CROCK POT CHICKEN STUFFED RED BELL PEPPERS

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Easy to get ready and do ahead recipe. You can add other leftover vegetables from the fridge and other spices to suit your mood. Serve with a salad

Provided by Bergy

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 5h20m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

4 red peppers
4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced to resemble fine stir fry (2 whole breasts)
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 (7 ounce) can sweet kernel corn
1/2 cup pine nuts
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon hot chili flakes (optional)
salt and pepper
1 cup cooked rice
2 roma tomatoes, chopped
1 cup chicken broth

Steps:

  • Slice the top off each pepper- save the tops, snap off the stem.
  • Remove seeds& membranes from peppers, do not puncture the bottoms.
  • Saute the chicken in an oil sprayed no stick skillet for 5 minutes, remove from the pan Saute Onion until transparent (approx 5 min).
  • Add corn, pine nuts, cumin, chili flakes, salt& pepper.
  • Return chicken to pan, add rice& chopped tomato.
  • Fill the peppers and place in the crock pot.
  • Sit each pepper on one of the saved pepper tops Pour the chicken broth around the peppers.
  • Turn on low for approx 5 hours- Try not to lift the lid until near the end.
  • If the broth has evaporated add a bit more or just add plain water.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 410.4, Fat 15.8, SaturatedFat 1.7, Cholesterol 75.5, Sodium 453.4, Carbohydrate 35.9, Fiber 5.2, Sugar 9, Protein 32.8

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