Cajun Chicken Sausage Stuffed Peppers
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Cajun Chicken Sausage Stuffed Peppers

Cajun Chicken Sausage Stuffed Peppers

with Pepper Jack & Hot Sauce Crema

We’re pretty sure we could invent a stuffed pepper to fit our every mood—after all, they’re endlessly customizable with a range of meat, grains, veggies, and spices. For this twist on the Italian classic, we stir peppery Cajun spices into a deeply savory filling of pork sausage, celery, scallion, and jasmine rice. Once stuffed, the peppers are dressed with a sprinkle of melty pepper jack and a drizzle of hot sauce crema. One bite’s sure to put a little PEP in your step.

Tags:
Spicy
Allergens:
Milk

Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.

Total Time35 minutes
Prep Time10 minutes
DifficultyMedium

Ingredients

serving amount

½ cup

Jasmine Rice

2 unit

Bell Pepper

2.5 ounce

Celery

2 unit

Scallions

9 ounce

Italian Chicken Sausage Mix

1 tablespoon

Cajun Spice Blend

1 unit

Chicken Stock Concentrate

½ cup

Pepper Jack Cheese

(Contains Milk)

1.5 tablespoon

Sour Cream

(Contains Milk)

1 teaspoon

Hot Sauce

Not included in your delivery

Salt

Pepper

4 teaspoon

Cooking Oil

1 teaspoon

Olive Oil

1 tablespoon

Butter

(Contains Milk)

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Nutrition Values

/ per serving
Calories810 kcal
Fat43 g
Saturated Fat16 g
Carbohydrate60 g
Sugar4 g
Dietary Fiber3 g
Protein36 g
Cholesterol175 mg
Sodium1620 mg
Due to the different suppliers we purchase our products from, nutritional facts per meal can vary from the website to what is received in the delivered box, depending on your region.

Utensils

Small pot
Baking Sheet
Large Pan
Small Bowl

Instructions

Cook Rice
1

• Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Melt 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small pot over medium-high heat. Add rice, ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to use in step 4.

Roast Peppers & Prep
2

• Meanwhile, halve bell peppers lengthwise; remove stems and seeds. • Place bell peppers on a baking sheet and drizzle each half with oil; rub to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Arrange cut sides down. Roast until browned and softened, 18-20 minutes. • Meanwhile, finely dice celery. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.

Start Filling
3

• Remove pork sausage* from casing; discard casing. Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, 4-5 minutes. • Add celery and scallion whites; cook, stirring, until veggies are slightly softened and sausage is cooked through, 2-3 minutes. • Season with half the Cajun Spice Blend (all for 4 servings), salt, and pepper; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30-60 seconds more.

Swap in chicken sausage for pork sausage.

Finish Filling & Stuff Peppers
4

• Add stock concentrate and 1/3 cup water (½ cup for 4 servings) to pan with sausage mixture; simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, 1-2 minutes. • Add cooked rice; stir until thoroughly combined. Turn off heat. • Once bell peppers are done, remove from oven. Carefully flip and stuff each half with as much filling as will fit. • Place stuffed peppers in pan with remaining filling, nestling each into mixture. (TIP: If your pan isn’t ovenproof, transfer stuffed peppers and extra filling to a small baking dish.) Evenly sprinkle with pepper jack.

Bake Peppers & Make Crema
5

• Bake stuffed peppers on middle rack until cheese melts, 3-4 minutes. • Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine sour cream with hot sauce to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.

Serve
6

• Divide remaining filling between plates and top with stuffed peppers. Drizzle with hot sauce crema and garnish with scallion greens. Serve with any remaining hot sauce on the side.

Chicken Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.