Crock Pot Stuffed Peppers with Ground Turkey
Crock Pot stuffed peppers are loaded with lean ground turkey, cooked rice, and then topped with a flavorful tomato sauce for an easy and healthy weeknight dinner recipe. Making this gluten-free stuffed bell peppers recipe in the slow cooker also makes clean-up a breeze!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 6 bell peppers tops, seeds, and membranes removed
- 1 lb. ground turkey 93/7
- ½ cup sweet onion finely diced
- 1 ½ cups cooked rice
- ½ tsp. garlic powder divided
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. dried herbs divided, thyme or rosemary
- 1 ½ tsp. Worcestershire sauce divided
- ¼ cup water
- 12 oz. can tomato sauce
- ½ cup Mozzarella cheese optional
- Parsley optional
Instructions
- Cut the tops off of 6 bell peppers (red, yellow, green, or orange) and remove the seeds and membranes. Save the tops for later.
- In a large bowl combine uncooked ground turkey, diced onion, cooked rice, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, salt, pepper, ½ teaspoon dried herbs, and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Mix until combined.
- Stuff bell peppers with equal amounts of the turkey-rice mixture. Cover bell peppers with tops and place in a 6-quart slow cooker.
- Pour ¼ cup water in the bottom of the slow cooker and cook for 4 hours on high or up to 8 hours on low.
- During the last 30 minutes of cooking, whisk together the tomato sauce, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon dried herbs, and ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce in a medium-sized bowl. Remove tops from the bell peppers and pour tomato sauce over each. Top with Mozzarella cheese if desired and finish cooking for the last 30 minutes.
- Just before serving, cut a small slit in the bottom of the bell peppers to let any excess liquid out.
- Sprinkle bell peppers with fresh parsley and enjoy!
Notes
Serving size is 1 stuffed bell pepper with cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 342kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 733mg | Potassium: 758mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4085IU | Vitamin C: 157.5mg | Calcium: 97mg | Iron: 3.2mg