Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup

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This Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup is a healthy and hearty meal. If you love stuffed peppers, you will love this delicious soup recipe!

Stuffed Pepper Soup is an easy meal to get on the table–just a few healthy ingredients and it pretty much makes itself. This is a great soup recipe for meal prep right alongside my Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup and this Vegan Chili Recipe.

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The Best Meal Prep Recipe

This recipe is easy to freeze and reheats well in the microwave, making it one of my favorite meal prep recipes! Store the cooked and cooled stuffed pepper soup in an airtight container until you’re ready to eat. This hearty soup keeps well in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for 2 months. If you freeze this, thaw in the fridge overnight and then heat in the microwave for a quick meal.

Enjoy!

– Becca

Ingredients in Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup


See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

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How to make Stuffed Pepper Soup in the Instant Pot

Open Instant Pot on saute mode, with ground turkey and a black spoon with a silver handle stirring the meat.

Step 1: Dice the bell peppers and onions and set them aside.


Spray your pot with olive oil or nonstick cooking spray and press the sauté button. Add the ground meat to the pot and stir it occasionally until it is no longer pink.

Drain the liquid, if necessary (this is probably necessary only if you use ground beef).

Instant Pot with the lid off, and ingredients inside waiting to be cooked. Tomato sauce, ground turkey, bell peppers and onions, and spices.

Step 2: Add the other ingredients to the Pressure Cooker: broth or water, tomatoes (including the juice), tomato sauce, the uncooked rice, diced bell peppers and onions, black pepper, garlic, oregano, and salt.

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Instant Pot with the lid off, and cooked ingredients inside. Tomato sauce, ground turkey, bell peppers and onions, and spices.

Step 3: Close the lid and turn your valve to from Venting to Sealing. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.

When the soup is finished cooking, immediately release the pressure quickly by moving the valve to “vent.” This is called a Quick Release and will make the steam come out of the pot fast, so keep your hands clear.

Instant Pot with the lid off, and cooked ingredients inside. There is a spoonful of soup close to the camera so the reader can see the details of the soup.

Step 4: Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Recipe Tips

  • If you choose to use white rice in this stuffed peppers soup recipe instead of brown, you can reduce the pressure cooker cook time to 4 minutes.
  • Test your cooked rice to make sure it is done before eating. If the rice is old or stale, it will not cook as fast and might need some more time.
  • If you’re looking for a lower carb version of this soup, you can substitute cauliflower rice (just warm it separately and add it to the soup right before eating) or you can leave out the rice completely.
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Stuffed Pepper Soup FAQs

What goes into Stuffed Pepper Soup?

This delicious recipe uses ground turkey, onion, bell peppers, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, brown rice, and chicken broth.

Why is my Stuffed Pepper Soup bland?

Make sure that you’ve added all of the seasonings that the recipe called for. I don’t add much salt to my recipes, so you may want to add salt and pepper to taste.

Is Stuffed Pepper Soup healthy?

Our Stuffed Pepper Soup is made with brown rice and minimal ingredients. It’s a filling meal that will keep you full for a while.

Healthy Eating Plans

21 Day Fix Containers:

If you’re on the 21 Day Fix, make this recipe with ground turkey. Your serving size will be about 2 cups (1/4 recipe) and will count as 1 Red container, 1 1/4 Green container, and 1 yellow container per serving.

Weight Watchers Points:

You can find the WW version right here, including all the point calculations.

2B Mindset:

This is a great lunch recipe on the 2B Mindset plan.

More Healthy Soups and Stews

If you tried this recipe for Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup or any other recipe on my site please leave a rating and let me know how it went in the comments!

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Easy Stuffed Pepper Soup

Created by: Becca Ludlum
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Saute time 5 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Approximate Serving Size: 2 cups
Servings 4 servings
This healthy Stuffed Pepper Soup recipe is an easy weeknight meal! Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper soup with rice is a kid-friendly dinner that you can make in the Crockpot or right on the stove.

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Equipment

  • Instant Pot 6 qt
  • Sealing Rings
  • Kitchen Knife

Ingredients 

  • 1 lb ground turkey you can use beef or chicken if you'd like
  • 1 medium onion chopped (any type will do!)
  • 3 medium bell pepper chopped (I've added up to four peppers, and it's yummy!)
  • 14.5 oz diced tomatoes including the liquid
  • 15 oz tomato sauce
  • ½ cup brown rice short grain
  • 2 cups chicken broth or water
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 2 tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • tsp salt

Instructions

Pressure Cooker:

  • Sauté the ground turkey until it's no longer pink. Drain liquid, if necessary. 1 lb ground turkey
  • Add all of the other ingredients to the pressure cooker. Close the lid and seal your vent. 1 medium onion, 3 medium bell pepper, 14.5 oz diced tomatoes, 15 oz tomato sauce, 1/2 cup brown rice, 2 cups chicken broth, 1 clove garlic, 2 tsp oregano, ¼ tsp black pepper, ⅛ tsp salt
  • Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.
  • Quick pressure release. If you'd like to let the pressure release naturally for a few minutes, it'll be fine sitting there.

Stovetop:

  • Sauté the ground turkey in a large pot until no longer pink. 1 lb ground turkey
  • Add broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, chopped peppers and onions, rice, garlic, oregano, and salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes on medium-high, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 40-45 minutes. 2 cups chicken broth, 14.5 oz diced tomatoes, 15 oz tomato sauce, 3 medium bell pepper, 1/2 cup brown rice, 1 clove garlic, 2 tsp oregano, ⅛ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper
  • Test the rice to make sure it's cooked enough for you before removing the soup from the stovetop.

Video

Notes

Instant Pot Notes: If by chance your rice isn’t cooked through after the cook time is done, you have two options:
  1. Press the Sauté button and allow soup to cook for 5 more minutes, then turn the pot off and allow it to rest for 5 minutes.
  2. Place the lid back on the pot, set the valve to Sealing again, and set the time for 2 minutes. The soup will continue cooking as it comes back to pressure. Quick pressure release when cook time is finished.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 161mg | Potassium: 1234mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 4162IU | Vitamin C: 163mg | Calcium: 105mg | Iron: 5mg
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93 Comments

    1. Hi Katie,

      We’re so sorry that the stove top cooking time was incorrect in this recipe. We understand how frustrating it must have been to follow the recipe carefully and have the rice not completely cooked in the end.

      We appreciate you bringing this to our attention and have corrected the post with a more accurate cook time of 40-45 minutes.

  1. 5 stars
    Omg… soooooo easy, delicious and comforting!
    Thank you for posting sooo many healthy, delicious, and easy to make meals for us busy moms.
    Truly a lifesaver!!
    Thanks again

  2. 5 stars
    I loved this and ate it for lunch and dinner for three days straight and then was sad when it was gone. I added Worcestershire sauce while it was cooking and put a blue container full of shredded cheese on top of it. So good!

  3. Can I leave out the rice? My daughter has a rice intolerance. We tend to use quinoa as a substitute. My thought would be to cook everything without the rice, and then add cooked quinoa at the end, since rice and quinoa do not cook the same. Do you think that would work? Maybe reduce the liquid a bit, since rice soaks in liquid? Just wondering any thoughts on this. Thanks!

    1. Absolutely – this is what I would do! Maybe reduce the liquid, but set it aside in case you need it after the recipe is finished cooking.

  4. 4 stars
    I made this tonight for dinner I followed the recipe to a T..yet it had hardly any flavor and did not come out as a “soup” it was mushy like. But I’m still giving it 4 stars because it was quick and easy to make in my Ninja Foodi! An I’m new to cooking in the ninja foodi period so I’m sure it was just me.

  5. My daughter sent me the recipe she had made it with ground turkey and cooked it in the slow cooker. She said it was soooo good. I made this tonight using the stove top directions. By the end of the 20-25 mins of simmering all the liquid Evaporated. I’m assuming I should have covered the pot. I added more beef broth at the end , enough to make it into a soup. It was Delicious ! my wife and I had 2 bowls. I made it with ground beef and beef broth. This recipe is a keeper ! Thank you

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