CRACKER BARREL Shreds Recipe ✓ Mexican Chicken-Stuffed Peppers

Looking for an easy and flavourful recipe? These stuffed peppers are delicious and simple to throw together. Our Mexican Stuffed Peppers recipe is the perfect dish for a cool evening.

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Calories:440.3
Mexican Chicken-Stuffed Peppers
Prep:30m
Ready in:1h 10m
Serving:4 servings, 1 stuffed pepper each

Ingredients

  • 1 pound extra-lean ground chicken
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 4 each green peppers
  • 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 (19 ounce) can black beans, rinsed
  • 1 cup CRACKER BARREL Shredded Tex Mex Cheese

Cooking Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Cook chicken, onions, garlic and seasonings in large skillet on medium-high heat 7 to 9 minutes or until chicken is done, stirring occasionally.
  3. Cut tops off peppers; chop tops, then stir into chicken mixture along with the tomatoes and beans. Cook 5 to 6 minutes or until slightly thickened, stirring frequently. Meanwhile, remove cores and seeds from pepper shells; stand, fill sides up, in shallow pan.
  4. Spoon chicken mixture into peppers. Add enough water to pan to fill to 1/2-inch depth around peppers; cover.
  5. Bake 40 minutes. Carefully remove peppers from pan; drain water. Return peppers to pan. Top with cheese; bake 5 minutes or until melted.
Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro before serving; Special Extra:; For a touch of heat, add a chopped fresh jalapeno pepper to cooked chicken mixture along with the chopped green pepper tops, tomatoes and beans; Special Extra:; This recipe is a great way to use up leftover vegetables, such as sweet peppers, celery and/or corn, while adding colour, crunch and flavour; CRACKER BARREL is a trademark of Kraft Foods used with permission.

Nutrition Facts

  • calories440.3
  • carbohydrateContent38.9 g
  • cholesterolContent76.3 mg
  • fatContent12 g
  • fiberContent14.1 g
  • proteinContent43.3 g
  • saturatedFatContent5.7 g
  • sodiumContent1090.8 mg
  • sugarContent8.7 g
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