No Carb - Chicken Stuffed Green Peppers

"A different twist on an old favorite. If you want the try a smoked chicken from Ray's, you can contact them to see if they will ship. It is excellent. http://www.raysprimefoods.com/"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
10
Yields:
6 Stuffed Peppers
Serves:
6
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ingredients

  • 6 green peppers
  • 2 cooked chicken breasts, from a rotisserie chicken, shredded (I use a smoked chicken)
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained
  • 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained (I used diced with green chilies)
  • 4 ounces mushrooms, diced
  • 1 (8 ounce) bag shredded mexican cheese
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons cumin
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 14 teaspoon salt
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directions

  • Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cut the tops off the peppers, and remove the seeds. Cook peppers in boiling water for 5 minutes; drain.
  • Put the chicken, black beans, tomatos, mushrooms, 4 oz of the cheese and the seasonings in a large bowl and toss until mixed.
  • Preheat oven to 350 and spray a baking dish with Pam.
  • Arrange the peppers in the baking dish and stuff generously with the mixture from the bowl.
  • Top the stuffed peppers with the remaining cheese.
  • Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. These were a nice low carb meal. Perhaps it was my ratios, but they seemed a bit dry.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I elected to skip the parboil step and the peppers still had a firmness, which I like.
     

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