Slow Cooker Stuffed Pepper Soup
Slow Cooker Stuffed Pepper Soup is a hearty meal loaded with everything you love about a classic stuffed pepper - ground beef, rice and bell peppers, all in a tomato-based broth.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. grass-fed lean ground beef cooked and grease drained
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 - 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 Bell Peppers chopped (various colors)
- 2 cans 24.5 oz Fire-Roasted Tomatoes (with liquid)
- 1 can 15 oz tomato sauce
- 2 cups organic unsalted chicken stock
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- salt and pepper to taste
- cooked rice
Instructions
- Place cooked ground beef in bottom of crock pot.
- In a medium skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat and saute onion until soft, about 2 - 3 minutes.. Add the garlic and cook another 30 seconds.
- Add the onion and garlic to the crock pot.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, except for the rice.
- Mix well, and cook on low for 4-5 hours. Check at the 4 hour mark to see how the peppers are doing. You still want them to have some bite to them and not be mushy.
- Serve over rice