Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers

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.

Basic Details:

Prep time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

6 hrs 5 mins

Total Time:

6 hrs 25 mins

Servings:

6

Yield:

6 servings

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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 6 servings

  • 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

 

 

Directions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.

    Overhead shot of a pan with browned meat cooking for stuffed peppers

  2. Mix ground beef, tomatoes, rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper together in a bowl.

    A mixing bowl with rice, tomatoes, and ground beef being stirred for stuffed peppers, shot from above

  3. Stuff each green bell pepper with ground beef mixture.

    Overhead shot of a green pepper being stuffed with filling

  4. 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.

    Overhead shot of a slow cooker filled with stuffed green peppers, ready to be cooked

  5. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

    Overhead shot of a slow cooker filled with cooked stuffed green peppers
    Side view of stuffed green peppers on a plate
     

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

233

Fat

11g

Carbs

19g

Protein

16g