Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers

Description

These are slow-cooked stuffed peppers. Red or yellow bell peppers can be used instead of green. Italian diced tomatoes can be used in place of fire-roasted if desired.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 (14.5 ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 6 green bell peppers, tops and seeds removed (reserve tops)
  • ⅓ cup water

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  2. 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  3. Mix ground beef
  4. tomatoes
  5. rice
  6. ketchup
  7. Worcestershire sauce
  8. and black pepper together in a bowl. Stuff each green bell pepper with ground beef mixture.
  9. Arrange stuffed bell peppers in the crock of a slow cooker; place the reserved tops back onto each bell pepper. Pour water around the base of each stuffed bell pepper.
  10. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs 5 mins

Total Time: 6 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 6

Leave a Comment