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stuffed bell peppers

The old-fashioned Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe – the easy, delicious and kidsfriendly Crock Pot meal

Larisa Iernutan
Classic stuffed bell peppers, whether we are talking about the ones stuffed with vegetables and rice or the ones stuffed with rice and meat, are a very easy to cook, versatile and filling dish. In addition, if we choose to refer to the version with meat, the homemade stuffed peppers represent a balanced dish, which offers us all the nutrients we need, from vegetables, grains and meat. Even the vegetarian version of these home made stuffed peppers provides us with the necessary supply of nutrients that our body,as well as our children, need for proper development.
So, as you probably already deduced, these homemade stuffed bell peppers represent a versatile dish that can be cooked in several ways, the most important of which would be stuffed peppers with ground meat or vegetarian stuffed peppers.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 8 people
Calories 210 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Slow cooker / Multicooker / Pot
  • 1 Vegetable Grater
  • 1 Pan
  • 1 Spatula

Ingredients
  

For the stuffed peppers:

  • 10-12 pcs Bell peppers
  • 2 pcs Carrots
  • 1 pc Onion / shallot
  • 70 g Rice
  • 700 g Ground meat beef, pork, turkey or combined
  • 500 g Tomato juice
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Sweet paprika
  • Vegetable Oil
  • Springs of thyme

For the tomato sauce:

  • 100 g Butter
  • 1 tbsp Flour
  • 300 g Tomato juice

Instructions
 

  • First, if you don’t use store bought ground meat, then using a grinding machine, ground the meat that you want to use for this recipe;
  • Then, using a vegetable chopper or a vegetable grater, finely grate the onion and the carrots;
  • Now, pour 1 tbsp of vegetable oil into a pan and leave it to heat;
  • Once heated, add the grated vegetables and the rinsed rice and Sautee them for a few minutes;
  • Add salt and pepper and also sweet paprika. Feel free to add other spices that you love;
  • Leave the sauteed vegetables and rice to cool;
  • Meanwhile, cut the top of the peppers, so you make a hole to allow you to insert the mixture of meat, vegetables and rice;
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  • Wash the peppers well on the outside and inside as well;
  • Using a large bowl, mix the ground meat with the rice and vegetables, and season with salt, pepper and sweet paprika;
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  • Using a tablespoon or a teaspoon, start filling the peppers with the composition made earlier;
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  • Place the stuffed peppers into the cooking pot of the Crockpot (or any other Slow cooker or multicooker, even into a simple pot);
  • Pour the tomato juice and add some water, until the liquid completely covers the stuffed peppers;
  • Add some springs of thyme and close the lid;
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  • Cook the stuffed peppers using the Slow cooking program, at LOW temperature, for 8 Hours.
  • To be able to enjoy these amazing stuffed peppers with a creamy tomato sauce, simply melt 100 gr butter cut into cubes into a heated saucepan;
  • Then, add 1 tbsp flour and incorporate it into the melted butter with a whisk;
  • Pour 300 gr tomato juice and cook it for 5 minutes, continuing to mix with the whisk;
  • Once the tomato sauce is ready, serve the stuffed peppers with hot sauce;

Nutrition

Serving: 150gCalories: 210kcal
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