Crock Pot Black Bean Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

QUINOA BLACK BEAN CROCKPOT STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut the tops off of the peppers and scrape out the ribs and seeds.
• In a large bowl, combine the quinoa, beans, enchilada sauce, spices, and 1 cup of the cheese. Fill each pepper with the quinoa mixture.
• Pour 1/2 cup water into the bottom of a crockpot. Place the peppers in the crockpot so they're sitting in the water. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours. Remove lid, distribute remaining cheese over the tops of the peppers, and cover again for a few minutes to melt the cheese.
• Serve topped with anything you like! These are also great with chips and guacamole, believe it or not.

SLOW COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Mix ground beef, tomatoes, rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper together in a bowl. Stuff each green bell pepper with ground beef mixture.
• Arrange stuffed bell peppers in the crock of a slow cooker; place the reserved tops back onto each bell pepper. Pour water around the base of each stuffed bell pepper.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours.

BLACK BEAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour water into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Stir cream cheese in a bowl until smooth. Fold brown rice, spinach, diced tomatoes with green chiles, black beans, minced onion, cumin, and oregano into the cream cheese until evenly mixed.
• Halve bell peppers lengthwise. Remove and discard stem, seeds, and membranes.
• Fill each pepper half with about 3/4 cup of rice mixture; arrange into baking dish. Sprinkle cheese evenly over stuffed pepper halves.
• Bake in preheated oven until peppers are tender, 35 to 45 minutes.

CROCK POT BLACK BEAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, saute onion unti golden. Season with the cayenne pepper, oregano, cumin, and chili powder.
• Transfer sauteed onions to a medium mixing bowl. Mash half of the black beans with the sauteed onions. Mix in the remaining beans.
• Place the bell peppers in the crock and spoon the black bean mixture into the bell peppers.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the filled peppers. Pour the salsa over the cheese.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.
• Serve each pepper with a dollop of sour cream.

SLOW-COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Trim about 1/8 inch from the bottom of each pepper so it can stand upright. Cut the top 1/4 inch off each pepper. Remove and discard the stems, then finely chop the remaining flesh from the tops and set aside. Scoop out and discard the seeds and as much of the membranes as you can from inside the peppers.
• Mix the reserved chopped pepper with the ground beef, tomatoes and their juices, 1 cup of the cheese, cooked rice, garlic, 3 of the scallions, chili powder, cumin, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and several grinds of black pepper in a large bowl with your hands until combined. Dividing evenly, spoon the filling into the hollowed-out peppers, packing it in (the filling will mound a bit above the tops).
• Pour the chicken broth into the bottom of a 6-quart slow cooker, then add the stuffed peppers. Season the top of each pepper with another pinch of salt. Cover and cook on high until the peppers are tender and the ground beef is cooked through, for 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Top with the remaining 1 cup cheese, cover and cook on high for 10 minutes more to melt the cheese. Sprinkle the peppers with the remaining scallions and add a dollop of sour cream to each.

SLOW-COOKED STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. In a large bowl, mix beans, cheese, salsa, onion, corn, rice, chili powder and cumin; spoon into peppers. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray., Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender and filling is heated through, 3-4 hours . If desired, serve with sour cream.

BEAN AND RICE STUFFED RED BELL PEPPERS - CROCK POT

Steps:

• Remove the tops, membranes and seeds from the red peppers.
• Stir together rice, chili, and 1/2 of the cheese.
• Spoon into the peppers.
• Pour the diced tomatoes and juice into a 5-6 quart crock pot.
• Placed stuffed peppers filled side up into crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low for 5 hours or high for 3 hours.
• Scoop out peppers to a serving plate, spoon tomato sauce from the bottom of the crock pot over the peppers, and top with remaining grated cheese.
• Serve with sour cream.

SLOW-COOKER STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Spray 6-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. Trim tops off bell peppers; remove ribs and seeds. Set aside.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef, onions, salt and pepper 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until beef is cooked through and onion softens. Add garlic; cook 15 seconds. Drain.
• Stir rice and 1/2 cup of the tomato sauce into beef mixture in skillet; mix to combine. Stir in 1 cup of the cheese. Stuff peppers with beef mixture; arrange in slow cooker. Pour remaining tomato sauce over peppers.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 hours or until peppers are soft. Top peppers with remaining 1 cup cheese. Cover; cook 3 to 8 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Use slotted spoon to lift peppers from slow cooker.