Mexican Stuffed Peppers
These Stuffed Peppers are easy to make, inspired by Mexican flavors and consist of ground chicken, rice, black beans, spinach and homemade taco seasoning. It is the ultimate weeknight meal!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 3 large bell peppers cut in half, seeds removed
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ½ onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 5 ounces fresh spinach chopped
- 1 15 ounce can black beans
- 1 cup rice cooked
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 2 cups monterey Jack cheese shredded, divided
- 1 jar salsa divided
- sour cream optional, for topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425℉. Heat olive oil in a deep skillet over medium to high heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
- Add the ground meat, breaking it up with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook until no longer pink, about 8 minutes. While the meat is cooking, prep your peppers. Rinse them with fresh water. You can either cut them in half or you can cut the top off where the stem is and stuff the filling in that way. Take the seeds out.
- Sprinkle taco seasoning in the meat mixture and stir well. Stir in the black beans, spinach and rice. Mix until the spinach is wilted. Turn off the heat.
- Add the shredded cheese and salsa. Stir until completely combined. Stuff the meat and veggie mixture into the bell peppers using a spoon. Top them off with the remaining shredded cheese on top.
- Add a small amount of water on the bottom of your baking dish to steam the peppers while they cook. Place the stuffed peppers in preheated oven and bake, covered for about 25 minutes. Uncover the peppers and bake for another 10 minutes, or until the peppers are soft. Serve with additional toppings of your choice and enjoy!
Notes
- By adding a small amount of water to the bottom of your baking dish and covering it, it will steam the peppers to ensure they cook thoroughly.
- Instead of ground chicken, ground beef or turkey would be an excellent choice of protein for this dish.
- Make these stuffed peppers vegetarian. Do not add the ground meat and instead use the black beans as the plant-based protein!
- Want these stuffed peppers to be low carb? Omit the rice. It is just as delicious and still very filling without it.
- Try topping these stuffed peppers with additional toppings of your choice such as sour cream, black olives, shredded lettuce, avocado and chopped tomatoes!
- Make the filling ahead of time as a time saver for the ultimate weeknight dinner.