Stuffed Green Peppers

50 min · Serves 4

Based on a recipe from From Pyramid to the Plate: Healthy Eating by Timing, Combining, and Planning Adopted from: Eating Right is Basic Michigan State University Extension, via USDA MyPlate Kitchen

What goes in

• 4green bell peppers
• 1 lb85% lean ground turkey
• 1 cupuncooked rice
• ½ cupchopped onion
• 1½ cupsunsalted tomato sauce
• ground black pepper (optional)

How to cook it

1. Preheat the oven to 350 °F.
2. Slice off the tops around the stems of the bell peppers, then scoop out the inner seeds and membranes.
3. Rinse the hollowed peppers and submerge them in a pot of boiling water for 5 minutes, then drain thoroughly.
4. In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the ground turkey until browned throughout.
5. Stir the uncooked rice, chopped onion, 1/2 cup of tomato sauce, and black pepper into the browned turkey.
6. Divide the meat and rice mixture evenly among the hollowed peppers and stand them upright in a baking dish.
7. Spoon the rest of the tomato sauce over the tops of the filled peppers.
8. Cover the dish and bake for 30 minutes until hot and tender.

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