4 cupsSoffritto with ground turkey (see meal prep recipe)
1 cupAsiago Cheese Grated
1 cupcrushed tomatoes
3 tbspolive oil
8 Bell peppers washed and cored
1 cupyour choice of rice
1/2 tspsalt
Instructions
Clean, core and dry all peppers, pre-heat broiler to Hi use olive oil by rubbing the peppers very well all over and coating them. Place on cookie sheet and roast for about 20 min turning them half way thru broiling to create an even roasted look. Remove and allow to cool.
As Peppers are cooling begin to assemble your stuffing. In a bowl put your soffritto ground turnkey filling, add the crushed tomatoes, mozzarella, and asiago cheese. Mix gently with a large spoon. In a side bowl with your rice, you will add 1 cup if the turkey soffritto filling, then mix well with spoon to combine. Now you have two filling ready in minutes. one is lower carb and the other is the combo of meat and rice.
Pre-heat oven to 375*, begin to gently stuff all your peppers with a spoon, lightly packing and filling them to the top. Place each one in a baking dish standing up. Be sure to lightly brush olive oil at the bottom of the baking dish before placing peppers in. View video to see how I assemble my dish. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Last 5 min take off foil and and a little bit of mozzarella cheese to each top for a nice presentation. Remove from oven allow to cool ten minutes and ready to serve.
Notes
If you are made the ground turkey asiago cheese filling ahead of time, remember to take out of freezer the night before to thaw in refrigerator.You can also make the filling the day of as the peppers are roasting or before.
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