Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers

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Welcome to one of your new favorite recipes with this Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers that is made with simple ingredients, tender bell peppers, and ground beef filling that the whole family can enjoy. 

The best part of this is that you can make up the raw meat mixture ahead of time with the rice so it is prepped for when you need to cook the stuffed peppers. 

Once the meat is made, this is such an easy meal to make filled with savory ground beef and tender green peppers. Stuffed bell peppers is going to be an amazing meal to make for the winter months in the slow cooker.

Ingredients for Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers:

• Pepper: pick your favorite bell peppers (any color peppers will work) 
• Beef: you will need to get some lean ground beef
• Onion: dice up either a yellow onion or a white onion
• Rice: I like to use uncooked white rice
• Seasoning: you will need to use minced garlic, salt, black pepper, and paprika
• Tomatoes: using a can Rotel (diced tomatoes with green chilis) is a great way to add flavor to these crock pot stuffed peppers
• Paste: the tomato paste helps thicken and combine the meat mixture together while adding flavor
• Sugar: just a little bit of brown sugar to balance the savory part of this stuffed pepper recipe
• Liquid: use either chicken broth or chicken stock you have on hand

How to make Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers:

To a large skillet on the stove over medium heat add in the ground beef and onion. Break the ground beef up and cook it through.

Remove any excess grease from the pan.

Stir in the uncooked rice, minced garlic, Rotel, tomato paste, brown sugar, chicken broth, salt and pepper. Remove from heat.    

Cut the tops off of the bell peppers and remove any of the seeds and membranes inside the peppers.  Now cut off the bottom of the peppers without cutting into the peppers to make them level so that they can stand up right in the crock pot.

Place the ground beef mixture into all of the peppers.

Place the peppers into the slow cooker (make sure they are standing upright).

Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours or on high for 2-3 hours until the filling is cooked through and the peppers are tender. 

How to store this crockpot stuffed peppers recipe:

Fridge: Place the slow cooker peppers into an airtight container and store them in the fridge for 4-5 days. They make for a great easy dinner or lunch for the next time.

Tips and tricks for making this delicious dinner recipe: 

Add-ins for the rice mixture: 

1. Black beans
2. Corn
3. Cheese
4. Garlic powder
5. Chili powder

Meat to use for pepper filling:

When making these stuffed peppers I enjoy using ground beef, but you could also use ground turkey or ground chicken as well! 

Rice to use: 

Using rice in this recipe is a great way to make this a filling dinner. I use white rice or what I have on hand. Jasmine rice works great, but brown rice will take a bit longer to cook.   

More slow cooker recipes:

• Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
• Slow Cooker Creamy Macaroni and Cheese
• Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Bowls
• Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Slow Cooker Baked Ziti

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