Stuffed peppers in a slow cooker

A very “convenient” dish: compactly place the filling into the hollow peppers, place them in the multicooker bowl and cook. Stuffed peppers look attractive and are very filling. Usually the filling uses minced meat with various vegetable additives and rice.

Stuffed peppers with minced meat and rice in a Redmond slow cooker

Juicy, aromatic, tender peppers with soft meat filling in a transparent gravy. A traditional addition to meat filling is rice. This is both satisfying and reduces the overall cost of the dish.

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   How to cook stuffed peppers in a slow cooker? The first step is to prepare the minced meat by grinding the meat with one onion through a meat grinder.Add salt and spices to taste to the minced meat, mix well.
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   Boil the rice until half cooked in salted water. After cooking, place the cereal in a sieve and rinse with cold water.
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   Mix rice with minced meat.
4. 
   We wash the peppers, cut out the stalk and remove the seeds.
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   Rub the inside of each pepper with salt, spices and ground black pepper.
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   Fill the peppers tightly with minced meat and rice.
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   Peel the onions and carrots and chop finely. Heat the multicooker in the “Frying” mode. Pour a little vegetable oil into the bowl and pour in the onions and carrots. Fry for five to seven minutes while stirring.
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   Add grated tomatoes without skin, mix and continue frying for another seven to eight minutes.
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   Add boiled water and stir.
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    Add stuffed peppers to the resulting gravy. Add some salt and spices if desired.
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    Set the “Stew” mode, close the lid and cook the dish for one hour.
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    After the end of the program, open the lid and sprinkle the peppers with chopped herbs and finely chopped garlic.
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    Serve the prepared peppers with sour cream and fresh vegetables.

How to cook frozen stuffed peppers in a slow cooker?

Frozen peppers are an excellent semi-finished product. It’s convenient to prepare them for future use or buy them in a store, and if necessary, cook them at the right time. Many may have a question about how to cook frozen peppers in a slow cooker, whether they need to be defrosted, whether they need gravy, etc. We offer a simple method of preparing this dish in a slow cooker with step-by-step photos for clarity.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Frozen stuffed peppers – 6-7 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.
• Tomato sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Spices - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Frozen peppers do not need to be thawed before cooking. Just remove them from the freezer while you prepare the gravy.

Step 2. Peel and chop the onions and carrots. Onions - with a knife, carrots - on a coarse grater.

Step 3. Heat the multicooker in the “Frying” mode. Heat the vegetable oil in a bowl, add the onions and carrots, fry for a few minutes until soft. Add tomato sauce and stir.

Step 4. Place the frozen stuffed peppers for frying.

Step 5. Pour boiled water into the bowl of peppers so that it almost completely covers them. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste.

Step 6. Close the lid of the device and set the “Quenching” program for forty minutes. After the multicooker's operating time has expired, open the lid and take out the peppers. Serve them hot along with gravy.

Stuffed peppers with tomato paste in a slow cooker

Stuffed peppers will only taste better if you add tomato paste when stewing. It will add sourness and juiciness to the dish.

Cooking time: 60 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 14 pcs.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Tomato paste – 1.5 tbsp.
• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Rice – 100 gr.
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp.
• Water – 400 ml.
• Greens – 1/2 bunch.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Spices - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We use any minced meat: pork, beef, mixed, chicken. Place it in a bowl.

Step 2.To the minced meat add raw washed rice, chopped onion with garlic, chopped herbs, salt, ground pepper, spices to taste.

Step 3 Wash the peppers thoroughly, cut off the stem and remove the seeds.

Step 4. Fill the peppers tightly with minced meat. Place the stuffed peppers in the multicooker bowl.

Step 5. Peel the remaining onions and carrots and chop finely. Separately, fry the onions and carrots in vegetable oil until soft.

Step 6. Add tomato paste and sour cream to the resulting frying, continue frying for a couple of minutes. Then pour in water, add salt to taste, bring to a boil and remove from heat.

Step 7. Pour the resulting sauce over the peppers in the multicooker bowl.

Step 8. Set the “Stew” mode, close the lid and prepare the dish according to the mode time. Serve the prepared peppers hot with herbs.

Tender stuffed peppers in sour cream in a slow cooker

Those who don’t like tomato sourness will enjoy stewing peppers in sour cream. It is more tender and gives the peppers a milder taste. The fat content of the product can be any.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 8-10 pcs.
• Minced meat – 600-800 gr.
• Sour cream – 500 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Add salt and ground black pepper to the minced meat.

Step 2. Mix the minced meat and spices well.

Step 3 Prepare the peppers: wash them thoroughly, remove the stem and remove the seeds. If the peppers are peeled and frozen, do not defrost them. Fill the peppers with minced meat.

Step 4. Pour a little vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl and place the stuffed peppers with the filling down.Select the “Fry” mode and cook for five to ten minutes so that the peppers release juice.

Step 5. After this, add sour cream to the peppers, salt to taste, set the “Stew” program, close the lid and cook the dish for an hour and a half until done.

Stewed stuffed peppers with gravy

Stuffed peppers are a fairly popular dish. Each housewife has her own proven recipe. But if you haven’t cooked them with gravy before, you should definitely try it. Very juicy and filling!

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 10-12 pcs.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Boiled water – 1 tbsp.
• Spices - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Dill - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Let the rice cook. Cook it until half cooked for ten minutes and drain the water. Place the minced meat in a bowl.

Step 2. Add half-cooked rice to the minced meat.

Step 3. Chop onions (1 piece) and add them to the minced meat.

Step 4. Also add salt and spices to taste.

Step 5. Mix everything together well.

Step 6. We also chop the second onion.

Step 7. Three carrots on a coarse grater.

Step 8. Fry the onions and carrots in vegetable oil until soft.

Step 9. Add tomato paste to the vegetables and mix.

Step 10. Add sour cream and mix.

Step 11. Add dill and mix.

Step 12. Add salt and ground pepper, mix and remove from the stove - the gravy is ready.

Step 13. Wash the peppers, cut out the stalk and remove the seeds. Fill the peppers tightly with the prepared minced meat.

Step 14. Place the pepper and minced meat preparations in the multicooker bowl.

Step 15Spread the prepared gravy on top.

Step 16. Set the “Multi-cook” mode for 40-60 minutes and a temperature of 120 degrees. Close the lid and press “Start”. Ready-made peppers in gravy can be served with mashed potatoes - a very successful combination.

Bell peppers with minced meat and potatoes in a slow cooker

We offer a more satisfying version of preparing stuffed peppers. We cook potatoes together with peppers. It will be saturated with the juices of the dish and will turn out very juicy and tender. This recipe will definitely appeal to the male half of the family.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 1 kg.
• Tomato juice – 500 ml.
• Minced meat – 600 gr.
• Rice – 1/2 tbsp.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp.
• Broth – 1 tbsp.
• Dill – 1 branch.
• Basil – 1 branch.
• Potatoes – 500 gr.
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp.
• Water – 1/2 tbsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. To prepare the filling, mix minced meat, raw washed rice, onion fried in vegetable oil, chopped herbs and salt with spices. Pour soy sauce and water into the kneaded minced meat, knead again for homogeneity.

Step 2. Wash the peppers, remove the stem and remove the seeds from the inside.

Step 3. Stuff the peppers with prepared minced meat. Place the filling quite tightly.

Step 4. Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into small pieces.

Step 5. Place the stuffed peppers along with the potatoes into the multicooker bowl.

Step 6. Separately fry the second onion, cut into half rings. Add tomato juice, sour cream and broth to the onion. Stir, add salt to taste and remove from heat.

Step 7. Pour the resulting sauce over the peppers and potatoes.

Step 8Set the “Extinguishing” mode for 60 minutes and press “Start”. Serve the finished peppers hot with potatoes and sauce.

Juicy stuffed peppers in the Polaris multicooker

The multicooker is very convenient in cooking. And especially for stewing stuffed peppers. In this recipe we use a device from Polaris for clarity. We stuff the peppers, put them in a bowl and pour them with tomatoes and sour cream. In this sauce, the dish perfectly reveals its taste. And when serving, we don’t skimp on the greens.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 800-1000 gr.
• Meat – 500 gr.
• Carrots – 3 pcs.
• Rice – 1 cup measure.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 5 tbsp.
• Tomatoes – 2-3 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Black peppercorns - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We use any minced meat for filling: pork, beef, chicken, mixed. We cook it ourselves or take it ready-made.

Step 2. We also pass the peeled carrots and onions through a fine wire rack.

Step 3. Mix chopped vegetables, washed raw rice, chopped herbs, salt, and ground pepper with the minced meat. Mix the filling well.

Step 4. We wash the peppers and remove the stalk and internal seeds. Stuff the peppers with the prepared filling. Place the stuffed peppers in the multicooker bowl. Grate the tomatoes on a coarse grater. Place the resulting tomato mass on top of the peppers in the bowl. We also add sour cream mixed with a small amount of water and chopped herbs. Salt and add peppercorns to taste. Set the “Quenching” mode for 2 hours.

Step 5. Serve the finished peppers hot along with the gravy that formed during stewing.

A simple and delicious recipe for steamed stuffed peppers

If you are following a calorie limit, then we offer a suitable recipe for a delicious lunch. The dish is filling but not fatty. Steaming the peppers - that's the whole secret. When choosing minced meat for filling, give preference to low-fat options: beef, chicken. It is ideal, of course, to prepare the minced meat yourself.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 3-4 pcs.
• Minced beef – 350 gr.
• Rice – 35 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Parsley - to taste.
• Mixture of ground peppers - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare the filling: mix ground beef, finely diced onions, chopped parsley, uncooked washed rice, salt, and a mixture of ground peppers.

Step 2. Mix everything well.

Step 3. We wash the peppers and clean them of the internal contents. Fill the resulting “cups” tightly with the filling.

Step 4. Place the stuffed peppers on a special multicooker rack for steaming, installed in a bowl. Set the “Steam Boiler” mode for 1 hour 20 minutes and press “Start”.

Step 5. Let the finished peppers cool slightly and serve.