Stuffed Recipe ⊶ 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.

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

Cooking 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.
2. Mix ground beef, tomatoes, rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper together in a bowl. Stuff each green bell pepper with ground beef mixture.
3. 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.
4. Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

Nutrition Facts

• calories233.4
• carbohydrateContent18.5 g
• cholesterolContent45.6 mg
• fatContent10.7 g
• fiberContent2.8 g
• proteinContent15.6 g
• saturatedFatContent4.2 g
• sodiumContent295 mg
• sugarContent5.8 g