5 Ingredient Pizza Stuffed Peppers

• Gluten free

• Meat

  • 1 lb Italian ground chicken or chicken sausage, ground sweet or hot

• Produce

  • 1/2 Onion
  • 4 Yellow & red bell peppers

• Condiments

  • 1 cup Pizza sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 tbsp Avocado oil

• Dairy

  • 8 tbsp Mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan or grated parmesan romano cheese blend

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Description

Ingredients

• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon avocado oil
• 1lb ground sweet or hot Italian ground chicken or chicken sausage (or 1lb ground chicken with 1T italian seasoning)*
• 1 cup pizza sauce (I used this one)**
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan or grated parmesan romano cheese blend
• 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 4 Yellow & Red bell peppers cut in half, seeded, deveined and cleaned
• optional garnish: 3 tablespoons fresh parsley.

Directions

• 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.