Author Notes
This was a good dish for lunch. Although the white sauce might be a bit heavy for some, the combination of that with the green peppers and veggies made it a light meal. —themessimake.com
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Ingredients
- For White Sauce:
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2 tablespoons
unsalted butter (you can use salted butter and skip on garlic salt)
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2 tablespoons
all-purpose flour
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1 cup
room temperature milk
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1/2 teaspoon
garlic salt or to taste(you can use regular salt if you don’t have garlic salt)
- Orzo
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1 cup
Orzo
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3
medium green bell peppers
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1/2
red bell pepper - chopped
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1/2
yellow onion - chopped
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1/4 cup
green peas
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1/4 cup
corn
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1/4 cup
bread crumbs
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1/4 cup
shredded white cheddar or gouda
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salt, to taste
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black pepper, to taste
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crushed red pepper, to taste
Directions
- For White Sauce:
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In a heavy bottom sauce pan, melt butter on medium heat.
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Add all-purpose flour and keep stirring with a whisk for about 2 minutes. You will start noticing a change in color of the flour.
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Add milk while whisking.
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Constantly whisk the mixture until it thickens a bit, then turn off the heat.
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Add garlic salt or regular salt, your favorite herbs and set aside.
- Orzo
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Pre-heat the oven to 350º F.
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Cook orzo as directed on the package. Make sure they're not overcooked.
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Cut the tops off the green peppers and take the seeds out.
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In a large pot bring water to boil and add salt.
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Carefully put the green peppers in boiling water.
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Blanch them for about 3-4 minutes, remove them from the pot and place them upside down (open side down) on a couple paper towels. Dry them off.
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In a mixing bowl, mix the cooked orzo, chopped red bell pepper, onions, green peas, corn and white sauce.
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Add salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper, to taste.
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Carefully spoon the orzo+veggie mixture to the blanched green bell peppers.
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In a small mixing bowl mix the shredded cheese and bread crumbs and then add a generous amount to each pepper.
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Bake for 15-20 minutes.
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Serve with hot sauce/Sriracha.
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