Why you’ll love these Italian stuffed peppers

  • Just 7 main ingredients keeps it simple.
  • Great weeknight dinner or perfect for meal prep.
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How to make these easy ground pork stuffed peppers

A cutting board with minced garlic and chopped onion on it with a knife partially covered by the chopped onion.
Prep onion and garlic as noted, and make sure your rice is cooked as well.
Overhead image of a skillet with ground pork browned in it. A wooden spoon is mixing it around.
Cook ground pork, onion and garlic until the pork starts to brown, about 7-8 minutes.
A hand placing a bell pepper on a cutting board. The bell pepper has the top sliced off and the seeds removed. There are 6 bell peppers on the cutting board.
While the pork is cooking, prep the bell peppers. Cut the tops off and remove seeds.
Angled image of a hand sprinkling Italian seasoning over the cooked ground pork and white rice in a skillet.
Once the pork is about done, add Italian seasoning, sea salt and cooked rice.
A hand pouring marinara sauce into the skillet over the cooked white rice, ground pork and seasoning.
Pour the marinara sauce over everything.
A hand using a wooden spoon to mix up all of the stuffed bell pepper filling ingredients in a skillet.
Stir to combine and then turn off the heat.
A hand holding one bell pepper and using a wooden spoon to add a scoop of the filling mixture to the uncooked pepper.
Scoop the filling mixture evenly into the prepped bell peppers, and place them in a baking dish.
Six stuffed red bell peppers in a baking dish before they get cooked in the oven.
Transfer baking dish to oven and cook for about 15 minutes, until the bell peppers soften.
A hand sprinkled grated white cheese on top of the mostly cooked peppers before returning to the oven to melt the cheese.
With about 2-3 minutes left to cook, add shredded cheese to the top of each pepper if you’d like.
Angled image of a stuffed pepper with melty cheese and chopped parsley on top.
Once done, remove and garnish with chopped parsley or basil. Enjoy!

Recipe tips

  • Don’t overcook the peppers in the oven. We’ve ended up with watery peppers before. Our tested and recommended cooking time is no more than 15 minutes in the oven to avoid mushy peppers.
  • Make your rice prior to starting this recipe. I prefer to make the rice the day before. Then, I just grab it from the fridge when it’s time to add it to the skillet. It makes clean up feel like a breeze, too!
  • If you plan to use cauliflower rice instead of regular white or brown rice, I recommend not cooking it all before adding it to the skillet. It will get enough cook time in the oven and then you avoid it getting mushy.
Overhead image of a baking dish with stuffed bell peppers in it. Melted cheese and chopped parsley garnish the tops.

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Close up overhead image of a stuffed bell pepper with melty cheese on top and chopped parsley.
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30 Minute Ground Pork Stuffed Peppers

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
These easy ground pork stuffed peppers are a flavorful dinner the whole family will love and it's ready in only about 30-minutes! Mix and match peppers and use whatever rice your family prefers.
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 lb ground pork
  • 6 bell peppers, or the equivalent of any other kind of pepper you love
  • 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 jar sugar free marinara, 25oz jar
  • 2 cups cooked rice

Optional garnishes:

  • Chopped parsley and/or basil
  • Grated cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
  • Prep onion and garlic as noted, and make sure your rice is cooked as well.
  • Heat a skillet to medium and add ground pork, onion and garlic. Break up the ground pork and cook stirring occasionally until it starts to brown, about 7-8 minutes.
  • While the pork is cooking, prep the bell peppers. Cut the tops off and remove seeds. Set aside.
  • Once the pork is about done, add Italian seasoning, sea salt, marinara sauce and cooked rice to the skillet. Stir to combine and then turn off the heat.
  • Scoop the filling mixture evenly into the prepped bell peppers, and place them in a baking dish. Store any excess filling in an airtight container in the fridge.
  • Transfer baking dish to oven and cook for about 15 minutes, until the bell peppers soften. With about 2-3 minutes left to cook, add shredded cheese to the top of each pepper if you'd like. Once done, remove and garnish with chopped parsley or basil. Enjoy!

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Course: Main Course
Author: Erica Winn
Cuisine: American, Italian
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