Pesto Chicken Stuffed Peppers

Name: Pesto Chicken Stuffed Peppers
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 4 bell peppers, cut in half and cleaned out; 1 lb ground chicken; 6 tablespoons Pesto; ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; pinch pink Himalayan salt; pinch freshly ground black pepper; squeeze lemon juice; 1 tablespoon olive oil; chopped basil or parsley for serving

8 steps

No Carb

Updated at: Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:53:07 GMT

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Ingredients

4 servings

4bell peppers

cut in half and cleaned out

1 lbground chicken

6 tablespoonspesto

¼ teaspooncrushed red pepper flakes

1 tablespoonolive oil

basil

chopped, or parsley for serving

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Step 2

Clean and slice the peppers in half lengthwise, splitting the green stems and leaving intact.

Step 3

This makes them easy to pick up and nice for presentation. Take a paring knife and gently trim out the white ribs and seeds. Rinse and set aside to dry.

Step 4

Combine the ground chicken, pesto, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, pepper and lemon juice.

Step 5

Gently toss to combine and add the olive oil.

Step 6

Stuff each pepper and place in a baking dish.

Step 7

Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil, and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Step 8

4 servings