Hannah's chicken stuffed bell peppers

EATING ON A BUDGET

20 dollars later.....

I picked out the brightest and BIGGEST bell peppers because, as everyone knows, I think I am capable of eating 6 pounds of food. After finishing the recipe, I wished I had chosen smaller ones. 

The whole process took me an hour because I don't think things through while I cook and I tend to do things a little out of order. I will be giving you the right way to cook this and it should take about half the time.

Unfortunately, there will be no recipe for the mashed potatoes because I used those fake flakes that you dump out of a box.

Note: Im not one for measurements. I go by the way it looks, tastes and smells so try to read between the lines.

Preheat the oven to 400 and have the bell peppers ready in a dish with their tops off ;) 

and their seeds scraped out.

Sauce: 9 oz can of tomato and basil sauce and heavy whipping cream. Use the whole can of tomato sauce and add the cream until the sauce it a nice creamy tomato color. Sprinkle in some basil and pepper for tasting. Cayenne pepper if you want a little kick. You don't need to heat this mix up because it will be boiled in the oven later.

Stuffing: In a large sauce pan saute about a half of an onion until soft. Add 2 cloves of chopped fresh garlic and let it simmer for 1 minute. Add the ground chicken and stir occasionally until completely browned. You can add corn, like we did, or any veggie of choice. Mix in about 2 cups of rice and pour in about a half cup of sauce. You can add more until it is all completely covered. But you do not want it to be soupy. Now for the best part....... cheese, and lots of it. I chose parmesan. I put almost a cup inside and stirred until it melted. If you let it sit then it will burn.

Now pile the stuffing into the bell peppers and pour the remaining sauce into the bottom of the dish and over the bell peppers.

The easy part is over. Stick this baby in the oven and now endure the worst part.... waiting. Give it about 20 minutes and when you take it out, you will have a definite crowd please and perfect family dinner. Sides to this dish aren't even necessary.

Enjoy!

I know I sure did!

-Hannahxox