Crock Pot Stuffed Peppers Stephanie Odea Recipes

SLOW COOKER STUFFED BELL PEPPERS (FOR 2)

Steps:

• Place meat in a large mixing bowl. Pour 1 beaten egg into bowl add seasoning or salt and pepper, allspice, tomato paste, steak sauce, spicy brown mustard, the 1/2 tablespoon of ketchup and onion to the bowl and combine into the meat. (Make sure egg is well combined, you don't want any scramble egg in the meat when you cook it!).
• Brown and crumble meat for 4 or 5 minutes,drain. Remove from heat. Stir in rice and a cup of ketchup; Let stand 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut tops off peppers; remove seeds, and rinse peppers. Mix water and remaining cup of ketchup into 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker. Place peppers upright in cooker. Spoon meat mixture into peppers.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 4 to 6 hours or until peppers are tender. Spoon sauce from bottom of dish over peppers just before serving.

SLOW-COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Trim about 1/8 inch from the bottom of each pepper so it can stand upright. Cut the top 1/4 inch off each pepper. Remove and discard the stems, then finely chop the remaining flesh from the tops and set aside. Scoop out and discard the seeds and as much of the membranes as you can from inside the peppers.
• Mix the reserved chopped pepper with the ground beef, tomatoes and their juices, 1 cup of the cheese, cooked rice, garlic, 3 of the scallions, chili powder, cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and several grinds of black pepper in a large bowl with your hands until combined. Dividing evenly, spoon the filling into the hollowed-out peppers, packing it in (the filling will mound a bit above the tops).
• Pour the chicken broth into the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, then add the stuffed peppers. Season the top of each pepper with another pinch of salt. Cover and cook on high until the peppers are tender and the ground beef is cooked through, for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Top with the remaining 1 cup cheese, cover and cook on high for 10 minutes more to melt the cheese. Sprinkle the peppers with the remaining scallions and add a dollop of sour cream to each.

SLOW COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• 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.
• Mix ground beef, tomatoes, rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper together in a bowl. Stuff each green bell pepper with ground beef mixture.
• 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.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

SLOW-COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. Trim tops off bell peppers; remove ribs and seeds. Set aside.
• In 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.
• Stir 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.
• Cover; 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. Use slotted spoon to lift peppers from slow cooker.

SLOW-COOKED STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. In a large bowl, mix beans, cheese, salsa, onion, corn, rice, chili powder and cumin; spoon into peppers. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray., Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender and filling is heated through, 3-4 hours . If desired, serve with sour cream.

CROCK POT STUFFED PEPPERS-STEPHANIE O'DEA

Steps:

• In a large bowl mix the ground beef, rice, tomatoes, worcestershire sauce, ketchup and pepper together.
• Wash and clean out the peppers.
• Save the tops of the peppers.
• Stuff each pepper with a good amount of the ground beef mixture.
• Nestle the peppers into the crockpot and place the pepper lids on top of the stuffed peppers.
• Pour 1/3 cup of water around the bases of the peppers.
• Cook on low 6-8 hours.
• I cooked mine for 8 hours and they were perfect.