Slow Cooked Pizza Stuffed Peppers Recipe
 
 
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Recipe type: Slow Cooker
Ingredients
  • 4 cups water
  • ½ cup orzo pasta, uncooked
  • Salt & pepper
  • 6 small bell peppers
  • 10 oz lean ground turkey or beef
  • ½ cup diced pepperoni (substitute with mini pepperonis if you prefer)
  • 1 cup diced mushrooms
  • 14 oz jar of pizza sauce
  • 2 cups shredded pizza blend cheese
  • ½ cup water
Instructions
  1. In a small pot bring 4 cups of water to a boil, toss in a dash of salt and add pasta. Cook for 3 minutes then rinse and drain in cold water, set aside.
  2. Wash and dry all 6 peppers, cut tops off on stem side (reserve tops), then remove seeds & membranes. Next cut a small slice off bottoms to allow peppers to stand upright in the base of your slow cooker.
  3. Sauté ground turkey or beef (seasoned with salt & pepper), pepperoni and mushrooms in a large skillet over medium high heat until meat is no longer pink. Drain if necessary.
  4. Stir in pizza sauce, 1 cup of shredded cheese and cooked pasta.
  5. Divide filling evenly between peppers.
  6. Stand upright in ½ cup of water in the bottom of a 5-6 quart slow cooker.
  7. Place reserved pepper tops on peppers, cover with lid of slow cooker and cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  8. minutes before end of cook time, remove lid, remove pepper tops (again reserve tops), sprinkle remaining 1 cup of cheese evenly between peppers, once again cover and cook for the 10 minutes to allow cheese to melt.
  9. Remove peppers using a slotted spoon.
  10. Serve & enjoy! Yields 6 servings.
Recipe by How to Have it All at https://www.howtohaveitall.net/slow-cooked-pizza-stuffed-peppers-recipe/