Mexican Chicken Stuffed Peppers Food

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 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.

HEALTHY CHICKEN FAJITA STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine the chicken, chili powder, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper in a large bowl and toss to coat.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat until it just begins to smoke. Add the chicken and cook, undisturbed, until it just starts to brown in spots, about 2 minutes. Add the onions and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 3 minutes more.
• Transfer the chicken and onion mixture to another large bowl and rinse and dry the skillet. Add the rice, 1/2 cup of the cheese, half the lime juice, 3/4 teaspoon salt and few grinds of pepper to the chicken and toss to combine. Divide the filling among the peppers.
• Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the skillet, arrange the peppers on top and turn to high heat. When the oil starts to sizzle, about 2 minutes, transfer to the oven and bake until the filling is hot and the peppers are softened, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup cheese over the peppers and bake until melted, about 3 minutes more.
• Drizzle the remaining lime juice over the peppers and top with the cilantro leaves. Serve with the sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo if desired.

MEXICAN STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Line large, rimmed sheet pan with foil. Place wire rack on top of foil. Spray with cooking spray.
• In medium bowl, mix pepper Jack cheese, cream cheese, chiles and 1 tablespoon of the taco seasoning mix. In thick side of each chicken breast, cut 3-inch-long pocket to within 1/4 inch of opposite side of breast. Spoon about 1/3 cup cheese mixture into pocket in each chicken breast. Secure with toothpicks.
• In small bowl, mix remaining taco seasoning mix and the olive oil. Place chicken on rack; brush with oil mixture.
• Roast uncovered 25 to 30 minutes or until stuffing reaches internal temperature of 160°F. Top chicken breasts with mozzarella cheese; bake 3 to 5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Top each breast with green onions and cilantro.

MEXICAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain. Stir in tomatoes, rice mix and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until liquid is absorbed, 6-8 minutes., Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. Place peppers in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Place 1/3 cup beef mixture in each pepper; sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons cheese. Top with remaining rice mixture. Bake, covered, 25 minutes., Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted and peppers are crisp-tender, 5-10 minutes.

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.

MEXICAN CHICKEN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cook cubed chicken and red onion in a skillet until chicken is no longer pink inside. In a separate sauce pan prepare your rice, once rice is prepared add your black beans, corn, and diced tomatoes, stir together. Once the chicken is done there should be some water in the bottom of the skillet, add about half of the taco seasoning packet to the chicken and onion mixture, cook until it is thickened. Once thickened turn off heat and let sit. Take your peppers and cut them in half, and then core and clean them out. Place in a greased 13X9 cake pan empty side up. Mix together the chicken and rice mixture together. stuff each half of the green pepper until no more will fit. Do this until all of them are full. Empty the spaghetti sauce around the peppers in the cake pan. When there is about 15 min left of cooking sprinkle the top of each pepper with some cheese and pop back in until finished cooking.

MEXICAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Brown the meat and drain off any fat. Stir in the salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, and red pepper flake.
• Add all of the other ingredients except for the peppers and stir to combine.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Slice the peppers in half, remove seeds and ribs.
• Fill the peppers and place in a 9x13 baking dish. Cover with foil and bake for 40 minutes.
• Pull out and sprinkle with cheese. Continue baking uncovered until the cheese is just starting to 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.