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  • Healthy Peppers and Rice

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    Healthy Peppers and Rice
    Prep: 10 min Cook: 13 min Servings: 6
    by RecipeKing
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    Healthy Peppers and Rice is an easy, delicious and spicy Mexican-Style oven recipe for a great side dish option. Pair it with your favorite Mexican or Tex-Mex entree. Main Ingredients: Bell peppers, rice, chile peppers, corn, garlic and chili powder. It takes only about (25) minutes to make this wonderful, spicy dish. It is a low calories, low fat, low cholesterol, low sodium, low carbohydrates, heart healthy and Weight Watchers (5) PointsPlus recipe.

    Ingredients

    • Non-stick cooking spray
    • 1 small red bell pepper, cut into 1" by 2" pieces (1/2 cup)
    • 4 (3" long) yellow chile peppers, seeded, quartered
    • 1 (5"-6") Anaheim chile pepper, seeded, cut into 1" pieces
    • 1 tsp finely chopped fresh garlic
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
    • 1 cup fresh corn kernels or,
    • 1 (8 oz) can whole kernel corn, drained
    • 3 cups hot cooked brown or long grain rice
    • 2 tbsp butter
    • 1 tsp chili powder

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 450° F.
    2. Spray an 8 or 9 inch square baking pan with the cooking spray.
    3. Place the peppers, garlic, salt and pepper into prepared pan. Bake, stirring occasionally, 8 to 10 minutes or until peppers just start to brown.
    4. Stir the corn into the pan; continue baking 2 to 3 minutes or until corn is heated through. Place into a bowl.
    5. Add in the rice, butter and chili powder; mix well. Divide into 6 equal size servings.

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