When I was a child, one of my absolute favorite foods was stuffed green peppers. Stuffed green pepper soup is the next best thing to stuffed green peppers and offers all the flavors you love in a stuffed pepper, but in a rich tomato broth. Once you make a batch of this stuffed green pepper soup in your slow cooker, you will want to make it and eat it over and over again.
I wanted to create this soup for my slow cooker and fill it with my favorite stuffed green pepper ingredients- diced tomatoes, garlic, lean ground beef, and a hearty addition of brown rice. I prefer a combination of broths in this (beef and chicken broth) because it helps lighten this hearty soup. I also wanted this soup to cook itself since we have busy days with extracurricular activities in the evenings. This soup is a one pot wonder and can be served with a loaf of crusty bread for a busy weeknight. The leftovers offer a filling and satisfying lunch as well!
I hope you will love this soup as much as I do! It will be a recipe repeat for me and is a great soup to be doubled and shared with friends!
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 pound lean ground beef or sirloin
- 3 green peppers, diced
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 28 ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 3- 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
- 1 cup brown rice (NOT INSTANT)
- 3 teaspoons basil
- 3 teaspoons oregano
- Salt & Pepper to taste
- In a skillet, add your olive oil and saute your garlic for one minute.
- Add your ground beef to the skillet and season well with pepper and salt.
- Once cooked, drain your ground beef & garlic mixture, and add this to your slow cooker.
- Next add your diced green peppers, beef broth, chicken broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, seasoning, and brown rice. Give it all a stir.
- Set your slow cooker to LOW for 4-6 hours.
- Serve with crusty bread.
- Side note- if your slow cooker sets itself to WARM after it is done cooking, you only need to cook this for four hours. If your slow cooker does not set itself to WARM, it will need to cook for six hours.
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Going to give this a try tonight, just went and bought all the ingredients and all I can say: It’s cheap!
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Amy Reply:
September 25th, 2012 at 8:34 am
Yay! You gotta love a recipe that yields a lot for a tiny bit of money
Hope you like it as much as we did, Ashley!
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Amy this sounds so great … I can’t wait to try it out, I have everything on hand and a sick family this week…. this is going in the crock pot tomorrow!
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There are slow cookers that know when they’re done cooking? Mama needs an upgrade! Looking forward to this soup tonight.
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Amy Reply:
September 25th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Heck ya! Mine sets itself to warm after I set a timer. You could also hook yours into an electronic timer if you don’t want to upgrade! Hope you guys like it!!!
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Sounds great. Do you think it taste weird with ground turkey?
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Amy Reply:
September 30th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
No, not at all! I think it would be really good with the sweet Italian sausage variety too!
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Tracie Reply:
February 22nd, 2013 at 11:59 am
I’m making mine with ground turkey right now. Just turned on the crock pot. We don’t eat much beef or pork. Smells great and it hasn’t even started cooking.
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Tried this last night. Great flavors. It really tastes like a deconstructed stuffed pepper. I’m going to make it again with Italian sausage for a little more zip.
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Amy Reply:
October 3rd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Oh, I am sure that would be so delicious! I am so glad you liked the recipe! I can’t wait to make another batch of this soup for myself!
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patsy hollifield Reply:
January 20th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
i am thinking this would be good with cut okra in it or am I crazy to add that to a stuffed pepper soup ?
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I when by the recipe but my soup look more like a Chili. Trying to figure out what I didn’t do.
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Amy Reply:
November 8th, 2012 at 7:13 am
If your liquid got absorbed, just add additional beef or chicken broth to get the desired consistency! It is definitely a thicker soup though!
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Do you just use long grain white rice (not minute rice) and do you add it in the crockpot at the same time as everything else ?
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Amy Reply:
February 1st, 2013 at 7:24 am
I use brown rice, not the minute rice variety. It is added with the other ingredients! I hope that helps!
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I’ve made this soup many times in a regular pot and tomorrow will be my first time in the crock. Can’t wait to try it! Thanks for the idea. Shirley
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Brenda Reply:
March 15th, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Do you think you could can it?
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Amy Reply:
March 15th, 2013 at 8:30 pm
I have no canning skills to draw any experience on, Brenda! Maybe another reader can help us!
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Excellent, I added a little more green pepper. This and a nice bread is dinner. Will definitely make again!
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