Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Turkey Stuffed Peppers

I love stuffed peppers, but never tried to make them myself.  My first time was a charm and they were the easiest to make.

Ingredients

            1lb lean ground turkey

            1 garlic minced or I used minced garlic

            ¼ onion (minced)

            1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or parsley or I used from my spice rack

            1 tsp garlic powder

            1 tsp cumin powder

            1 tsp kosher salt

            3 large sweet red bell pepper, yellow, orange or even green (washed)

            1 cup reduced sodium chicken broth (divided)

            1 ½ cups cooked brown rice

            ¼ tomato sauce

            1 can of diced seasoned tomatoes

6 tbsp part skim shredded cheddar cheese or just whatever you have (honestly I did not even measure it out)

Instructions

            Heat oven to 400’

Heat a medium skillet on medium heat.  Add onion, garlic and cilantro and saute about 2 minutes.  Add ground turkey, salt, garlic powder, cumin and cook meat until it is completely cooked through.

            Cook rice on another burner while browning your meat

Add ¼ cup of tomato sauce, diced tomatoes and ½ cup of chicken broth to the meat, mix well and simmer on low for about 5 minutes.

Combine cooked rice and meat together.  (I did not use all the rice I cooked)

Cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, and remove all seeds.  Spoon meat mixture into each pepper half and place in to a baking dish.  Top each with shredded cheese.

Pour the remainder of the chicken broth on the bottom of the pan.

Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for about 45 minutes.

I hope you enjoy these as much as we did.  Unfortunately I was sick and could not taste a thing.  But the verdict from the other half was they were good.  Any leftover meat I placed in a freezer bag and they are ready to have at a later date.  Less time and less money is always a good thing.

XXOO

JANELL