Baked Beef Stuffed Pepper Casserole 🍽️🌶️🧀🔥🥩
A delicious and hearty dish perfect for the whole family!
📋 Ingredients
- 6 large poblano peppers, halved and seeded
- 1 1⁄2 pounds ground beef, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground paprika
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground dried chipotle pepper
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
- cooking spray
- 3 cups shredded Mexican cheese blend, or to taste
📝 Instructions
1. Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
2. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
3. Place poblano peppers cut-side down onto the prepared baking sheet.
4. Cook under the preheated broiler until poblano pepper skins have blackened and blistered, 5 to 8 minutes.
5. Place blackened peppers into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap.
6. Allow peppers to steam as they cool, about 10 minutes.
7. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat.
8. Add beef, chili powder, garlic, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper, paprika, chipotle pepper, salt, and black pepper.
9. Cook and stir until beef is no longer pink, about 4 minutes.
10. Add onion; cook until slightly softened, about 2 minutes.
11. Add tomatoes with green chiles; cook until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes more.
12. Let beef mixture cool.
13. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
14. Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray.
15. Run water over the poblano peppers to remove skins and discard them; drain peppers on paper towels.
16. Place a layer of peppers on the bottom of the prepared dish; place 1/3 of the beef mixture on top.
17. Cover with 1 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend.
18. Repeat layers twice more in the same order.
A Prep Time: 15 mins | Cooking Time: 30 mins | Total Time: 45 mins | Kcal: 400 | Servings: 6