Recipe - Peppers Stuffed With Chicken And Rice

1 tablespoon Margarine or butter
One half cup Finely chopped celery
1 cn (10 1/4oz.) reducedfat and
reducedsodium condensed
cream of mushroom soup
1 cup Water or chicken broth
1 Singleservingsize envelope
instant onion soup mix;
(about 1 Tbsp.)
4 cup Cubed cooked chicken
3 cup Hot cooked rice
5 lg Green sweet peppers; (about
8 oz. each)
1 teaspoon Lemonpepper seasoning
1 One fourth cup Cheddar cheese; shredded (5
oz.)
1/3 cup Chopped pimiento

1. In a large saucepan melt margarine or butter over medium heat. Add
celery and cook about 5 minutes or till tender.

2. Stir in condensed mushroom soup, water or broth, and dry onion soup mix.
Heat till bubbly. Stir in chicken; heat through. Stir in rice; remove from
heat.

3. To assemble, halve peppers lengthwise; remove stems, seeds, and
membranes. Place pepper halves, cut side up, in a large shallow baking or
roasting pan. Divide chicken mixture among the pepper halves. Sprinkle with
lemonpepper seasoning.

4. Cover peppers loosely with foil. Bake in a 350F oven about 25 minutes
or till peppers are crisptender. Sprinkle with shredded cheese; top with
pimiento. Bake, uncovered, about 5 minutes more or till cheese is just
melted. Makes 10 maindish servings.

Makeahead directions: Assemble peppers as directed. Cover with foil and
refrigerate for up to 24 hours. To serve, bake peppers, loosely covered
with foil, in a 3500 oven about 55 minutes or till heated through. Top with
cheese and pimiento. Bake, uncovered, about 5 minutes more or till cheese
is melted.

Nutrition facts per serving: 285 cal., 11 g total fat (5 g sat. fat), 70 mg
chol., 743 mg sodium, 21 g carbo., 1 g fiber, and 23 g pro. Daily Values:
10% vit. A, 55% vit. C, 10% calcium, and 12% iron. A

Source: BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, OCTOBER 1996

NOTE:Food that's nourishing and that can hold.That's the kind of cooking
you ’ll find in Rosa 's kitchen. Any onthego family will welcome this
addition to their recipe collection.

Recipe by: Dinner From the Heart

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #1003 by "M. Hicks" nitro_ii@email.msn.com
on Jan 11, 1998