One Pot Unstuffed Peppers With Rice

One Pot Unstuffed Peppers With Rice is an easy and quick way to have your stuffed peppers without all the fuss! Ground beef, rice, bell peppers and seasonings cook together in one pot in less than 30 minutes. All the flavors of traditional stuffed peppers in one skillet.

Unstuffed Peppers Recipe

If you know me well, then you know that I am absolutely in love with my one pot recipes. Having four sons, who were always hungry, and now eight grandchildren, who are just as hungry, I always need to get dinner on the table asap! So although I have mastered one pot cooking out of necessity, it really is my favorite way to cook.

Stuffed Peppers were a favorite recipe of my Grandma Bum Bum’s (yes, we called her Bum Bum, long story) and we always looked forward to when she made them. But it felt like she was in the kitchen for the longest time making them. It was such a production cooking the filling, stuffing the peppers, baking the peppers.

I needed to come up with an easier and quicker way to make this recipe that brings me right back to my childhood and that’s how this unstuffed peppers skillet recipe was born.

Now the same ingredients of ground beef, rice, bell peppers and seasonings, come together in one skillet and dinner is on the table in less than 30 minutes. Our deconstructed stuffed peppers are bursting with all the flavors of a traditional stuffed pepper recipe without all the fuss.

Just like an unstuffed bell peppers casserole but made on the stovetop! Hands down, my favorite kind of recipe!

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This recipe is part of Meal Plan Monday and Weekend Potluck

Flavor Variations

You can change up the recipe with the following substitutions and/or additions:

• Make It Healthy: Substitute ground turkey for the ground beef
• Make it Mexican: Substitute dried oregano for the Italian seasoning and add chili powder and cumin. Top with salsa and cheddar cheese.
• Make It Greek: Substitute dried oregano for the Italian seasoning and top with feta cheese and fresh dill.
• Change Up The Flavor: Use diced tomatoes with seasonings added for additional flavor

Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

• oil
• ground beef
• onion
• garlic
• dried Italian seasoning
• kosher salt
•  red and/or orange bell peppers
• canned diced tomatoes 
• tomato sauce
• instant brown rice
• water
• shredded mozzarella

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Spicy Nacho Stuffed Peppers is an easy appetizer recipe seasoned with taco seasoning and brimming with salsa, black beans, corn, avocado, jalapeno and cheesy goodness!

Mexican Quinoa Stuffed Peppers are an easy recipe that’s perfect for a weeknight dinner and beautiful enough to serve to guests. Quinoa stuffed peppers take on a Mexican flair, bursting with a filling of quinoa, black beans, corn, tomatoes and salsa.

Sweet Pepper Jalapeno Poppers are filled with a creamy jalapeno filling bursting with cheesiness and spice! Perfect as an appetizer and for your Cinco de Mayo celebration!

Buttery Sautéed Peppers & Onions are the perfect accompaniment to any dinnertime menu and they cook up in just minutes! An easy side dish that is both delicious and bursting with beautiful colors, these caramelized peppers and onions will be the perfect side kick to many meals.

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One Pot Unstuffed Peppers With Rice

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

One Pot Unstuffed Peppers With Rice is an easy and quick way to have your stuffed peppers without all the fuss! Ground beef, rice, bell peppers and seasonings cook together in one pot in less than 30 minutes. All the flavors of a traditional stuffed pepper in one pot.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: unstuffed peppers

Servings: 4

Author: Gwynn Galvin

Ingredients

• 1 Tbs. oil
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. dried Italian seasoning
• ½ tsp. kosher salt
• 2 large red and/or orange bell peppers, seeded and cut in 1-inch pieces, 2 cups
• 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes with their juices
• 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
• ½ cup uncooked instant brown rice
• 1/3 cup water
• ½ cup shredded mozzarella

Instructions

1. Heat oil in large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook ground beef, onion, garlic, Italian seasoning and kosher salt until beef is browned, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
2. Add peppers and cook until tender-crisp, 5 minutes.
3. Stir in diced tomatoes with their juices, tomato sauce, brown rice and water and bring to a boil.
4. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until rice is tender.
5. Top with shredded mozzarella.

Recipe Notes

Makes 4 servings.