Stuffed Mini Peppers Recipe
Colorful bites full of flavor. These stuffed peppers make an ideal snack for the family or a get-together as a pretty finger food everyone can dip and eat!
Super Bowl Sunday is around the corner again. For some people, it’s about the big game. For me, it’s about all the food that I can eat.
Whether you’re looking for an exciting, out-of-the-ordinary Super Bowl Sunday hors d’oeuvre or a fun, filling snack for a get-together any time of year, try these delicious stuffed peppers. I love this recipe because it’s fun to make, serve and eat! It only requires 3 ingredients if you have some leftover meat. I used some leftover beef barbacoa for this recipe.
Mini Stuffed Peppers Make a Great Party Food
I like to make this stuffed pepper recipe when I’m having a party or a small gathering. These bites work great for guests because you can throw them together quickly, they impress a crowd with their colorful presentation and they offer a finger food people can dip with. You can serve these up with other snacks and hors d’oeuvres so your guests can get small bites of everything. It takes less than a half hour to make this recipe (when you make the meat stuffing in advance) so you can focus on finishing the rest of your tasks for the party.
A Healthy Snack for Get-Togethers
I know it’s easy to serve up a bunch of junk food when you’re having people over because it takes too much effort to make healthy food. Not with these sweet pepper bites, my friend. You get the nutrients of the sweet bell peppers, which give you a heaping of vitamin C and some vitamin A, protein and fiber with a healthy amount of some calories.
This stuffed pepper recipe has some of my beef barbacoa in each pepper, which gives you nutrients like iron and protein with the small portion size limiting the fat and calorie content. You round out the dish with some cheese and your choice of nutrient-dense guacamole and/or salsa.
I hope you and your guests enjoy the presentation and flavor of these fun stuffed peppers for Super Bowl Sunday or any gathering. Let me know what snacks or meals you end up serving them with.
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Mini Stuffed Peppers Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 20–25 mini stuffed peppers 1x
- Category: Appetizer, Snack, Gluten Free, Paleo
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Colorful bites full of flavor. These stuffed peppers make an ideal snack for the family or a get-together as a pretty finger food everyone can dip and eat!
Ingredients
- 1 pound mini sweet peppers
- 1 cup beef barbacoa (Find the recipe here. You can also use cooked sausage for the stuffing.)
- 1/2 cup Mexican cheese blend
- Guacamole and/or salsa for serving
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place mini sweet peppers on a cutting board. Slice off one side of each pepper horizontally to make a pepper boat. Discard the seeds.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or foil. Stuff each pepper with beef barbacoa and place them in the baking sheet in a single layer. Sprinkle with cheese on top.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until cheese is melt.
- To serve, grab one mini stuffed pepper and dip it into guacamole or salsa, or both (because why not?) Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 43
- Sodium: 48mg
- Fat: 3.2g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2g
- Carbohydrates: 0.8g
- Protein: 2.8g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
The nutrition facts are calculated based on 25 mini stuffed peppers.
About the Author
Sharon Chen is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and author of the Complete Sous Vide Cookbook. She believes food not only brings healing but also connection. As the creator of StreetSmart Kitchen, she aims to make meal prep easier than ever and help you find balance, ease, joy, and simplicity in the kitchen as you improve your well-being.
Those look so delicious! I love taco flavors in any kind of dish!
Oh goodness, these look delicious! Plus, nine times out of ten, I can never eat a WHOLE bell pepper, so these are perfect little bites!
LOL… That’s a good point. You can probably eat a few of these without a problem. 🙂
I want to pull these off the screen and eat them! Definitely making these babies.
These look delicious! They seem like the perfect appetizer for a weekend party.
These are hands down the most adorable stuffed peppers I have ever seen! I bet they are super yummy too. I love barbacoa!
Yum, these look delicious and so colorful!!
This looks so amazing and my husband loves peppers
We love stuffed peppers! Your recipe sounds so good!
This is such great idea. Going to try it. Delicious.
The first thing that I said when I saw this post was ‘Oh my god, look at these itty bitty stuffed peppers, they’re so cute!’ I love cute food and these are one of the most adorable and delicious things that I have ever seen!
Thanks so much, Krysten! They are super fun to make too. 🙂
The cuteness! I love these tiny little guys, and LOVE LOVE how simple this recipe is! Perfect for an afternoon snack or for entertaining!
Totally. I hope you enjoy them. Cheers!