Brown rice-filled chilies w/black bean sauce
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Brown rice; cooked |
| ½ | cup | Red bell pepper; diced |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cumin, ground; roasted |
| 1 | tablespoon | Coriander, ground; roasted |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Black pepper |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Sea salt |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cilantro, fresh; cilantro |
| 8 | Green chilies, whole; freshly roasted or canned | |
| 2 | ounces | Jalapeno Monterey Jack cheese, nonfat |
| 4 | ounces | Vegetable stock plus extra for thinning |
| 1 | teaspoon | Garlic; minced |
| 1 | teaspoon | Cumin |
| 1 | teaspoon | Coriander |
| ½ | teaspoon | Chili powder |
| 1 | tablespoon | Sherry, dry |
| 2 | tablespoons | Tomato paste |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Jalapeno pepper;minced (opt) |
| 1½ | cup | Black beans; cooked |
| ½ | cup | Tomatoes, fresh; chopped, for garnish |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cilantro, fresh; chopped |
Directions
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Combine the rice with the next 6 ingredients. Fill the chli peppers with the mixture and place them on a lightly sprayed or oiled baking sheet. Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the peppers.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Place the stock in a pan. Add the onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, chili powder andsherry; cook for 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste, pepper, beans and cook for 5 more minutes.
Reheat the stuffed chilis in the oven for 10 minutes.Place the cooked bean mixture in a blender or food processor and proces until smooth and creamy. Add small amounts of stock or water if necessary to thin the mixture.
Place the black bean sauce on a serving platter, set the stuffed chilis on the sauce, and garnish with the tomatoes and cilantro or arrange in individual servings. Serving size=2 stuffed chili peppers 270 calories 2½ g fat 1½ mg chol 580⅘ mg sodium w/o added salt, 8% of calories from fat Posted on GEnie Food & Wine RT Oct 29, 1993 by DEEANNE From the recipe files of Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, Internet sylvia.steiger@..., moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet Lowfat & Luscious echoes Submitted By SYLVIA STEIGER On 03-24-95