Description
A delicious and festive Halloween dish featuring orange bell peppers carved like jack-o’-lanterns, stuffed with a savory turkey and rice mixture.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 orange bell peppers
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 ¼ cups diced yellow onion (about 1 large onion)
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ cups white basmati rice, cooked according to package instructions
- 15.5 ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 15 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¾ cup shredded cheddar or Colby Jack cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Cut the tops off the orange bell peppers and remove the seeds.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cooking until soft.
- Add ground turkey to the skillet. Cook until browned, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in the cooked rice, black beans, tomato sauce, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
- Stuff each pepper with the turkey mixture and place them in a baking dish.
- Sprinkle cheese on top of each stuffed pepper.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly.
Notes
Tips for carving, cooking times, and flavor enhancements.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 stuffed pepper
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 70mg
Keywords: Jack-O’-Lantern Stuffed Peppers