Garden Stuffed Peppers

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Yield
6 servings
Preparation time
15 minutes
Cooking time
45 minutes
Total time
1 hour
Ingredients
6 large bell peppers (mixed colors)
1 medium onion (diced)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound ground chicken
1 cup corn
2 cups chopped collard greens
1 cup cooked quinoa or brown rice
1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
1 teaspoon hot sauce
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
1 1⁄2 cups colby jack cheese
Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 F.

De-stem and de-seed peppers. Cook whole peppers uncovered in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Remove with tongs, dunk in cold water, and invert to drain well.

Cook onion and olive oil in a skillet over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add ground chicken, breaking it up as it cooks, about 7 minutes. Drain excess fat.

Add remaining ingredients except for cheese, stirring until heated through. Stuff peppers with chicken mixture. Place peppers upright in a casserole dish or roasting pan. (If pepper won’t stand on its own, cut a thin slice off the bottom to make it level.)

Cover with aluminum foil and bake 25 minutes. Remove foil, top peppers with cheese, and bake another 5 minutes or so until cheese has melted and begun to brown slightly.

Notes

Note: Look for bell peppers that are of similar size to ensure even cooking time. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom sit better than those with 3 bumps.

Per serving: 470 calories, 19 grams fat (8 grams saturated fat), 40 grams total carbohydrates, 6 grams fiber, 35 grams protein.