Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet

June 2, 2016 9 Comments »

This Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet is a healthy one pot dinner made with ground turkey and brown rice. This recipe is my kids’ favorite!

I feel like I hit the jackpot with this recipe. All three, yes ALL THREE, of my kids love this Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet. As you might guess, finding dinner recipes that my little ones will happily eat, and that Brad and I also enjoy, is not easy.

This one pot meal, though? Totally easy. So easy that when I went to copy and paste the recipe into this post, for a minute I thought I must have forgotten a step or two because the instructions are so short! I double checked and it’s all there- just a few easy steps and dinner is done!

I try to cook with brown rice whenever possible because it’s more nutritious than white, and to save time for this skillet meal I used quick-cooking brown rice. It gives you the same nutrition as regular brown rice, with a much faster cooking time.

Besides the rice, this Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet is packed with bell peppers (of course!), ground turkey, tomato sauce, and cheese. And best of all, it’s done in 30 minutes!

And yes, today is 30 minute Thursday. 🙂 The first Thursday of every month a group of blogging friends and I get together and all share a 30 minute dinner recipe. I guarantee that a quick read through their recipe titles below will make you hungry! All of the links are there, right below the recipe for this Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet, so you can save them for later. I’ll be pinning them all to my Easy Weeknight Meals Pinterest Board, my all-time favorite place to look for easy dinner inspiration!

Why you’ll LOVE this Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet:

• One pot = less dishes!
• It’s ready in 30 minutes, start to finish.
• You’ll have all of the delicious flavor of stuffed peppers, with half the work. No need to pre-cook the peppers or rice. No need to turn on your oven (on hot summer days)!

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Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet

 

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This Unstuffed Bell Pepper Skillet is a healthy one pot dinner made with ground turkey and brown rice. This recipe is my kids' favorite!

Recipe type: One Pot, Main Dish

Serves: 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 bell peppers, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground turkey (or beef)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 14.5 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 ½ cups quick-cooking brown rice (I used Minute Rice, look for one that cooks in 10 minutes)
• 1 cup cheddar and/or Monterey jack cheese
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, for serving

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, 2-3 minutes. Add ground turkey, season with salt and pepper, and cook, breaking it up into pieces, until browned.
2. Stir in crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, basil, oregano, water, and rice. Bring to a low simmer, cover, and cook about 10 minutes, until rice is tender. Stir in ½ cup cheese; sprinkle with remaining cheese and fresh parsley. Serve.

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Honey Pineapple Barbecue Chicken Sandwich from Flavor the Moments

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