Goat Cheese and Shrimp Stuffed Sweet Peppers
A recipe of Shepherds Ramshorn peppers, which are large sweet chili peppers popular in Italy, stuffed with shrimp and goat cheese.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Servings: 3
Calories: 162kcal
- 3 medium sized sweet peppers
- 4 ounces goat cheese
- 6 large shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
- Ground black pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Toss the shrimp with about half of the Creole seasoning and some black pepper.
Heat a saute pan to medium heat and add shrimp with the oil. Cook about 5 minutes, or until shrimp is cooked through.
Chop the shrimp and add to a mixing bowl.
To the mixing bowl, add goat cheese and remaining seasoning. Mix well.
Slice the peppers in half lengthwise and remove the innards. Set them onto a lightly oiled baking sheet.
Stuff each pepper half with the shrimp-goat cheese mixture.
Bake about 18-20 minutes.
Serve!
Calories: 162kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 47mg | Sodium: 237mg | Potassium: 264mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 4395IU | Vitamin C: 153mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 1.5mg