Chicken Stuffed Peppers

These chicken stuffed peppers have a hearty ground chicken, rice, and vegetable filling, topped with mozzarella and baked until tender and cheesy.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 409 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.25 cup chopped onion
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 2 large green bell peppers
• 0.5 pound ground chicken
• 0.75 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cut tops off green peppers and place peppers in a baking pan. Dice any pepper flesh surrounding stems; set aside. Discard seeds and stems.

Step 2

Mix ground chicken, rice, onion, garlic, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl. Mix in diced peppers.

Step 3

Scoop chicken mixture into the green peppers and cover with tomato sauce.

Step 4

Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 5

Cover baking dish with aluminum foil, and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Step 6

Remove foil and top peppers with mozzarella cheese; continue to bake until filling is cooked through and cheese is golden, about 15 minutes longer.