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Stuffed Peppers

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Dish, Side Dish
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 3 regular peppers assorted colors (green, yellow, red)
  • 1 lb ground chicken you can use turkey or beef
  • 3/4 cup instant brown rice you can use, lentils, barley or any other grain
  • 1 cup frozen chopped kale you can use spinach
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 2-3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 tsp crushed red pepper optional
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil plus more for drizzling
  • 1 tablespoon sundried tomatoes you can buy these pre-cut
  • 1 cup chicken broth or stock
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese grated

Instructions
 

  • Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees F. Cut the peppers horizontally and clean out all the ribs and seeds. In a large deep casserole dish, drizzle about 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and place the peppers in cut side up (we need the oil to cook the outside of the peppers). Now drizzle the inside of your peppers with a little more olive oil and season them with some salt and pepper.
  • Now for the filling. In a large mixing bowl combine the ground chicken with the remaining ingredients an mix gently. It will be soggy. That is what we want! We need all that liquid to cook our rice. If you are using something other that instant rice, make sure you add enough liquid for your grain to cook through.
  • Stuff each pepper with chicken mixture.
  • Cover the peppers and pop them in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. Uncover the pepper and finish cooking for another 10-15 minutes. Be careful not to overcook. Chicken tends to dry out easily
  • Remove them from the oven when golden brown!

Notes

If you use ground chicken or ground turkey breast, you may want to add about a tablespoon of olive oil  as an added fat in the stuffing mix. Ground chicken or ground turkey breast tend to get a little dry when they cook. If you are using  ground chicken or ground turkey, there should be enough dark meat to prevent the stuffing from drying out.
Like I said,  I had leftover filling! Add some breadcrumbs to your leftover filling (remember it is soggy ) and form into a mini meatloaf or even meatballs for later! Here's what I did with mine.
Remember you can always switch things up with this one!