Recipe :: Stuffed Red Peppers

Okay, so I'm cheating and we actually tried this recipe a while ago, but it was delicious.  I made some adjustments to the recipe, but I'll share the original one with you first (if you want the original original, you can find it here).

Turkey Stuffed Peppers
-1 lb. lean chopped turkey meat
-1 garlic, minced
-1/4 onion, minced
-1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
-1 tsp garlic powder
-1 tsp cumin powder
-salt to taste
-3 large red peppers
-1 c fat free chicken broth, divided
-1/4 c tomato sauce
-1 1/2 c cooked rice
-olive oil spray
-1/4 c reduced fat shredded cheese

Directions:

Heat oven to 400°. Spray a little olive oil spray in a medium size saute pan and heat on a medium flame. Add onion, garlic and cilantro to the pan. Saute about 2 minutes and add ground turkey. Season with salt and garlic powder, and cumin and brown meat for several minutes until meat is completely cooked through. Add 1/4 cup of tomato sauce and 1/2 cup of chicken broth, mix well and simmer on low for about 5 minutes. Combine cooked rice and meat together.

Cut the bell peppers in half lengthwise, and remove all seeds. Place in a baking dish. Spoon the meat mixture into each pepper half and fill it with as much as you can. Place all stuffed pepper halves on the baking dish and pour the remainder of the chicken broth on the bottom of the pan. Cover tight with aluminum foil and bake for about 35 minutes. Top with shredded cheddar cheese and enjoy.

 So our changes to the recipe:
-instead of turkey meat, we used chunks of chicken
-rather than 3 peppers, we only made two
-we used mozzarella cheese instead of cheddar
-at the very end when it tells you to fill the bottom of the baking dish with the rest of the chicken broth, we didn't do that; we both prefer our peppers slightly crispy, and figured that the chicken broth would make them very soft

These.  Were.  Delicious. Husband couldn't stop raving about them while we were eating them.  They were so good!  Although next time, to be honest I don't think I would bother baking the peppers at all.  They were still a little soft to my liking, and since everything is cooked by the time you stick it all in the peppers, I figure you don't really need to bake them.

If you try this recipe or some sort of variation, please leave comments--tell us what you did differently, how you liked it, family's reaction, etc.

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