Stuffed Peppers

Thank you Pinterest!

I got my inspiration for my stuffed peppers from this recipe. 

Ingredients:

1/2 small yellow onion, chopped

1 clove minced garlic

olive oil

1/2 [of a 14 oz] can chicken broth

3/4 cup instant rice

1/2 package ground chicken

dried oregano

ground black pepper

salt

paprika

1/2 [of an 11 oz] can corn

4 bell peppers

Make It:

In a large saucepan, cook onion and garlic in hot oil on medium heat for five minutes, or until onion is tender.  Stir in broth.  Bring to a boil.

While the onions cook, start browning the chicken with olive oil in a separate skillet.  Add salt and pepper for seasoning.

After the broth boils, add rice, oregano, pepper, salt and paprika.  Cover and cook per instructions on rice [I took it off the heat and let it sit for five minutes].  After rice is finished, add corn and cooked chicken.

Preheat oven to 400.  Slice tops from peppers and remove seeds.  Fill with rice mixture. Replace tops.  Bake, covered 30 minutes or until crisp-tender...whatever the fuck that means.  I suggest putting a little liquid in the bottom of the pan you bake them in.  I cooked my peppers for about 45 minutes and they still crunched like they were raw.  

The original recipe didn't call for meat, but I really wanted to add some in.  You could totally use beef, pork or turkey too!

It's REALLY hard cooking for only one person haha.  I thought I had calculated this out to 1/4 of the original recipe [calls for 8 - 1/4 would be 2!  Right?], but clearly, math is not my strong suit.  I made the rice filling the night before I actually made the peppers, and I realized there was way too much filling for just two peppers.  I got to be a nice daughter and invited my parents over for dinner!

These aren't too good as leftovers.  I ate the remaining yellow one today for lunch and the pepper was really mushy.  The filling was still good though! :]

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