Slow-Cooker Stuffed Peppers
Cindy Ensley
Updated Feb 11, 2022
There’s a whole lot to love about stuffed peppers. They’re hearty, made with inexpensive ingredients and they taste great—even to veggie skeptics. And now, they’re slow-cooker friendly! Spend 20 minutes prepping and you can walk away for the rest of the day, as this slow-cooker stuffed pepper recipe cooks for around five hours.
More About This Recipe
- Cooking up comfort food in the slow cooker is one of the best ways we know to make dinner, and this recipe really delivers. All the cheesy, beefy flavor you love comes through in this hands-off recipe. You can skip the step of boiling peppers, and these will still come out meltingly tender — thanks to the steamy heat of your slow cooker.
Slow-Cooker Stuffed Peppers
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 5 hr 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 6 large bell peppers
- 1 lb ground beef (at least 80% lean)
- 1 cup finely chopped onions
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 cups cooked white rice
- 1 can (15 oz) Muir Glen™ organic tomato sauce
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (8 oz)
Instructions
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Step1Spray 6-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. Trim tops off bell peppers; remove ribs and seeds. Set aside.
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Step2In 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef, onions, salt and pepper 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until beef is cooked through and onion softens. Add garlic; cook 15 seconds. Drain.
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Step3Stir rice and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce into beef mixture in skillet; mix to combine. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese. Stuff peppers with beef mixture; arrange in slow cooker. Pour remaining tomato sauce over peppers.
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Step4Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours or until peppers are soft. Top peppers with remaining 1 cup cheese. Cover; cook 3 to 8 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
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Step5Use slotted spoon to lift peppers from slow cooker.
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Nutrition
430
Calories
22g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Pepper
- Calories
- 430
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 33%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 52%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 1140mg
- 47%
- Potassium
- 770mg
- 22%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 21%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 110%
- 110%
- Vitamin C
- 180%
- 180%
- Calcium
- 30%
- 30%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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