Easy Stuffed Peppers
This easy stuffed peppers recipe is a delicious freezer meal that is prepped in about 15 minutes. Cook it in the slow cooker or oven when ready!
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Servings: 4
Calories: 604kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 bell peppers
- 1 - 1½ lbs lean ground beef
- ½ cup Minute White Rice
- ¼ cup bread crumbs
- 1 small diced onion I used a red onion
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup cubed bread
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 24 oz tomato sauce - divided one large can
Instructions
- In a large bowl mix everything but the tomato sauce together
- Add in 1/3 cup canned tomato sauce
- Stuff peppers with meat mixture - fill peppers slightly over the top
- Put top of the pepper back on if desired
- Freeze until ready for use. I used an disposable alumium pan.
Oven Instructions
- Allow to thaw overnight if you are cooking in the oven, top with pasta sauce and bake for 1 -1.5 hrs at 350 degrees until meat is thoroughly cooked.
Slow Cooker Instructions
- If freezer to slow cooker meal, simply remove peppers from freezer, place in crockpot, cover with one jar of sauce and cook on low all day - approx. 8 hours or until meat is cooked thoroughly
Nutrition
Calories: 604kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 69g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 217mg | Sodium: 1227mg | Potassium: 1906mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 4543IU | Vitamin C: 166mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 11mg
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