Chicken Stuffed Peppers

Prep time: 20 min

Cook time: 60 min

Servings: 2

Yield: 2 servings

Description

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

• 2 large green bell peppers

• 1/2 pound ground chicken

• 1 cup cooked rice

• 1/4 cup chopped onion

• 1 clove garlic, minced

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• 1 cup tomato sauce

• 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

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

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

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

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

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

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.