Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers

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This Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers Recipe is the perfect way to eat green peppers! Loaded with flavor that the whole family will love! If you’re a fan of instant pot recipes, be sure to add these tender peppers to the top of your list!

Bell pepper stuffed with rice and ground beef sitting on a white plate.

The next time that you’re looking for a simple instant pot meal, this is the easy way to make an easy dinner, period! Stuffed bell peppers are an easy-peasy comfort food with minimal cooking time!

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Why You’ll Love These Delicious Stuffed Peppers

It’s a great weeknight meal with loads of flavor
This easy recipe is hearty and delicious
Perfect for anyone looking for a healthy meal

If you love cooking in the Instant Pot, you may also love this Instant Pot Chicken Marsala recipe as well!

Ingredients/Shopping List

Green peppers – Fresh peppers of any color are great!
Ground beef – You can also use lean ground beef or other types of ground meat.
Salt
Pepper
Onion
French onion soup
Water
Rice
Coconut oil – Vegetable oil works, too!

How to Make Stuffed Peppers in the Instant Pot

See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements!

Set your pressure cooker to Sauté mode.
When the cooker is hot, add oil to the pot, and then add diced onions. Sauté onions until brown and caramelized.
Add ground meat, salt, and pepper. Brown meat, breaking it into small pieces.
Add a french onion soup, rice, and water. Mix. There’ll be some liquid from the meat already. Be careful not to add too much water to the mixture so the rice won’t get too wet.
Cancel sauté mode. Cover cooker, making sure to lock the lid. Set steam release to seal.
Set the cooker to high pressure for 8 minutes.
Quick release after cooking is done. Stir rice & meat mixture.
Stuff green peppers with mixture.
Remove extra mixture from the cooker. Add ¼ cup of water to the cooker.
Return stuffed peppers to the cooker set the cooker to steam for 4 minutes on high pressure.
Quick or natural release after cooking time.

Stuffed bell peppers sliced in half sitting on a white plate.

Storing Leftovers

The best thing about this recipe is that the leftovers are awesome! Store the leftovers in an airtight container and keep them stored in the fridge.

Pro Tip

I like to add some melty cheese to the top of each pepper once they’re done cooking. This is just my way of adding a pop of flavor and getting delicious cheese in each bite!

Closeup of a slice of stuffed bell pepper.

Substitutions

Add taco seasoning – If you want to mix in taco seasoning, do so!

Change up the meat – Using ground chicken or ground turkey is a great way to cut down on the fat content. The pepper filling will be amazing no matter what.

Use colorful bell peppers – A red bell pepper is delicious for this recipe! Any type of fresh bell peppers will work.

What to Serve with Stuffed Peppers

Cauliflower rice
White rice
Brown rice

Frequently Asked Questions

What else can you add to stuffed peppers?

You can literally add in anything that you’d like. Diced veggies are always a great idea – and so is cheese!

Should peppers be precooked before stuffing?

Not for this instant pot recipe! The pressure cooker cooks the peppers perfectly without needing to be cooked beforehand.

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