Dinners
Cumin Lamb Stir-Fry with Peppers
Uses 1 red pepper
30 recipes · whole
What to cook with half a red pepper
Almost every dinner for one that uses a red pepper uses half of it, and the other half goes soft in the salad drawer. All 30 recipes here use red pepper, so put two in the same week and the pepper gets finished. Wrapped, a cut pepper keeps in the fridge for three or four days.
Hungarian Beef Goulash
Uses ½ red pepper
Shakshuka
Uses ½ red pepper
Tunisian Harissa Chickpea Stew
Uses ½ red pepper
Jollof Rice with Chicken
Uses ½ red pepper
Brazilian Beef & Pepper Skewers
Uses ½ red pepper
Baked Cod with Romesco
Uses ½ red pepper
Portuguese Baked Fish with Peppers
Uses ½ red pepper
French Summer Vegetable Stew
Uses ½ red pepper
Jamaican Callaloo Greens
Uses ½ red pepper
Arroz con Pollo (Colombian Chicken & Rice)
Uses ½ red pepper
Puerto Rican Rice with Pigeon Peas
Uses ½ red pepper
Efo Riro (Nigerian Spinach & Turkey Stew)
Uses ½ red pepper
Chicken Khorovats Skewers
Uses ½ red pepper
Porotos Granados (Chilean Bean & Squash Stew)
Uses ½ red pepper
Spanish White Bean & Spinach Stew (Potaje)
Uses ½ red pepper
Ethiopian Beef Tibs with Peppers and Rosemary
Uses ½ red pepper
Sri Lankan Devilled Chicken
Uses ½ red pepper
Boerewors with Pap and Chakalaka
Uses ½ red pepper
Moqueca (Brazilian Fish Stew)
Uses ½ red pepper
Moroccan Fish Tagine with Chermoula
Uses ½ red pepper
Lebanese Spiced Fish with Tahini
Uses ½ red pepper
Ojja with Merguez and Eggs
Uses ½ red pepper
Colombian Coconut Fish with Rice
Uses ½ red pepper
Buljol (Saltfish Salad) with Fried Bake
Uses ½ red pepper
Chicken Kottu Roti
Uses ½ red pepper
Lahmacun (Spiced Beef Flatbread)
Uses ½ red pepper
Ojingeo Bokkeum (Spicy Korean Squid Stir-Fry)
Uses ½ red pepper
Pisto Manchego with Fried Egg
Uses ½ red pepper
Ciorbă de Perișoare (Sour Meatball Soup)
Uses ½ red pepper
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