Best Mexican Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

MEXICAN CHICKEN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray an 9x12-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Rub the red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, and orange bell peppers with barbeque rub; arrange in the baking dish.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir chicken, onion, green chile pepper, jalapeno pepper, turmeric, coriander, cumin, salt, and pepper until chicken and onion are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add beer to chicken mixture; reduce heat to low, cover skillet, and simmer until beer is reduced by half and chicken is cooked through, about 45 minutes.
• Fill bell peppers with chicken mixture. Pour stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chickpeas into the baking dish, around the bell peppers. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove aluminum foil and add rice and Mexican cheese blend on top of the tomato mixture around the bell peppers; continue cooking until cheese is golden brown, about 15 minutes.

MEXICAN-STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Remove the seeds and any white pith from the peppers and arrange, cut-side up, in a roasting tin. Drizzle with oil and season, then bake for 20 mins.
• Combine the rice and beans. Remove the peppers from the oven and fill with the rice mixture. Top each with a slice of cheese and bake for 10-15 mins more, until the rice has melted and the filling is hot. Top with spoonfuls of guacamole.

MEXICAN-STYLE CHICKEN-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 385 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat butter and oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion in the hot pan until soft, about 5 minutes. Add chicken; cook and stir until browned and no longer pink in the center, 7 to 10 minutes. Reduce heat to medium, and add water and chili powder. Stir in garlic, salt, cumin, and red pepper; let cook for 5 minutes. Add rice and black beans.
• Transfer chicken mixture to a bowl. Pour most of the crushed tomatoes into a large baking pan so it is 1 inch deep. Stuff the chicken mixture into the bell pepper halves until slightly overfilled and place open-side up in the tomatoes. Pour remaining crushed tomatoes over the peppers so they are just covered. Sprinkle with Mexican cheese, and cover the pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until peppers are soft, about 50 minutes. Serve hot with avocado and sour cream to garnish.

MEXICAN CHICKEN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Place bell pepper halves, cut sides up, in 13x9-inch baking dish. Bake 10 min.
• Meanwhile, cook onions in dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium heat 5 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in chicken, stuffing, corn, jalapeño peppers and half the cheese.
• Spoon chicken mixture into pepper halves. Cover.
• Bake 15 min. or until filling is heated through. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake, uncovered, 5 min. or until melted.