Stuffed Peppers With Ground Turkey
By: Diethood
Published: Friday, December 3, 2010 - 7:46am

Ingredients




4 bell peppers
1 large onion, diced
1 tablespoon EVOO
1/2 pound ground turkey
1/4 cup long grain rice
2 slices fresh ripe tomatoes, 1 tomato diced and the other cut in 4, crosswise (used for 
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ■ basil
1/2 teaspoon ■ cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon ■ onion salt

Preparation

1 Preheat oven at 350. 2 Cut the tops off the bell peppers and clean out the seeds. 3 Bring a large pot of water to a boil, put the peppers in, and boil for 5 minutes. 4 Remove the peppers carefully and place in a big baking dish that allows just enough room for all the peppers. Set aside. 5 In the meantime begin to prepare the stuffing; Put the onions in a skillet, drizzle with EVOO, and cook for 2 minutes before adding in the ground turkey. 6 Cook until the meat is browned and add in the rice; mix well and let it cook for another 2 minutes. 7 Add the diced tomatoes, salt, basil, cayenne pepper, and onion salt; allow to simmer for 15 minutes. 8 Remove the skillet from the stove and begin to stuff the peppers. 9 When finished, place a slice of tomato on top of each pepper to seal. 10 Put in the oven for 40 minutes. 11 Remove from the oven and let it cool for at least 5 minutes before serving. 12 If you’re feeling naughty, add a dollop of sour cream on top – YUM!

About


This is a very popular Balkan dish, but every country makes their own version. The Macedonian version of this dish is with 1/2 ground pork and 1/2 ground beef, but for the sake of saving some calories, I've used ground turkey instead. My mom would faint if she saw that I didn't use the traditional pork/beef stuffing.