Vegan Stuffed Peppers Recipe with Rice 🍴 - MasalaHerb.com (2024)

Published: Oct 22, 2018 · Modified: Oct 24, 2023 by Helene Dsouza

This is a classic Vegan Stuffed Peppers with rice recipe, which I have been making whenever I crave something lighter.

These stuffed savory peppers can also be served as a side dish with a main course meal of your choice.

You are going to love these stuffed peppers (aka paprika or capsicum in Europe) if you like plant-based meatless meals.

These vegan stuffed bell peppers with rice are also gluten-free.

To make them low-carb/keto, switch the regular rice to low-carb friendly rice.

To prepare the stuffed vegan bell peppers, you will need a few common ingredients and about 30 minutes of prepping time.

The peppers take about 50 minutes to roast time in the oven. In that time, the peppers get soft and gain on flavor from the rice filling.

For meat eaters, as a non-vegetarian option, I can recommend Stuffed Peppers with Ground Turkey instead.

🍚 Ingredients

You will need the following main ingredients to prepare these tasty savory vegan stuffed peppers.

Keep in mind that you can always adjust the recipe with the seasoning to prepare different stuffed peppers with rice variations.

For the rice filling, I use simply basmati rice because it's quite flavorful.

You can also use short grain rice variations such as risotto rice if you prefer or if you have this in your pantry.

The best part of this recipe is that you can use up leftover rice too, to prepare this stuffing for your peppers.

Pick your favorite bell pepper color.

I usually prefer red or yellow bell peppers because they are sweeter compared to the green peppers.

This is totally up to you. Keep in mind too that red and yellow peppers tend to be slightly more pricey compared to green peppers if you are looking to save on money to prepare this delicious plant-based dish.

The stuffing for the rice includes a tomato sauce as well, which is prepared in a frying pan before you stuff the peppers.

I fry onions and garlic soft, which are seasoned with oregano, black pepper, salt, and fresh basil leaves.

You can also add pizza seasoning blend, Italian seasoning or Cajun seasoning to pep up things!

I also add tomato sauce to the onion and seasoning in the pan.

This tomato sauce is then mixed into the cooked rice to create the pepper stuffing.

🥣 Serving

• Feta and Arugula Salad (if you are not vegan)
• Everyday Green Salad with Simple Vinaigrette Dressing
• Cold Green Bean Salad

Dear Reader, How are you going to enjoy these stuffed vegan peppers? On their own as a meatless meal or as a side dish?

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