Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Turkey stuffed Red peppers!


I have tried a few different stuffed peppers in the past, and to me, they just didn't have enough flavor. I think another problem was, I was using ground beef at the time, which made things extra greasy...ewww!
This time around, I used the basic knowledge I had for cooking a stuffed pepper and just threw together this recipe using ground TURKEY instead of beef, and it was WAY better! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 bellpeppers (any color will do)
1 pound taco flavored ground turkey (you can usually find this at your local grocery store, if not, go ahead and add your own seasonings)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 C shredded cheese of your choice
1 15 ounce can black beans, drained
1/3 C frozen peas
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
Olive oil spray

Directions:
Pre-heat your oven to 350 F

Cut the tops off of your peppers and clean the seeds and membrane out. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, you'll only need enough water to cover the peppers. Cook the peppers in the boiling water for 2-3 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Remove the pepper with tongs and invert onto a paper towel lined plate to drain before stuffing.

In a large pan, spray a little bit of the olive oil spray in the bottom and start cooking your onion. Let the onions get translucent before you add the turkey in as well. Once the turkey and onion have cooked up, throw in the frozen peas, drained black beans and tomato sauce. Let that cook for about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Ladle the mixture into the peppers, just enough to have it stick out above the pepper. (you may have some mixture left over, that's ok, you can use it the next day for more peppers, or make yourself a taco salad with it) =)

Stick the peppers into a baking dish standing up right and sprinkle 1/4 C of cheese over the top of each pepper. Cover the dish and peppers with tin foil and bake for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy!

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