Italian

Italian Style Stuffed Pepper takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Italian Style Stuffed Pepper takes 60 minutes to cook.

Italian Style Stuffed Pepper makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Italian Style Stuffed Pepper are:

2 links Hot Italian Turkey sausage (320 cals)
2 large red bell peppers
1/2 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1/3 cup onion,chopped
1/2 cup carrot, chopped
1/2 cup zucchini, chopped
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
1/8 teaspoon dried basil (optional)
150 grams White rice (5.3 oz by weight) (195 cals)
3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1/4 cup egg whites (approx. 2 large whites)
4 teaspoons Classico Sun Dried Tomato Pesto (optional; 30 cals)

Here is how you make Italian Style Stuffed Pepper:

Remove sausage from casings and put into a medium bowl. Set aside. Slice peppers in half lengthwise and remove veins and seeds.In a medium pan, heat oil over medium heat. Sautee onions for 3-5 minutes, seasoning with a bit of salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Add carrots and zucchini and cook 5-7 minutes more, or until slightly soft. Season with a bit more salt, pepper, garlic powder and basil. Add rice, and parsley and remove from heat. Allow to cool in fridge 5 minutes or so. Once cooled add rice mixture to raw sausage. Add egg whites and mix thoroughly. Spoon 1/4 of the mixture into each pepper half. Spread 1 teaspoon sun dried tomato pesto on top of each. Place peppers in a baking pan, cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes to 1 hour or until internal temperature of meat mixture in pepper is 165 degrees. Remove foil from baking pan and put back into oven at 400 degrees for about 10 minutes or until tops of peppers get a nice color. Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KAIAHZMAHM.

The nutritional information for Italian Style Stuffed Pepper is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 191.2

• Total Fat: 6.4 g
• Cholesterol: 32.8 mg
• Sodium: 543.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 22.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 11.1 g

Italian Style Stuffed Pepper is Italian cuisine.