How to Make Perfect Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers

How to Make Perfect Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers. Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers are made with a zesty filling of ground turkey, corn, black beans, hot peppers and tomatoes, topped with melted cheese and scallions. We love stuffed peppers in my house, these are sooo good, I heavily debated saving this. I may have written this post and realized that I am the hugest, dork.

Top them off with Monterey Jack cheese for a satisfying skinny supper your family will request time and.

How to Make Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers.

Rinse the peppers and dry. * If needed very thinly slice the bottoms so the pepper will stand up.

You can cook Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers

1. It’s 1 lb of ground turkey.

2. Prepare 1 medium of onion, chopped.

3. Prepare 3 clove of garlic, minced.

4. It’s 1 can of red beans with chili seasoning, drained.

5. You need 1 can of salsa-style fire roasted tomatoes.

6. Prepare 1 packages of Simple Truth Organic Red quinoa and brown rice (frozen).

7. It’s 1 tbsp of chili powder.

8. You need 2 tsp of ground cumin.

9. Prepare 6 tbsp of mild taco sauce.

10. Prepare of salt and pepper.

11. You need 4 oz of pepperjack cheese, shredded, divided.

12. Prepare 4 large of red, yellow or orange peppers.

Place the beef in a skillet and brown it, stirring to break it up as you do.

Stuffed peppers have been a long-time favorite in our house.

They're easy to make, they can be stuffed in a variety of ways, they're a convenient lunch to pack and they're delicious.

Of all of the variations I have made, I have to say that these quinoa stuffed peppers are my favorite.

Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers instructions

1. Prep peppers by cutting off top and removing stems, seeds and membranes. Boil water and submerge peppers for 3 minutes. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350..

2. Brown turkey, onion and garlic. Add beans, tomatoes and rice/quinoa mix, taco sauce and spices and stir together thoroughly. Let simmer 7-10 minutes then stir in half the cheese..

3. Place peppers in 2 qt baking dish and stuff with meat mixture. Top with remaining cheese and taco sauce. Bake 15 minutes til cheese is browned and bubbly..

Santa Fe Stuffed Peppers as well as more healthy dinner recipes.

These Santa Fe-Inspired stuffed peppers use ground turkey instead of beef making for a much lighter taste.

Most of the recipes that I saw included rice in the recipe, but I wanted to keep the simple carbs low.

Southwestern Stuffed Peppers with Black Beans and Green Chiles by Kalyn's Kitchen.

Santa Fe Spice Rub by Mel's Kitchen Cafe.