Stuffed Bell Peppers with Chicken, Smoked Mozzarella, and Basil

Name: Stuffed Bell Peppers with Chicken, Smoked Mozzarella, and Basil
Yield: Serves 4 as a light main dish or side dish
Ingredients: , Table salt; 4 , medium red bell peppers, yellow, or orange, (about 6 ounces each), 1/2 inch trimmed off tops, cores and seeds discarded; 1/2 cup, long grain white rice; 1 1/2 tablespoons, olive oil; 1 , medium onion, chopped fine (about 1 cup); 12 ounces, ground chicken; 3 medium cloves, garlic, minced; , 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, drained; 4 ounces, smoked mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 1 cup); 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil; , Ground black pepper; 1/3 cup, bread crumbs (fresh)

5 comments

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2001, America's Test Kitchen TV

We discovered a technique for producing soft, tender peppers that are still firm enough to hold simple but flavorful fillings.

SERVES4 as a light main dish or side dish

TIME1¾ hours

Stuffed Bell Peppers with Chicken, Smoked Mozzarella, and Basil

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a stuffed pepper recipe with firm shells surrounding flavorful fillings, we found that blanching the peppers for three minutes and allowing them to finish cooking with residual heat gave us the sturdiness we needed. For the filling for ...

This is a members' feature.