Stuffed Pepper Soup
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Stuffed pepper soup, all the flavor of stuffed peppers without the work. Ground beef, rice, tomatoes, & peppers make a delicious hearty meal.
Stuffed pepper soup is so easy to make, you’ll want it for dinner every week. Try it alongside our quick yeast dinner rolls and homemade sugar cookie bars!
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Stuffed Pepper Soup
Stuffed Pepper Soup Ingredients
- Ground beef – You can also make it with ground chicken, ground turkey, or even ground sausage.
- Onion – Small, yellow, diced.
- Garlic – Minced.
- Tomatoes – Diced, canned.
- Tomato sauce – Plain, canned.
- Worcestershire sauce – Soy sauce can be substituted in a pinch.
- Broth or stock – Chicken.
- Bell peppers – Rough chopped.
- Rice – White instant rice.
- Seasonings – seasoned salt & pepper.
How do you make stuffed pepper soup? (Step-by-step)
⭐ First, brown ground beef, drain. Add the onion, garlic and seasoned salt and sauté until the onions are translucent.
⭐ Next, pour in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce and chicken broth. Bring to a simmer.
⭐ Then, add the bell peppers, cover, and cook until peppers are tender. Add in the rice and cook until done.
⭐ Finally, if needed, stir in the remaining chicken stock until the desired consistency has been reached.
Preparation
Can you make stuffed pepper soup ahead of time?
Yes! You can absolutely make this a few days in advance and eat it as your ready. If possible, add the rice immediately before eating otherwise it may absorb more liquid than desired.
If necessary, stir additional broth into soup to loosen it up.
Can you make stuffed pepper soup in the instant pot?
This recipe can be made in an instant pot. You’ll want to brown the beef on saute mode, then add remaining ingredients to the inner pot (except the rice). Cook on manual, then add the rice and allow it to cook in the residual heat. (Full directions are provided below in the printable recipe card).
Can you make it in the slow cooker?
This recipe can be made in a slow cooker (crock pot). You’ll want to brown the beef on the stove top, then add it and the remaining ingredients to the pot (except the rice). Cook several hours, then add the rice and allow it to cook an additional few minutes in the residual heat. (Full directions are provided below in the printable recipe card).
Storage and leftovers
How long does stuffed pepper soup last in the fridge?
Leftovers will be good in the refrigerator for 3 – 4 days. The rice will continue to absorb liquid as it sits, so you may need to add additional water or broth when reheating to get back to the desired consistency.
Can you freeze bell pepper soup?
Yes, if at all possible freeze before adding the rice. If you are freezing leftovers just know that the rice will continue to absorb liquid. You’ll just want to add more water or broth when reheating to get back to the desired consistency.
What to eat with stuffed green pepper soup? (Serving suggestions)
This soup goes so well with homemade French bread or a buttery melty grilled cheese sandwich. And, I don’t know about you, but a comfort food dinner like this deserves a comfort food dessert like 7 layer magic bars.
Most stuffed recipes to love
- Mexican stuffed peppers
- Cheese and bacon stuffed mushrooms
- Stuffed cabbage soup
- Stuffed breakfast peppers
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- Pumpkin curry soup recipe
- Tortellini soup with ground sausage
- Wild rice soup with mushrooms
- Creamy asparagus soup recipe
- See all our easy soup recipes
More recipes with ground beef
- Baked spaghetti casserole
- Classic sloppy joes
- Homemade beef enchiladas
- Frito pie recipe
- See all our recipes made with ground beef
Tools we love
- Dutch oven – I love this 5.5 quart dutch oven for cooking soups on the stove top.
- Instant pot – Want soup in a hurry? This instant pot is your new best friend.
- Crock pot – I’ve had this slow cooker for 18 years and it’s still one of my favorite kitchen things.
How to Make Stuffed Pepper Soup
Stuffed Pepper Soup
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 small yellow onion diced
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 30 ounces canned diced tomatoes
- 30 ounces plain tomato sauce
- ⅓ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 4 - 6 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups roughly chopped green bell peppers about 3 medium sized peppers
- 2 cups instant white rice
Instructions
STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS
- Brown ground beef in a large stock pot, drain. Add the onion, garlic and seasoned salt and cook until the onions are translucent.
- Pour in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce and 4 cups of chicken broth. Bring to a simmer.
- Add the bell peppers, cover, and cook for 20 minutes.
- Add in the rice and cook until done (about 5 minutes, or according to package directions).
- If needed, stir in the remaining chicken stock until the desired consistency has been reached.
INSTANT POT DIRECTIONS
- Brown ground beef on saute mode, drain.
- Add remaining ingredients EXCEPT rice. Cover, set to 'sealing' and cook on manual (high pressure) for 3 minutes. Hit cancel, NPR ten minutes, then release remaining pressure.
- Stir in rice and cover (pot should not be on, rice will cook with residual heat). Allow to sit for 5 - 7 minutes until rice is cooked to your liking.
- Stir in remaining chicken stock, if you wish, until desired consistency is reached, (bring back to a simmer on sauté mode if needed).
SLOW COOKER DIRECTIONS
- Brown ground beef on stovetop, drain.
- Add all ingredients EXCEPT rice to slow cooker. Cover, and cook on high for 4 - 6 hours or low for 8 - 10 hours.
- Stir in rice and cover. Allow to sit for 5 - 7 minutes until rice is cooked to your liking.
- Stir in remaining chicken stock, if you wish, until desired consistency is reached.
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Looks awesome!! I love lots of rice in mine and think sausage adds extra flavor!
I use ground beef most of the time but I have used ground turkey on occassion. I cook the rice seperately as I like to freeze leftover soup
hey girl- I love hamburger! with lots of rice in my pepper soup!! yummy for my tummy!!
I use ground beef with lots of rice and peppers.
I prefer Ground Beef in my stuffed pepper soup
I use half beef, half pork in our soup and put a bowl of hot rice out to use as one wants. Husband very little (worried about carbs), me a lot and daughter measures her’s.
Yummy This is a keeper for sure I used beef stock as I didn’t have chicken stock on hand and it was excellent
I would use either beef or sausage, but would probably use the sausage for the extra flavor in this recipe. It looks like an excellent recipe..
Can’t wait to try this!! I have a bunch of mini multi-colored peppers to use up and this will be a great recipe to use them in!! Wonderful tips on changing up the meat as well as adding the rice afterwards so it can be frozen better!!
Thanks for all the yummy recipes!!
I definitely have to use ground beef. I haven’t tried it with sausage, which actually sounds delicious, but I just don’t enjoy ground chicken or turkey, even though it’s better for me.
I use ground turkey, only because I try to cut down on calories for us.
My mom always used sausage and we loved this in the winter after playing in the snow.
I prefer ground sausage with just a little rice.
I like ground beef in mine & I call it Stuffed Pepper Soup. I use about the same amount of rice as beef. After reading some of the comments I think I will try making the rice on the side. Just 2 of us these days & it would be nice to have a batch in my freezer. A change I make in mine is to add a can of V8 in place of some of the broth, I like the flavor & it adds tons of extra veggies with very little calorie count.
ground beef for me
We prefer ground beef and instant rice most likely the last box in our kitchen was in the 1980`s, 3 cups cooked long grain white was substituted just added after 20-minute simmer of peppers. April this was so good my wife loved. I have already been thinking of a couple variations using this recipe as the base. Adding sliced zucchini, or frozen peas at the end. This soup reminded me of 2 different Philipine rice dishes Squash and Pork and Pork with Peas and Pimentos each dished on a bed of rice.
Hi! I prefer Low fat ground turkey~!
In Germany we call it Lasagnesoup or Pizzasoup.I Like it you can Clean youre veggies with it .
And Meat i Like Beef.
Lots of rice and green peppers!
I love this soup! I use ground round and sausage enjoy a lot of rice which I cook separately since not everyone else likes rice. I’m planning on canning several quarts this week.