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Turkish peppers

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 1 hr 5 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 onion, finely diced
    • ¾ cup long-grain rice
    • 2 medium tomatoes, finely diced
    • 200g skinless boneless chicken thighs, sliced, finely chopped
    • ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 300ml liquid salt-reduced chicken stock
    • 10 small (90-100g each) coloured capsicums (we used Little Sweeties)
    • 300g baby spinach, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 185°C. Heat a frying pan and add half the oil.  Gently fry onion for 1-2 minutes. Add rice and stir while cooking for 2 more minutes. Add tomatoes, chicken, spice, salt and half of the stock. Bring to the boil, cover, then turn down to simmer for 5 minutes or until the liquid has absorbed.

    2 Remove filling from heat and uncover to allow mixture to cool. To prepare capsicums cut tops off and set aside. Use a teaspoon to hollow out capsicum and remove membrane and seeds. Discard.

    3 Fill capsicums with rice mixture until almost full — leaving room at top for rice to expand. Cover with capsicum top and lay them snuggly in an ovenproof frying pan or dish.

    4 Pour over the remaining oil and stock. Cover and cook for 45 minutes in a hot oven (capsicums will look a little puffed and filling will have expanded).

    5 Serve on a bed of spinach with a little of the cooking juices drizzled over.

    Variations

    • For a more authentic Turkish flavour, add 2 tablespoons pine nuts while frying onions in step 1 then add 2 tablespoons currants. One tablespoon chopped fresh mint is also a great addition to the filling.
    • Substitute 6 x large (150g) capsicums or 6 x long banana capsicums for small capsicums.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free stock.

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