How to make stuffed green peppers for the crock pot

Stuffed green peepers are a great way to have meat, rice, and vegetables combined for a tasty, health and inexpensive meal. This is a easy and delicious stuffed green pepper recipe.

Things You'll Need

• 6 green peppers
• 1 large can diced tomatoes
• 1 pound of ground beef
• 2 pouches of instant rice

Instructions

1. 

   Cut off tops of green peppers and clean out membranes and seeds.

2. 

   In large pot, bring water to a rolling boil. Boil peppers for about 10 minutes. Add your pouches of rice at the same time. Remove peppers and rice from water. Set aside peppers. Open rice pouches and place in bowl.

3. 

   In pan, brown ground beef. Remove when brown, drain grease. Add beef to bowl with rice.

4. 

   Add can of diced tomatoes, with juice to rice and meat mixture. Save about 1/3 cup on tomatoes.

5. 

   Stir mixture. You can add Italian spices to give it more taste.

6. 

   By spoonfuls, place mixture in each pepper. Fill to top of each. Place remaining diced tomatoes on top of each pepper.

7. 

   Place remaining meat, rice, tomatoes mixture at bottom of crock pot. Add 1/3 cup of water. Place stuffed peppers on top of mixture. Try to use mixture to hold up peppers so they don't touch side of crock pot.

8. 

   Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add Italian spices to mixture. You can also add salt to mixture or inside the peppers before you stuff them, depending on if you are on sodium restricted diet.