Chicken Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Recipes

CHICKEN-STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Cut tops off peppers; remove seeds. In a large kettle, cook peppers in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water. Place upside down on paper towels; set aside. , In a large saucepan, saute the onion and garlic in butter until tender. Add the chicken, broth, rice with contents of seasoning packet, celery, carrot, basil and thyme; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until the rice is almost tender. , Remove from the heat; stir in the tomatoes, mushrooms and zucchini. Spoon rice mixture into the peppers; place in a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Spoon the remaining rice mixture around peppers. , Cover and bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until the peppers are tender and filling is heated through. Uncover and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese; bake 5 minutes longer.

PEPPERS STUFFED WITH CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut tops off green peppers and place peppers in a baking pan. Dice any pepper flesh surrounding stems; set aside. Discard seeds and stems.
• Mix ground chicken, rice, onion, garlic, black pepper, and salt together in a bowl. Mix in diced peppers.
• Scoop chicken mixture into the green peppers and cover with tomato sauce.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Top peppers with mozzarella cheese and continue to bake until filling is cooked through and cheese is golden, about 15 minutes longer.

CHICKEN FAJITA STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Prepare brown rice according to directions listed on package. Halfway through brown rice cooking, preheat oven to 375 degrees and begin making filling and boiling peppers.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cut peppers in half through length (top to bottom), seed and devein peppers, then boil 4 - 5 minutes (fully immersing them in the water), just until tender. Drain well and align in baking pans, set aside.
• Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large and deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and saute until golden about 5 minutes, then add garlic and saute 30 seconds longer, transfer onion mixture to a plate.
• Add remaining 1 Tbsp oil skillet, and add chicken, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp cumin, the paprika and season with salt and pepper.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, add tomatoes, onion mixture, black beans, corn, cooked brown rice, remaining 1/2 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp cumin cumin, cilantro, lime juice and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook just until heated through.
• Add a heaping 1/2 cup of the mixture to each pepper half (and slightly press as filling to fit). Pour enough water into bottom of baking dishes to reach 1/8-inch in height (careful not to pour it in peppers).
• Cover baking dishes with foil and bake 30 - 35 minutes, until peppers are soft. Remove from oven, sprinkle tops evenly with cheese then return to oven to bake until cheese has melted, about 3 minutes longer.
• Serve warm topped with more cilantro, sour cream and hot sauce if desired.

CHICKEN SALAD-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, mix the first six ingredients. Add chicken, cheese and celery; toss to coat., Cut peppers lengthwise in half; remove seeds. In a Dutch oven, cook peppers in boiling water 3-4 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain., Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Fill with chicken mixture. If desired, sprinkle with chips. Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until filling is heated through.

CHICKEN-STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut tops off of peppers and remove seeds.
• Place peppers in a large pot of boiling water and boil for 3 minutes.
• Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside.
• In a saucepan, cook onion and garlic in melted butter until tender.
• Add chicken, broth, rice with seasoning packet contents, celery, carrot, basil, and thyme; bring to a boil.
• Lower heat; cover and simmer until the rice is tender.
• Remove from heat; stir in tomatoes, mushrooms, and zucchini.
• Spoon mixture into the peppers; put in a greased 2-quart casserole.
• Spoon remaining rice mixture around the peppers.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until peppers are tender and the filling is heated thoroughly.
• Uncover and sprinkle with parmesan cheese, bake 5 minutes more.

CHICKEN STUFFED " CHILI" BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Slice peppers lengthwise and clean out seeds.
• In a large skillet heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, cook and stir about 3 minutes.
• Add red pepper, cook and stir about 2 minutes.
• Add ground chicken, cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink.
• Stir in chili powder, oregano, salt, pepper and cumin; cook 2 minutes longer.
• Mash half the beans coarsely.
• Stir all beans, barbecue sauce and tomato paste into chicken. Cook about 2 minutes and remove from heat.
• Fill each pepper with the mixture and top with cheese.
• Bake peppers until heated, about 10 minutes. Garnish with sour cream.