PIZZA STUFFED PEPPERS

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Provided by Jeannie Potter Hurocy @Gneeree

Categories Turkey

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 pound(s) ground turkey
2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
1 medium white onion, diced
3 large garlic cloves, pressed
6 large green peppers with tops removed and seeded/reserve pepper part of tops
- reserved pepper tops/diced
1 1/2 cup(s) shredded provel cheese
2 teaspoon(s) kosher salt
2 teaspoon(s) ground black pepper
2 tablespoon(s) dried oregano
1 teaspoon(s) dried thyme
2 tablespoon(s) dried basil
1 tablespoon(s) fennel seed
2 14 oz jar(s) pizza sauce (or cans, or homemade)
1/2 tablespoon(s) crushed red pepper
1/2 cup(s) large black olives/sliced (optional)

Steps:

Brown ground turkey in olive oil.
Meanwhile, while turkey mixture is cooking, place seeded green peppers in a baking dish and cover with foil. Bake in 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes to soften peppers.
Once turkey is halfway browned, add garlic, onion, reserved pepper tops, and all spices and brown turkey the rest of the way and until onions are translucent and green pepper is softened.
Once turkey mixture is finished cooking, add pizza sauce to the mixture and simmer for 10 minutes.
Once green peppers are softened in oven and turkey mixture is finished simmering, fill peppers with alternating layers of stuffing ingredients (cheese, black olives, turkey mixture-in that order, making two layers of each ingredient), ending with turkey mixture as top layer.
Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
During the last 2 minutes of baking time, remove foil and top stuffed pepper with more provel cheese and melt/brown cheese under broiler.
Enjoy!
Hint: add layers of any cooked pizza ingredient you like!