How to Cook Yummy Turkey and rice stuffed peppers

Turkey and rice stuffed peppers. Stuff each bell pepper evenly with the turkey-rice mixture; cover with the pepper tops. Evenly divide the mixture between the peppers. I also added a little cheddar cheese into the filling mixture and sprinkled some on top of each pepper half before popping them in the oven.

Stuffed Green Peppers Stuffed Green Peppers are filled with ground turkey, rice, and tomato sauce, then topped with cheese and cooked in the oven. These ground turkey stuffed peppers make a healthy and delicious dinner that the whole family will love! Classic Stuffed Peppers with rice, ground beef, mozzarella cheese and Italian herbs are baked in tomato sauce until tender and flavorful. You can have Turkey and rice stuffed peppers using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Turkey and rice stuffed peppers

1. You need 1 1/2 cup of brown rice.
2. It's 1/4 cup of golden raisins.
3. Prepare 1 of kosher salt.
4. Prepare 1/3 cup of chopped walnuts.
5. You need 3 tbsp of fresh dill.
6. Prepare 3 tbsp of fresh parsley.
7. Prepare 6 of any color bell peppers.
8. Prepare 8 oz of ground turkey.
9. You need 2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
10. You need 2 clove of garlic.
11. It's 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
12. You need 1 tsp of lemon zest.
13. Prepare 1 of freshly ground pepper.
14. It's 1 tbsp of plus 1 tsp. packed brown sugar.
15. It's 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.
16. Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
17. It's 6 slice of muenster cheese.
18. It's 15 oz of can tomato puree.

This easy dinner recipe appeals to both kids and adults, is a cozy and satisfying meal, and even looks elegant enough for entertaining! Add cooked rice to turkey mixture and combine well. Spoon turkey mixture into each pepper and fill to the top. Place the stuffed peppers in the baking dish and add ½ cup stock to the bottom of the pan.

Turkey and rice stuffed peppers step by step

1. Combine 2 1/2 cups water, the rice, raisins, and 1/4 tsp. salt in a med saucepan. Bring to boil, then reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer until the water absorbed. ( about 45 minutes ).
2. Take the rice off heat and leave covered 10 minutes. Then transfer to a mixing bowl to cool about 20 minutes. ( Fluff your rice ).
3. Preheat oven 350°F. Roast walnut until lightly toasted about 8 minutes, let cool and chop finely. Set to side..
4. Finely chop 2 tbsp of each parsley and dill and set to side..
5. Cut off the top of each bell pepper and remove white membrane and seeds, wash peppers and lightly salt the insides..
6. Mix raw turkey, walnuts, herbs, mozzarella cheese, garlic, lemon juice and zest, salt and pepper. Now the fun part... Gently mix all ingredients together with your hands. Stuff peppers to the top rim of pepper and put tops back on the peppers..
7. in a large wide and deep sauce pan, whisk 3 cups water, tomato puree, cinnamon, brown sugar, and olive oil together..
8. Arrange the peppers upright in the sauce. Bring sauce to a simmer over medium high.Cover and reduce heat to medium low and simmer until peppers are soft and mixture is cooked through. ( about 50-60 minutes ).
9. Preheat oven to broil. Remove peppers with thongs and transfer to a baking dish upright. Remove tops and place to the side. Place a slice of muenster cheese on top and sprinkle rest of herbs over the peppers. Place in oven for a couple minutes to melt cheese. Watch it cuz it melts quick. Then remove..
10. In a shallow bowl label a couple spoonful of tomato sauce in the bottom of bowl and place pepper in the middle with top on top or side. Make it purdy ;-).
11. Enjoy!.

Add the cooked rice and parmesan cheese to the turkey mixture and blend together. Stuff the rice / turkey mixture into the cleaned out peppers so it's tightly packed into the pepper shell. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground turkey, salt, and garlic power. Stuffed Bell Peppers are my jam!