TUNA-STUFFED PIQUILLO PEPPERS

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Categories     Fish     Pepper     Appetizer

Number Of Ingredients 9

6 ounces tuna
1 tablespoon capers, chopped
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
1/4 cup celery, diced
1/2 cup scallions, diced
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons olive oil
12 piquillo peppers

Steps:

  • Drain the tuna and put it in a medium mixing bowl. Use a fork to break tuna into large flakes and push to one side of the bowl.
  • Put capers, parsley, mint, celery and onions on the other side of the bowl and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add red-pepper flakes, lemon zest, lemon juice and olive oil, then stir the mixture to coat tuna well.
  • Use a teaspoon to fill each pepper with some of the tuna mixture.
  • Arrange stuffed peppers on lettuce leaves on a platter.

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