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These Mediterranean Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers are a stand up culinary meal. The peppers are roasted until perfectly soft and the ground turkey is full of tangy feta, olives and ranch seasonings. The peppers are baked to perfection, they hold up well for meal prep and they have a tangy scratch made tzatziki. You will be reaching for this recipe on busy weekdays for the foreseeable future!
This meal stands up to the best of them, this is unlike your typical stuffed pepper these are chockfull of great Mediterranean flavors from briny feta, chopped olives, olive juice and ranch seasonings. It’s a fresh, colorful dish that will impress your family and friends. The peppers are pre baked making them super super soft and easy to chew.
Ingredient Notes
All other ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card towards the bottom of this post.
- Bell Peppers. Grab any color you love. I go for the red, orange and yellow variety for their color and sweetness.
- Sun Dried Tomatoes in Oil. You will be using the oil to sauté everything and then the sun dried tomatoes will be added later in the process.
- Ground Turkey. This keeps it leaner but you can use any ground meat of choice.
- Red Onions. This adds a nice savory flavor.
- Tomato Paste. This helps keep the meat flavorful.
- Ranch Seasonings. Make your own or just use a premade package (I suggest a premade to keep it easy!)
- Olives & Olive Juice. This adds so much flavor to the meat mixture.
- Artichoke Hearts. this is optional – I chop them up and add them into the mix.
- Feta. This is crumbled up into the ground turkey and then stuffed into the peppers.
Tzatziki Sauce Ingredients
- Greek yogurt or Sour Cream. Both work great.
- Lemon Juice. This adds a little zest to the sauce.
- Ranch Seasonings. This is an easy way to bring flavors into the sauce.
- Fresh Cucumber. The perfect cooling, mellow flavor to be added to these ground turkey stuffed peppers.
- Cilantro. This is optional for garnish and to add to the sauce.
Steps To Make This Recipe
Ready to cook up these ground turkey stuffed peppers? Let me walk you through the recipe. For your convenience, there is a full ingredient list and detailed instructions in the printable recipe card below.
- Step One. Preheat the Oven to 450º. Slice the tops of the peppers off, pull the seeds and white parts out. Add them to a baking dish. Spritz them with oil and place in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until they are softened and slightly charred. While they are baking, start with cooking up the ground turkey mixture.
- Step Two. Using that sun dried tomato oil as the oil to sauté everything, it adds such a great flavor. The onions are added first, followed by the ground turkey. Once it starts to brown a bit, add the tomato paste, chopped olives, olive juice, tomatoes, and ranch seasonings. Add the crumbled feta in. Once the turkey mix is cooked up, set it to the side until peppers are done.
- Step Three. Stuff the peppers! Stuff them to the brim and pop back into the oven at 400º for about 10-15 minutes. Make the tzatziki while they bake.
What Pairs Well With Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers
These are filling on their own in my opinion but I must say they pair great with some veggie sides! Try it with my Greek Cucumber Salad, Mediterranean Black Bean Salad
Recipe Tips
- Cooking the peppers twice makes them so soft and easy to slice and chew with everything. It’s the key to the best stuffed peppers.
- Do not overcook the turkey meat, it can get dry if it’s over cooked.
- Taste as you go! You may want more ranch seasoning or olive juice added to the mix.
- Tzatziki is meant to be nice and tangy but if you find it a tad too tangy, add 1-2 Tablespoons of mayo to help mellow it out.
- All other ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card towards the bottom of this post.
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Mediterranean Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers
These Mediterranean Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers are a stand up culinary meal. The peppers are roasted until perfectly soft and the ground turkey is full of tangy feta, olives and ranch seasonings.
Equipment
- 9 x 11 baking dish or a deep circle dish
- skillet or pan
Ingredients
- 5-6 bell peppers, any color of choice
- 2 tsp sun dried tomato oil , tomatoes will be used later.
- 1 lb ground turkey
- ⅓ red onion, diced
- 3 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 Tbsp ranch seasoning , premade from the packet
- ¼ cup olives, diced , kalamata and green are my favorite
- ¼ cup artichoke hearts, chopped
- ¼ cup sun dried tomatoes, chopped
- ⅓ cup feta, crumbled
Tzatziki
- ½ cup greek yogurt , or sour cream
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 3 tsp ranch seasonings , premade, from a packet
- ¼ cup cucumber, diced
Instructions
- Preheat the Oven to 450º. Slice the tops of the peppers off, pull the seeds and white parts out and toss. Add the peppers to the baking dish. Spritz them with oil and place in the oven for about 15-20 minutes or until they are softened and slightly charred on edges. While they are baking, start with cooking up the ground turkey mixture.
- Using that sun dried tomato oil as the oil to sauté everything, it adds such a great flavor. The onions are added first, followed by the ground turkey. Once it starts to brown a bit, add the tomato paste, chopped olives, olive juice, tomatoes, and ranch seasonings. Add the crumbled feta in. Once the turkey mix is cooked up, set it to the side until peppers are done.
- Once the peppers have cooled a bit to touch, stuff the peppers! Stuff them to the brim with the ground turkey and pop back into the oven at 400º for about 10-15 minutes. Make the tzatziki while they bake.
- Add all the tzatziki ingredients to a large bowl and stir well. You can also place in a food processor if you don't want chunks of cucumber and would rather just have the flavor there!
- Serve the peppers with a heavy handed drizzle of the tzatziki, garnish with chopped cilantro if you want and enjoy!
Notes
- Cooking the peppers twice makes them so soft and easy to slice and chew with everything. It’s the key to the best stuffed peppers.
- Do not overcook the turkey meat, it can get dry if it’s over cooked.
- Taste as you go! You may want more ranch seasoning or olive juice added to the mix.
- Tzatziki is meant to be nice and tangy but if you find it a tad too tangy, add 1-2 Tablespoons of mayo to help mellow it out.
- All other ingredients and measurements can be found in the recipe card towards the bottom of this post.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 pepper | Calories: 244kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 1183mg | Potassium: 896mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 4043IU | Vitamin C: 160mg | Calcium: 99mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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