Stuffed peppers

Stuffed peppers

Stuffed peppers
  • Low phosphate
  • Low potassium
  • Low salt
  • Main meal
  • British
  • 1 hour or less
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Chef

Lizzie Morey
Lizzie Morey

Kidney Kitchen Chef

These tasty peppers are moist and filling, but most importantly low in salt, potassium and phosphate.

Ingredients

A portion of the Kidney Kitchen basic mince and lentil mix

100g long grain rice

2 peppers, any colour, halved and deseeded

10g breadcrumbs

10g strong cheddar, grated

ยผ low-salt beef stock cube made up with 500ml boiling water

Method

  1. Step 1

    Take a portion of the mince and lentil mix and defrost if frozen. Set aside to use in step 2. Preheat oven to 180ยฐC. Put the rice into a bottom of a small roasting tray and place pepper halves on top.

  2. Step 2

    Fill peppers with the mince mix, pour half of the stock into the dish, cover with tin foil and bake for 15 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Remove from oven, take off tin foil (carefully so you donโ€™t burn yourself on escaping steam), pour in the rest of the stock. Re-cover with tin foil and return to the oven for another 10 minutes.

  4. Step 4

    Remove from oven and take off tin foil, discarding it this time. Sprinkle the breadcrumbs and grated cheese over the peppers and return the dish to the oven. Cook for 10 minutes until golden and bubbling. Remove and serve.

Food facts

The main source of carbohydrate in this dish is the rice; values are provided for those trained in insulin adjustment.

Rice is a low-potassium staple and, cooked with the peppers in this one-pot meal, helps to keep you full. A small amount of hard cheese adds flavour but keeps the phosphate content low. The mince and lentils are also sources of phosphate so be sure to take a phosphate binder with this meal if you are prescribed one.

The beef mince and lentils are the main protein sources in this dish, making it suitable for somebody with increased protein requirements such as those receiving dialysis treatment.

You can make your own breadcrumbs to use up any leftover stale bread (use a cheese grater). You can also substitute long grain rice with any other rice you have at home.

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