These Southwestern Stuffed Peppers are a tasty and delicious meal...no matter the season!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time50 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: southwestern, stuffed pepper, turkey
Servings: 6servings
Calories: 451kcal
Author: David
Ingredients
10"x13" disposable aluminum pan
½cupbrown riceuncooked
1cupwater
1poundShady Brook Farms Honeysuckle White ground turkey
¼cuponiondiced
1½cupsfrozen corn
115-oz. can black beans, drained
14.5-oz. can chopped green chilies, drained
1cupmedium salsa
½tspcumin
½tspchili powder
1tspsalt
½tsppepper
1cuppepper jack cheesedivided
6bell peppersI like to use a variety of colors.
½cupPanko bread crumbs
1jalapenosliced
Instructions
Preheat grill to medium heat (~325°-375°F).
Using a medium saucepan, combine the rice and water. Place over medium heat until water begins to boil. Cover pan and remove it from the heat. Let sit for 20 minutes. (Note: Don’t uncover pan during this 20 minutes or the rice will not fully cook!)
Meanwhile, cook the ground turkey and diced onion in a large skillet over medium heat for 8-10 minutes, or until evenly browned. Drain any excess liquid from the skillet.
Add the cooked rice, corn, black beans, green chilies, 1 cup of salsa, cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper and ½ cup pepper jack cheese to the skillet with the turkey. Cook for 2-3 minutes, or until heated through.
Slice a thin layer off the top of each pepper. Remove seeds and inner membrane; rinse peppers. Place peppers upright in disposable aluminum pan. (Tip: If the peppers don’t stand upright, slice a thin portion off the bottom of the pepper.)
Spoon turkey filling into each of the peppers.
Pour 1/2 cup of water into bottom of pan. Cover dish tightly with foil and place on the grill for 40 minutes at medium to medium-low heat.
In a small bowl, combine the panko bread crumbs with the remaining ½ cup of pepper jack cheese. Remove peppers from the grill and sprinkle mixture evenly over the top of each pepper. Place a jalapeno slice on the top of each pepper.
Return peppers to grill and cook uncovered for 8-10 more minutes, or until bread crumbs are golden brown and internal temperature of turkey reaches at least 165°F.