Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Stuffed Peppers


One of my favorite dishes growing up was my mom's stuffed peppers. For me the best part is the stuffing- dirty rice! I LOVE dirty rice. Seriously. I'm gonna marry it. Anyway, This recipe is pretty simple and REALLY yummy. And it's only about 6 points+ for one stuffed pepper.
Serves 4; Some rice will be left over (YUM!)
Here's What You'll Need
For the Dirty Rice:
1 Lb ground turkey
1 onion, chopped
1 or 2 stalks celery, chopped
1 small bell pepper chopped (save 4 peppers to stuff)
1 cup of rice, cooked separately
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped parsley (optional)
For the Peppers:
4 small- medium green peppers
1/2 cup Italian breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large skillet, brown meat and onion in oil. Add chopped celery and bell pepper and cook until tender- about 15 minutes. Add cooked rice, salt, and pepper. After adding rice, check to be sure there's enough liquid to keep it from burning. If necessary, add a tiny bit of water- maybe a tablespoon or 2. Stir well until everything is blended. Cover and cook over low heat 15-20 minutes. Add parsley and stir again. Let sit, covered, for a few minutes before serving.

For the peppers, cut and empty each pepper. To make them stand easier, slice the bottom very slightly to make it flat. While the dirty rice is cooking boil the peppers until tender. Spoon dirty rice into bell peppers. Stand them in a baking dish and add bread crumbs on top. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes- until the bread crumbs are brown.
ENJOY!
I hope you like this as much as I do. They really are delicious!! And no worries if you forget to boil the peppers, it doesn't change the taste at all- They're just a little harder to cut. I forgot the first time lol. Let me know what you think!!

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6 comments:

  1. This is one of my favorites growing up too!!! My husband is anti-pepper though so even attempting to make this is a battle. Perhaps I'll have to suggest dinner with mom soon :)

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    1. Thanks for visiting! Maybe you can make it and just give your husband some of the dirty rice without the stuffed peppers! LOL enjoy!

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  2. Thanks for visiting The Latest Find! Following you back, and I just pinned the stuffed peppers, they look delicious! =)
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    1. Thank you!!! and thanks for visiting, too!!! If you try them let me know how you like them! Have a great week!

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  3. You know, I've NEVER had stuffed peppers before! I'll have to try this... After all, if you love them so much you want to marry them, they must be good! ;)
    You're doing so great on your weight loss!! Keep it up!
    And thanks again for linking up!! =)

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    1. I can't believe you've never had them!!! LOL I hope you like them! Thanks again for hosting and for visiting. And thanks for the encouragement, too! Have a great week!

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