Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers are full of a ground beef and rice mixture in marinara sauce. Topped with melted cheese for a delicious family meal!
Course Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine Southern
Keyword stuffed peppers
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 5 hourshours
Servings 5
Ingredients
5bell peppers,any color
1 1/2poundslean ground beef
1small onion,diced
1garlic clove,minced
1(24-ounce) jarmarinara sauce
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonblack pepper
1teaspoonItalian seasoning
1 1/2cupscooked long grain white rice
1cupshredded mozzarella.
Instructions
Cut the top off of each bell pepper and scoop the seeds and white membranes out. Cut up some of the peppers that is around the tops to equal about 1/2 cup diced pepper.
Brown the ground beef in a large nonstick pan, crumbling it as it cooks.When it is about halfway cooked, add the onion, diced bell pepper and garlic.Continue to cook until there is no more pink in the ground beef.
Add 1 cup marinara sauce, the salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and white rice. Stir well. Spoon mixture into the peppers and place them in a 6-quart slow cooker.
Pour the remaining marinara sauce around the peppers and spoon any extra filling around the peppers as well.
Cover and cook on LOW for 5 hours.
Remove the top and sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese. Cover for 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
Notes
You can skip pre-cooking the ground beef and add 1 hour to the cook time.