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easy instant pot stuffed peppers 4
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Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers Recipe

Easy Instant Pot stuffed peppers cooked meat will be your favorite pressure cooker meal! Green peppers stuffed with cheesy ground beef and rice are an old fashioned recipe made much quicker in your pressure cooker now! 
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Entree, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: easy, instant pot, pressure cooker, stuffed peppers
Servings: 8
Author: Justine

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 8 large bell peppers (if making 4 just half the ingredients below for the filling)
  • 1/2 lb ground beef or spicy ground sausage is even better
  • 2 cup rice measured from cooked, needs to be cooked and fluffed before adding into mixture
  • 1 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
  • 1/3 cup onion diced, optional
  • 1/2 tsp garlic salt
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded

Instructions

  • Add a bit of olive oil. Turn your Instant Pot to saute, normal, and add your ground beef and onions.
  • Make your rice on the stove, Instant Pot White Rice or in the microwave. While you are waiting for that to be done, cook until meat is no longer pink and onions soften.
  • Pour into your pot the spaghetti sauce and cooked rice, stir.
  • Turn Instant Pot off and remove pot. Empty contents into separate bowl and wash your pot.
  • Return pot into your Instant Pot and pour in 1 1/2 c. water.
  • Open your vegetable steamer basket and lower it into your Instant Pot.
  • Cut tops off your bell peppers and remove seeds inside.
  • Place 4 bell peppers into your steamer basket so they fit snuggly.
  • Put a bit of mozzarella cheese into the inside, bottom, of each bell pepper.
  • Spoon rice and ground beef mixture into peppers until each one is filled almost to the top.
  • Put another bit of mozzarella cheese on the very top of each pepper on top of the rice mixture. Place tops of peppers back on (so they don't get condensation inside)
  • Close your lid and steam valve and set to manual, pressure, high, for 10 minutes.
  • When done do a quick release.
  • Use central ring hook to lift vegetable steamer out of your Instant Pot or pressure cooker.
  • Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 8oz | Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 930mg | Potassium: 775mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 4375IU | Vitamin C: 161.4mg | Calcium: 109mg | Iron: 3.8mg