Ingredients

  • For White Sauce:
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (you can use salted butter and skip on garlic salt)
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup room temperature milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt or to taste(you can use regular salt if you don't have garlic salt)
  • Orzo
  • 1 cup Orzo
  • 3 medium green bell peppers
  • 1/2 red bell pepper - chopped
  • 1/2 yellow onion - chopped
  • 1/4 cup green peas
  • 1/4 cup corn
  • 1/4 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/4 cup shredded white cheddar or gouda
  • salt, to taste
  • black pepper, to taste
  • crushed red pepper, to taste

Method

  • In a heavy bottom sauce pan, melt butter on medium heat.
  • 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.
  • Add milk while whisking.
  • Constantly whisk the mixture until it thickens a bit, then turn off the heat.
  • Add garlic salt or regular salt, your favorite herbs and set aside.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 350° F.
  • Cook orzo as directed on the package. Make sure they're not overcooked.
  • Cut the tops off the green peppers and take the seeds out.
  • In a large pot bring water to boil and add salt.
  • Carefully put the green peppers in boiling water.
  • 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.
  • In a mixing bowl, mix the cooked orzo, chopped red bell pepper, onions, green peas, corn and white sauce.
  • Add salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper, to taste.
  • Carefully spoon the orzo+veggie mixture to the blanched green bell peppers.
  • In a small mixing bowl mix the shredded cheese and bread crumbs and then add a generous amount to each pepper.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes.
  • Serve with hot sauce/Sriracha.