Tuna Stuffed Pepper

This is a tasty and unique tuna dish. The sweet pepper or bell pepper is stuffed with tuna chunks mixture of cooked potatoes, butter, flour, evaporated milk and pepper. Then covered with bread crumbs and cheese and baked until cooked. Best for any occasion or ordinary days because it is simple to make.

To make tuna stuffed pepper; Cut off top of peppers, remove seeds. Drop in boiling water (with a little salt). Let stand for a few seconds and drain. Then set aside. Drain tuna chunks. Flake into big pieces and add diced potatoes. Melt butter in saucepan then add flour, salt and pepper. Stir until well blended. Then remove from heat. Then combine tune and the above milk mixture. Fill pepper with this mixture. Cover with bread crumbs and grated cheese. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 340 °F for 20 minutes.

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5 from 2 votes

How to Cook Tuna Stuffed Pepper

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Course: Fish Recipe

Cuisine: Filipino

Servings: 5 servings

Author: Manny

Ingredients

• 4-5 large green bell pepper
• 1 cup cooked potatoes cut in small cubes
• 1 small can tuna chunks
• 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs
• 1/3 cup grated cheese
• 1/4 tsp. ground pepper

Instructions

How to make tuna stuffed pepper:

• Cut off top of peppers, remove seeds. Drop in boiling water (with a little salt).
• Let stand for a few seconds and drain. Then set aside.
• Drain tuna chunks. Flake into big pieces and add diced potatoes.
• Melt butter in saucepan then add flour, salt and pepper. Stir until well blended. Then remove from heat.
• Then combine tune and the above milk mixture. Fill pepper with this mixture.
• Cover with bread crumbs and grated cheese.
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 340 °F for 20 minutes.