Greek Chicken Stuffed Peppers Recipes

GREEK CHICKEN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• In a large bowl mix the chicken, tomatoes, cooked rice, and flour.
• In a medium bowl whisk together red wine vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and sugar.
• Add vinegar mixture and 1/2 cup of the feta to the chicken and stir.
• Cut bell peppers in half from the stem end to the base (like it shows here, halfway down the page) and remove seeds and pith.
• Arrange peppers in baking dish. Fill with chicken mixture.
• Bake until chicken is cooked through to at least 165°F (use an instant-read thermometer to check), 35-40 minutes.
• Top with remaining feta and serve.

GREEK-STYLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place green and red bell peppers in a bowl with enough warm water to cover, and soak 5 minutes.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Place pork and onions in the skillet, season with salt and pepper, and cook until pork is evenly brown. Drain grease, and mix in wine and tomato puree. Continue cooking 10 minutes.
• Transfer skillet mixture to a large bowl, and mix in feta cheese, cooked rice, raisins, pine nuts, and parsley. Stuff peppers with the mixture, and arrange in a baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake 30 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove foil, and continue baking 10 minutes, until stuffing is lightly browned. May be served hot or cold.

CHICKEN-STUFFED GREEN BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut tops off of peppers and remove seeds.
• Place peppers in a large pot of boiling water and boil for 3 minutes.
• Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside.
• In a saucepan, cook onion and garlic in melted butter until tender.
• Add chicken, broth, rice with seasoning packet contents, celery, carrot, basil, and thyme; bring to a boil.
• Lower heat; cover and simmer until the rice is tender.
• Remove from heat; stir in tomatoes, mushrooms, and zucchini.
• Spoon mixture into the peppers; put in a greased 2-quart casserole.
• Spoon remaining rice mixture around the peppers.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until peppers are tender and the filling is heated thoroughly.
• Uncover and sprinkle with parmesan cheese, bake 5 minutes more.

GREEK CHICKEN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Coat the bottom of a casserole dish with olive oil. Halve and seed the bell peppers. put in a single layer, face up in the dish.
• Remove excess fat from the chicken thighs, and cut into 1 inch pieces. in a bowl, combine chicken pieces with lemon juice, spices, salt and black olives. place this mixture into the open peppers. Don't worry if some spills out.
• Sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese and bake, uncovered, for 1 hour at 400°F.