Jack o’ Lantern Stuffed Peppers

Jack o’ lantern stuffed peppers are the star on this 10th night of the 13 Nights of Halloween! These babies are an oldie but a goodie – stuffed peppers carved like jack o’ lanterns!

Jack o’ Lantern Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers carved to look like a jack o' lantern!!!

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Course Main Course

Cuisine 13 Nights of Halloween, American, Halloween

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 3 orange peppers
• 1 lb lean ground chicken
• 1/4 cup minced onions
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 14 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• 1 1/2 cup quinoa cooked

Instructions

 

• prep peppers by cutting off the stems, cleaning out the seeds and then carving eyes and a mouth in each peppers like a jack o' lantern
• set oven to 400°F
• in skillet, saute onion until translucent then add ground chicken
• season chicken with garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper
• when chicken cooked, add 1/4 cup of chicken broth and can of tomato sauce and quinoa
• when sauce reduced, stuff each pepper with mixture and top with cheese
• place each stuffed pepper in dutch oven and fill the bottom with rest of chicken broth
• cover dutch oven and bake for ~ 45 minutes, then uncover and bake for ~5 more minutes so cheese browns slightly

Keyword 13 Nights of Halloween, fall, Halloween Dinner, Jack o’ Lantern Stuffed Peppers, Stuffed Peppers