Seasoned ground chicken, rice, and tomato sauce tucked into bell peppers, topped with cheese, and baked until tender. Serve with salad and garlic bread for an easy, delicious dinner.

Ingredients

  • 6 bell peppers (any color)
  • 2 lbs ground chicken
  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 2 cans or jars of your favorite tomato sauce (I used Hunt’s)
  • Oil for the pan
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic powder
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Italian seasoning
  • Shredded cheese of choice (I used cheddar jack)

Steps

  1. Heat the ground chicken over medium heat. Add oil to the pan and cook the chicken until no longer pink. Drain any grease.
  2. Season with onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
  3. Add one jar of sauce to the skillet and stir.
  4. Cut the tops off the bell peppers and rinse them.
  5. Add 1 cup of rice to boiling water and simmer slowly until done.
  6. While the rice is boiling, cover the bottom of a baking dish with sauce. Add the peppers to the pan and put shredded cheese in the bottom of each pepper.
  7. When the rice is done, add it to the skillet and stir.
  8. Stuff each pepper with the chicken mixture and top with more cheese. Add the rest of the sauce over the tops of the peppers.
  9. Cover with foil and bake in a 400°F oven for 1 hour, or until the peppers are cooked.
  10. For the last 10 minutes, take the foil off so the cheese can brown a bit.
  11. Serve with salad and garlic bread for an easy and delicious dinner.

Notes

  • Cheese: Cheddar jack is my go-to — use whatever shredded blend your family likes.
  • Sauce: Any favorite tomato sauce works; Hunt’s is what I use.
  • Leftovers: Reheat covered so the peppers stay juicy — great for lunch the next day.

The pans I currently use

For this recipe I brown the ground chicken in a skillet, then stuff and bake the peppers. These are the pans I currently use in The Linewife Kitchen — Made In Cookware 3-piece stainless frying pan set (8", 10" & 12").

Made In Cookware 3-piece stainless frying pan set

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