Vegan Stuffed Bell Peppers

These bell peppers stuffed with veggies, tofu and rice, cooked in a delicious tomato sauce with fresh basil and agave syrup is the perfect traditional meal, reinterpreted in a vegan manner, that will bring back sweet childhood memories.

Prep time:
10 minutes
Cook time:
80 minutes
Total time:
90 minutes
Course:
Main dish
Cuisine:
Vegan, Gluten-free, International, European
Servings:
6
  • Ingredients
  • For the filling:

    • 6 green onion sticks
    • 1 bell pepper
    • 1 carrot
    • 400 g smoked tofu
    • 200 g parboiled rice
    • Pepper
    • 3 Tbsp vegan yogurt
    • Vegetable oil to cook

    For the sauce:

    • 350 g tomato sauce
    • 200 ml boiling water
    • Plenty of fresh basil
    • 3 Tbsp agave syrup
    • Salt to taste
    • Scoop the seeds out of the bell peppers and add the filling inside
    • Pour half of the sauce in a cooking pot
    • Place the filled peppers in the pot nicely side by side
    • Pour the rest of the tomato sauce over the peppers
    • Cover the pot with an aluminium foil and bake the peppers for 1 hour at 220 degrees Celsius
    • When they are done, top them with some fresh parsley and vegan yogurt and your amazing dish is ready!
  • Cooking instructions. Step by step
  • To prepare the filling:

    • In a pan, heat up some vegetable oil, then cook the green onion, bell pepper and carrot for about 5 minutes
    • Add the crumbled salted tofu and the parboiled rice, then mix well
    • Add the vegan yogurt – it will bind the composition nicely

    To prepare the sauce:

    • Mix all the ingredients above in a pot and heat it on the stove for about 2 minutes.
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