bell pepper, just remember to not par-cook too long as we don’t want the peppers getting mushy.

Types of Low-carb Vegetables:

Many deserve to enjoy roasted and stuffed bell peppers with any type of side dish they desire. This could be fried potatoes, or simply fried vegetables, here are a list of vegetables that work wonderfully when roasted, sautéed or boiled with stuffed peppers.

• Bell peppers
• Corn on the cob
• Broccoli
• Asparagus
• Mushrooms
• Courgette
• Spinach
• Avocados
• Cauliflower
• Green beans
• Cucumbers
• Brussels sprouts
• Aubergine

So What Can You Serve With Stuffed Bell Peppers?

There really is no right or wrong answer when choosing what to cook alongside roasted, stuffed bell peppers. Delectable as a stand-alone meal, whether it is a roasted veggie or a boiled corn on the cob kind of day, the flavours undoubtedly becoming evermore enhanced, a scrumptious party in your mouth, that will leave you completely satisfied.