This is an adaptation of my grandmother’s recipe for baking at high altitude. The BEST angel food cake ever, it is simple, airy, and delectable.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 stuffed peppers |
Ingredients
- 6 green peppers, tops and seeds removed
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can sweet corn, drained
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground thyme
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary
- 1 tablespoon crushed fennel seeds
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cup white rice
- ¼ cup sweet barbeque sauce
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Arrange the bell peppers in a casserole dish with the cavities facing upwards.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the turkey in the hot oil until completely browned, about 5 minutes. Stir the onion into the turkey; season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir the mixture for 3 minutes. Add the corn, tomatoes, thyme, rosemary, and fennel to the turkey; stir. Pour the water over the mixture and add the rice; mix. Bring the mixture to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Stir the barbeque sauce through the mixture; remove the skillet from the heat.
- Spoon enough of the turkey mixture to fill each of the bell peppers about 1/3 of the way full. Divide about half of the feta cheese among the peppers, creating a layer of cheese atop the turkey mixture. Fill the peppers with the remaining turkey mixture and top with the remaining feta cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the peppers are tender, about 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 434 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 93 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 1538 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very tasty – turned out perfect!
i made it in a casserole dish. broiled the peppers for about 3 to 4 minutes to soften them. cut them into quarters and put them in the dish and put the stuff on top. i used fresh tomatoes that i peeled and chopped, skipped the bbq sauce, and added cooked brown rice in with the turkey, onion and feta. I loved the fennel seeds.
These weren’t anything special, but they were okay. I might use a different cheese next time, like mozzarella, instead of the feta. I made the filling ahead of time so I just assembled and baked the night we ate it.
Pretty good especially with the thyme and rosemary in them I didn’t put the feta nor the fennel. in and I used ground beef instead of the turkey
Sooooo good!
Didn’t change a thing. This has become a family favourite!
I used this recipe with a few twists. I made it with ground turkey, spinach, and alfredo sauce. A great spin and my family loved it!!
Added fresh chopped spinach to increase the veg’s!
I thought it was great! The blend of spices, bbq sauce, and feta are things I would never imagine mixing together, but they totally worked. I did nothing to change the recipe. In the future, I might cook the rice separate and then add it because I never get the rice to cook perfectly (especially since I reduced the recipe to 1 serving).
yummy. I added mushrooms
My family loves this I make it just like it says. Sometimes I used colored bell peppers and it’s great and I couldn’t find the crushed fennel so I use fennel seeds. Love it love it so do my kids and that is a big deal.
Not sure which spice we didn’t like, so will make again without spices. Ok, only use s&p and a little basil. Excellent!
This is one of my favorite recipes on the site and my boyfriend begs me to make it. 🙂 I omit the onion when making it for him. Otherwise, I don’t change a thing. So amazing!
Loved it. Did not change a thing other than maybe bit more feta. Live the fennel flavor
Trying to eat healthier and since I usually stuff my peppers with sausage I decided to try this recipe. I made very few changes. I added a few cloves of chopped garlic because I love garlic. I used Italian seasoning instead of the thyme, rosemary and fennel seeds. I added a little cayenne pepper. I omitted the corn as it just didn’t sound good to me. I was going to omit the barbecue sauce simply because so many reviewers did but I came across a review that said the barbecue sauce made the dish so at the last minute I added it. I thought the barbecue sauce added a nice touch. I prepared a tomato sauce with a little garlic and Parmesan cheese to pour over the peppers before serving. They were delicious. I’ll definitely make them again.
This sooooo good, just the way the recipe is! I know feta and bbq sauce sound like strange additions but they are perfect, giving the filing a sweet tang. I’ve also made this as a soup by adding pepper slices and either chicken or beef broth to the filling mixture and letting it simmer for 15-20 min. more.
Amazing!!! This is the first time I made this and I made a few changes… I used basil oregano diced tomatoes which added extra flavor, I did not use the barbecue sauce and instead of cooking the rice in the pan i added precooked brown rice (omitting the extra water). I added a heaping pile of finely chopped spinach as well. I thought the turkey mixture could use a little more flavor so i added a generous amount of garlic powder. Absolutely amazing everyone loved it!!!
It was ok, but just not my cup of tea. My husband and I both thought it was a bit bland except for the fennel. I was a good sport and tried using the fennel even though it sounded like a lot, but if I made this recipe again, I would be tempted to leave it out all together and use minced garlic instead. Ours also came out almost unbearingly sweet. Some people might be ok with that but I was looking for something a little more meaty for dinner time. I think it was the combo of the corn and bbq sauce that put it over the top for me. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
I followed the recipe exactly except I left out fennel and I added some additional spices. It came out amazing! My boyfriend was really impressed and liked the bbq sauce in it.
This is killer good. Don’t change anything at all. The only thing I did was add a bit of fresh garlic.
Excellent simple dish! I followed the recipe and it was very good! Thanks for sharing!