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Stuffed Bell Peppers with Couscous & Shrimp

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Author Albert Bevia @ Spain on a Fork

Ingredients

  • -3 small bell peppers
  • -2 tbsp olive oil
  • -2 cloves of garlic
  • -1/2 onion
  • -12 shrimp
  • -1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • -1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • -1/2 cup water
  • -1/2 cup couscous
  • -sea salt
  • -freshly cracked black pepper
  • -fresh thyme

Instructions

  1. Wash and pat dry 3 small tri-colored bell peppers (red, yellow and green), then cut off the tops of each one, about 1/2 inch (reserve the tops), using a spoon deseed the bell peppers and scrape the white pits completely off, cover each bell pepper with foil paper and add to a pre-heated oven, bake and broil option, 210 C-410F for exactly 30 minutes
  2. Meanwhile, finely mince 1 large clove of garlic, finely dice 1 small onion, finely dice the tops of the bell peppers and finely chop 10 jumbo shrimp that have been peeled and deveined
  3. Heat a sauce pan with a medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of extra virgin Spanish olive oil
  4. Once the oil get´s hot add the minced garlic and the diced onions, mix with the oil and cook for about 3 minutes, then add the diced bell peppers and continue to mix, after about 5 minutes add the chopped shrimp, season with 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme, 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika, a generous pinch of sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, mix everything together and cook for another minute and a half, then add 1/2 cup of water, once the water begins to boil add 1/2 cup of couscous, mix everything together, place a lid on the sauce pan and turn off the heat, after 5 minutes of steaming remove the lid and fluff up the couscous with a fork
  5. Heat a small non-stick frying pan with a medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin Spanish olive oil, once the oil get´s hot add 3 jumbo shrimp that have been peeled and deveined and seasoned with sea salt, sear them for 1 minute per side
  6. After 30 minutes take the bell peppers out of the oven, lightly season them with sea salt in the inside and place them in a dish, stuff each one with the couscous and place a seared shrimp on top of each stuffed pepper, garnish with fresh thyme
  7. Enjoy!

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