Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup is easy to make right in your Instant Pot! Packed full of ground beef, rice, bell peppers, and a savory broth!
One of my favorite uses for my Instant Pot is making soups! We happen to really love my ham and cheese Instant Pot Potato Soup! You can have a hearty, comforting, dinner ready super fast without having to let your soup simmer for a long time on the stove top. This stuffed pepper soup turned out so good! All of the stuffed pepper flavor we love, without the hassle of making them!
Stuffed Pepper Soup:
Stuffed pepper soup is just what it sounds like, folks! Stuffed peppers are a classic dish that typically use a ground beef and rice mixture. A great way to think of this is as a “deconstructed” stuffed pepper. We use all of the same ingredients, but the peppers are diced instead of being stuffed with filling.
Another great thing about this soup is that it’s very fast to make. Baking stuffed peppers takes time, but, the soup version is ready in just about 30 minutes! Traditionally, some stuffed pepper recipes call for cheese. I chose not to add any cheese to this soup, but, feel free to add some shredded cheddar or parmesan for even more flavor!
How to Make Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup:
- First, start by turning your Instant Pot onto saute mode. Add the ground beef to the pot with your seasonings of garlic, onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
- Cook the ground beef for about 5 minutes until no longer pink. I use very lean ground beef so that I don’t have to drain. But, you can drain any grease as you see fit.
- Once the beef is cooked you can turn the instant pot off. You will pour in your beef broth and stir, scraping any browned meat bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Next, add your broth, bell peppers, tomato sauce, and rice to the pot. Place the lid on and set the valve to seal. Cook for 10 minutes on manual.
- Note that this took approximately 10 minutes to come to pressure in my 8 quart instant pot. You will also allow the soup to sit in the pot for 5 minutes before doing a quick pressure release when the soup is finished. That step takes about 2-3 minutes.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Pound Ground Beef
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Italian Seasoning
- 1 Teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 3 Bell Peppers, Diced
- 1 15 Ounce Can Tomato Sauce
- 5 Cups Beef Broth
- 3/4 Cup Long Grain White Rice
Instructions
- Set instant pot to saute and cook the ground beef along with the garlic powder, Italian seasoning, onion powder, salt and pepper, and red pepper flakes until no longer pink.
- Turn the Instant Pot off.
- Add the beef broth to the pot and stir, scraping any browned bits of meat from the bottom of the pot.
- Add the diced peppers, tomato sauce, and rice to the pot and stir.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and set the valve to sealing.
- Cook on manual high pressure for 10 minutes.
- Once the 10 minutes is up, allow the soup to sit in the pot for 5 minutes, then, you can open the valve to do a quick release.
- Serve soup immediately.
Hi I didn’t realise this needed instant pot before purchasing ingredients, how would I cook on stove top instead? Thank you!
No worries! Cook your ground beef as usual until no longer pink, drain the grease and return it to the pot. Add the rest of your ingredients and simmer for about 20-30 minutes on low until your rice is cooked through 🙂
I did a little variation using chicken breasts I had precooked the night before and diced them. I used everything else the same except I substituted Beef Better Than Boullion (Roasted Beef Base) accordingly and added sliced baby bella mushrooms, 1 C frozen corn and 1 C of mixed Jasmin & Brn Rice. In a few min. Nat release I will tell you the results : ) Then I will fill Bento Boxes for quick lunches, or dinners. Well its a very refreshing milder version with the chicken and that translates into Yummy!
If I use brown rice should I add the peppers later? I just worry that cooking peppers for 30 mins will disintegrate them
I haven’t tried this with brown rice, but, yes due to the longer cook time I would add the peppers later.
Very good recipe, I used pearl barley instead of rice.
So quick and easy, and delicious to boot.
What I did differently…
use 12oz ground beef
used 1 8oz can of tomato sauce
used 1 14.5oz can diced tomatoes
4 cups beef broth (next time I will use 3)
used a Minute Rice mix of different rices with quinoa.
Very good. I just like a less liquidy soup, but other than that, the falvor was wonderful!
I don’t have an instant pot, I assume this can be made on the stove with some adjustments.
I added 1lb of hot sausage to the ground beef, made this recipe perfect!
I used Ro-Tel tomatoes with green chilies instead of tomato sauce. Gave it a little kick. Everyone loves it.
I doubled the recipe and used 2.25 lbs hamburger meat (because thats how the sell it for some odd reason) and 2 cups of instant rice and followed everything else exactly x2!! WOW this is amazing, My hubby that was sketchy about this dinner as he doesnt like peppers had FOUR large bowls!! Thanks again!
Had planned to make chili for dinner tonight, but came across this recipe and knew I had to try it. I had V-8 juice in the refrigerator so I used that instead of the tomato sauce and this soup was incredible. I made cornbread and my family ate it up. Thanks for such a great recipe.