Nicole's Stuffed Peppers. Impossible™ Stuffed Peppers Be the first to rate & review! These beauties are loaded with goodness such as fresh spinach, black beans, rice, spices, and more. This recipe is easy to make and perfect for busy families.
The filling might be a simple rice and vegetable mixture, or it could include poultry, fish, shellfish, or pork.
Bell peppers are the conventional choice, but jalapenos, mini sweet peppers, or poblanos are all excellent alternatives.
Use red, green, orange, or yellow bell peppers (or a combo of colors) to make these beautiful bells stuffed with savory ground beef and rice.
You can cook Nicole's Stuffed Peppers using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Nicole's Stuffed Peppers
- Prepare 6 large of peppers.
- Prepare 1 1/4 lb of ground turkey.
- Prepare 24 oz of spaghetti sauce.
- It's 1 1/2 cup of cooked rice.
- Prepare 8 oz of mozarella cheese.
- It's 1 tsp of garlic.
Chef John estimates, "Ninety-four percent of all stuffed peppers are made because there's leftover rice around. Stuffed peppers, as their name asserts, are stuffed with filling. The contents of this filling may change from family to family, but for Leone's grandmother, the combination was set in stone: a. Place the peppers cut-side up in a baking dish just large enough to hold them upright.
Nicole's Stuffed Peppers instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cook rice as desired..
- Brown turkey, adding garlic..
- Cut tops off of peppers and clean out guts.
- Combine turkey, rice, and 2/3 of spaghetti sauce in large bowl..
- Spoon concoction into peppers..
- Top with mozarella and the rest of spag sauce..
- Cook uncovered for about 45 minutes.
Add the beef, season with salt. Cut thin slice from stem end of each bell pepper to remove top of pepper. Remove seeds and membranes; rinse peppers. If necessary, cut thin slice from bottom of each pepper so they stand up straight. Green bell peppers stuffed with a mixture of rice, textured vegetable protein, cheese and tomato sauce.