Stuffed Hot Red Cherry Peppers
These savory vegan and gluten-free stuffed hot cherry peppers are delicious appetizers to serve at your next party!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 12 whole hot red cherry peppers
- 1/2 cup extra firm tofu-pressed if store bought
- 1/2 sweet onion
- 1 medium carrot
- 1 stalk of celery
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander seed
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons capers
- sea salt to taste
- fresh ground black pepper to taste scallion + fresh cilantro + more capers + lemon wedges to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425˚F.
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cut tops off of pepper and scoop out pith and seeds with a spoon. Lightly salt inside of peppers. Chop onion, carrot and celery. Heat skillet on medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to hot skillet and sauté veggies. Peel and mince garlic and add to skillet. Add spices and a pinch of salt/pepper and sauté everything until tender and lightly browned. Remove from heat.
- In a food processor, process tofu, lemon juice and sautéed veggies until smooth. Stir capers into filling. Scoop heaping tablespoons of filling into peppers. Place stuffed peppers on baking sheet and drizzle tops with olive oil.
- Bake at 425˚F for 30-40 minutes until filling is browned and peppers are soft. If you want, you can gently remove the pepper skins, they should peel away easily after being baked.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro and sliced scallion. Enjoy!
Notes
I served them with a homemade soy labneh spread: homemade soy labneh, glug of olive oil, squeeze of lemon juice, minced fresh herbs, salt and pepper to taste, and it was delicious paired with the mildly hot peppers.
These stuffed peppers will keep covered in the refrigerator for a few days.