Ground Chicken Stuffed Peppers (My Favorite Kind)
This Ground Chicken Stuffed Peppers recipe is such a great midweek dinner or perfect for meal prep.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 418kcal
Ingredients
- 4 bell peppers sliced in half, lengthwise
- 400 g ground chicken
- 1 red onion finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon buffalo sauce
- ½ tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 carrots grated
- 75 g blue cheese
For the blue cheese sauce
- 75 g blue cheese
- 150 g sour cream
- 3 g chives finely chopped
Instructions
- Place a skillet or frying pan on medium heat and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add in the ground chicken, red onion, and garlic. Fry for 5 minutes until the chicken has turned a light brown. Season with salt and pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 190C fan or 210C / 375F. Add the buffalo sauce, honey, ground cumin, grated carrots, and 75g of the blue cheese to the ground chicken pan. Mix to combine and fry for another 2 minutes.
- Slice the bell peppers in half lengthwise and remove the seeds and placenta.
- Then, stuff the pepper halves with the filling. Delicately arrange the peppers into your oven-proof dish or tray. Place into the oven, covered in kitchen foil for 30 minutes, then uncovered for another 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make your blue cheese sauce by combining the remaining blue cheese with sour cream in a bowl. Mash with the back of a fork to combine into a relatively smooth sauce. Set aside.
- Remove the ground chicken stuffed peppers from the oven and leave to settle for 5 minutes. Then serve up, drizzle over the blue cheese sauce, chopped chives, and enjoy!
Notes
Step-by-Step Photos: My blog post includes helpful step-by-step photos to help guide you through making this recipe so scroll up this page to find them!
Storage: Leave the stuffed peppers to cool, then place in airtight containers and into the fridge for up to 3 days.
Freezing: You can totally freeze these peppers, but the texture may differ when reheated. Store in airtight containers (don't forget to label with the date and contents) for up to 3 months. Leave to defrost/thaw in the fridge overnight.
Reheating: Either leave the lid ajar and reheat in microwave until piping hot. Or heat up in the oven at 200C/ 390F for 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 418kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 646mg | Potassium: 1075mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 9381IU | Vitamin C: 158mg | Calcium: 276mg | Iron: 2mg