Spicy shredded chicken and cheese stuffed into a tender baked bell pepper and topped with more cheese. Sounds good right? Well that's what you get with these delicious stuffed buffalo chicken peppers. A buffalo sauce is made with Frank's Red Hot Sauce and butter. Shredded chicken is combined with cheese and greek yogurt for creaminess. There's even celery and carrot for the full chicken wing basket effect. Top buffalo chicken stuffed peppers with ranch dressing or bleu cheese dressing for a delicious low carb dinner.
I have officially decided. Everything is going in a stuffed pepper from now on. I'm only partially kidding. I love how everything in the filling works together to flavor each other and the pepper itself. And when serving, it's like everyone gets their own little personal casserole housed in a savory pepper. Plus the possibilities of flavor combinations for stuffed peppers seem potentially endless.
These buffalo chicken stuffed peppers are a new one in our house, but Michael has already requested that I make them again-- and soon! That's not problem for me because they are easy to make and pretty healthy too!
Key Components
Buffalo sauce: Buffalo sauce is made with a classic hot sauce, Frank's Red hot, along with butter and garlic powder. I added a little butter here (2 tbsp.) to make this sauce authentic but not too heavy!
Greek yogurt: I wanted something that would hold the cooked shredded chicken together, but not be too heavy. Some recipes I have seen call for cream cheese, but I went ahead and made with buffalo chicken stuffed peppers with greek yogurt to keep them lighter. You could substitute in sour cream if you would like.
No tomato sauce: These are buffalo stuffed peppers without tomato sauce. So many stuffed pepper recipes call for tomato sauce, and I wanted to have an option for people who either don't like the flavor or can't have tomatoes for health reasons.
No Rice: Same as with no tomato sauce, these shredded chicken stuffed peppers don't have rice either. I wanted to keep these as simple as possible and by skipping rice, these peppers remain both low carb and keto.
If you want these buffalo chicken stuffed peppers to go farther with less chicken, and you like rice, feel free to add in 1-2 cups of already cooked rice to the buffalo chicken mixture before you add it to the peppers.
Ingredients
- bell peppers (any color!)
- shredded chicken (you can use shredded rotisserie chicken if you would like)
- Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- Butter
- Greek yogurt
- Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
- carrot
- celery
- green onions
- garlic powder
- Salt
- blue cheese dressing
How to make Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Peppers
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Slice bell peppers in half and remove the stems and the seeds. Place bell pepper halves in a baking dish cut side up.
Combine hot sauce, sour cream, melted butter, garlic powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir.
To the prepared sauce, add in chicken, diced celery and carrot, green onions, and half of the shredded cheese.
Spoon a portion buffalo chicken filling into each pepper half. Top with the remaining cheese.
Bake in the oven for 15 minutes covered with aluminium foil. Remove the foil and finish the chicken stuffed bell peppers cooking uncovered for 10 more minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown.
Do you have to cover stuffed peppers when baking?
This is not a necessity, but I recommend it to help cook the buffalo chicken bell peppers without overbrowning the cheese topping. If you don't want to cover the stuffed chicken peppers, you could instead precook the bell peppers without any filling in them for ten minutes to start.
Can you freeze buffalo chicken stuffed peppers?
Yes! Freezing stuffed peppers is a great idea because there is not much more prep work involved to simply double the recipe.
Stuffed peppers without rice
If you are interested in more recipes for stuffed peppers without rice, I have compiled a few here.
- Chipotle Chicken Avocado Stuffed Peppers
- Cream Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Bell Peppers
- Cajun Stuffed Bell Peppers
- Lasagna Stuffed Peppers
- Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers without tomato sauce
If you are looking for more recipes for stuffed peppers without tomato sauce, I have rounded some up for you.
- Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers
- Sausage and Rice Stuffed Peppers
- Bharwa Shimla Mirch (POTATO STUFFED BELL PEPPERS)
- Breakfast Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed Buffalo Chicken Peppers
Stuffed buffalo chicken peppers are a delicious low carb way to enjoy buffalo sauce and chicken! Top with blue cheese and green onions.
Ingredients
- 3 bell peppers (any color!)
- 2 cups shredded chicken
- ½ cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- 2 tbsp. Butter
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 celery stalk, diced
- 2 green onions, sliced, plus more for garnish
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. Salt
- blue cheese dressing, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Slice bell peppers in half and remove the stems and the seeds. Place bell pepper halves in a baking dish cut side up.
- Combine hot sauce, sour cream, melted butter, garlic powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir.
- To the prepared sauce, add in chicken, diced celery and carrot, green onions, and half of the shredded cheese.
- Spoon a portion buffalo chicken filling into each pepper half. Top with the remaining cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes covered with aluminium foil. Remove the foil and finish the chicken stuffed bell peppers cooking uncovered for 10 more minutes, or until the cheese is golden brown.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 228Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 62mgSodium: 1102mgCarbohydrates: 7gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 19g
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