5 Ingredient Pizza Stuffed Peppers
Got a craving for pizza? These bell peppers serve as flavor vehicle for all the pizza greatness you need. Stuffed with Italian chicken sausage, pizza sauce, and topped with melty fresh mozzarella you can have pizza any time you want it!
Servings 8 half bell peppers
Calories 182kcal
Ingredients
- ½ chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 lb ground sweet or hot Italian ground chicken or chicken sausage or 1lb ground chicken with 1T italian seasoning*
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- ¼ cup grated parmesan
- 8 tablespoons shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 Yellow & Red bell peppers cut in half seeded, deveined and cleaned
- 3 tablespoons fresh parsley optional garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Saute chopped onion over medium heat in oil for 3-5 minutes, until onions are translucent and tender. Add in ground chicken and saute the chicken until it is good all the way through and slightly browned.
- Mix in pizza sauce at let simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and mix in parmesan cheese.
- Line bell pepper halves on a greased casserole dish. Divide chicken mixture among the bell pepper as evenly as possible.
- Bake bell pepper halves for 25 minutes, remove them from the oven and top each half with one tablespoon cheese. Return bell peppers to oven and cook for an additional 15-20 minutes. Broil for 2-4 minutes and then remove from the oven.
- Let sit at least 5 minutes before serving, if desired, garnish with fresh parsley leaves.
Notes
* I get mine at Sprouts
**look for a pizza sauce that uses whole tomatoes as it's base, not tomato puree or tomato paste, it will be way more flavorful!
**look for a pizza sauce that uses whole tomatoes as it's base, not tomato puree or tomato paste, it will be way more flavorful!
Nutrition
Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 337mg | Potassium: 544mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2125IU | Vitamin C: 78.6mg | Calcium: 122mg | Iron: 1.1mg