Stuffed Peppers With Ground Turkey
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.
Total Steps
12
Ingredients
12
Tools Needed
4
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- 4 bell peppers
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon EVOO
- 1/2 pound ground turkey
- 1/4 cup long grain rice
- 2 fresh ripe tomatoes
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon basil
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon onion salt
- sour cream(optional)
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Step 2
Cut the tops off the bell peppers and clean out the seeds.
Step 3
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add the bell peppers, and boil for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Carefully remove the peppers from the pot and place them in a baking dish, setting aside.
Step 5
Meanwhile, prepare the stuffing: In a skillet, cook the diced onions with EVOO for 2 minutes before adding the ground turkey.
Step 6
Cook the ground turkey until browned, then add the rice, mix well, and let it cook for another 2 minutes.
Step 7
Add the diced tomatoes (from one of the two fresh ripe tomatoes), salt, basil, cayenne pepper, and onion salt. Allow the mixture to simmer for 15 minutes.
Step 8
Remove the skillet from the stove and begin to stuff the par-boiled peppers with the prepared mixture.
Step 9
When finished stuffing, place a slice of tomato (from the other fresh ripe tomato, cut into 4 crosswise) on top of each pepper to seal.
Step 10
Put the baking dish with stuffed peppers in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
Step 11
Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 5 minutes before serving.
Step 12
Optionally, add a dollop of sour cream on top before serving.