Do you love stuffed peppers?
This Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe combines all your favorite stuffed pepper ingredients into a soup version adding in sausage for a little extra flavor and spice.
Everything is easily cooked in the Instant Pot making clean up a breeze! This recipe is perfect for a cold day or a busy weeknight.
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With seventeen years of marriage....it took the 15th year of marriage to discover my husband covets stuffed peppers.
My husband is a pretty easy going man at the dinner table.
He really is happy with anything I cook as long as it is edible.
I typically switch between a Southern "naughty" meal to a "healthy" meal to balance our week of calories.
My man loves some Southern food.
I didn't really grow up eating stuffed peppers, so I never really thought of them...
Then one day we were eating at our favorite local little Greek restaurant, Zorba's, and they had a stuffed pepper special. He was so excited.
Then I caught him ordering the stuffed peppers at some of the other little diners.
I thought to myself, "I have to make these for him. They can't be too hard."
I tried making the stuffed peppers a couple of times at home and my husband would say,"These are good, but these are not like Zorba's."
It tried making them different ways.... with a cheese topping, without a cheese topping, with a homemade marinara topping, with just tomato sauce, different stuffing mixes... I just never got it right.
So I decided to scrap them and just let him order the stuffed peppers on the days Zorba's has them on special.
Meanwhile, I wanted a hearty soup for dinner on a cold day.
A bright light came on in my head and I decided to make an unstuffed pepper soup.
My grandmother made amazing stuffed cabbage, so I created this soup like she would exchanging out the cabbage for bell peppers. AMAZING!!!!!!
My husband LOVED it.
The surprise on his face that he liked it was only slightly irritating.
Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe
The next day, I was talking to my mother on the phone. I was telling her about this fantastic Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe I made. She proceeds to tell me how she recently made my grandmother's stuffed pepper recipe the other day.
REALLY? I was like, "Mom, I want her recipe. Why didn't you share it with me? Geeze!" She responded,"Well I made it from memory, but I do have the recipe. I will look for it and give it to you."
The conclusion to the story is, I will have to try my grandmother's recipe on my husband and see if he approves. If he does, I will be sure to share it with ya'll.
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Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe
Meanwhile, this Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe is pretty fantastic. I mix ground beef and sausage instead of the typical all ground beef recipe. It gives the soup added spice and flavor.
The ingredient combinations are wicked good. It makes a big bowl of warm comfort. Make sure you drain the fat after cooking the meat before adding in the remaining ingredients when you cook it in the instant pot.
*Note: I use the ChopStir Original Ground Meat Chopper, Frozen Juice Concentrate Stirrer, Heat-Resistant Nylon, Made in the USA, Black to chop and ground the meat into tiny pieces. It is a great tool to have on hand for any ground meat recipes.
If you like this recipe, check out:
- Instant Pot Mexican Chicken Soup
- Homemade Sloppy Joes
- Instant Pot Chili Mac and Cheese
- Instant Pot Gumbo with Shrimp and Sausage
- Instant Pot Stuffed Cabbage Soup
- Instant Pot Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes
Please leave me a comment below if you make this Stuffed Pepper Soup, and tell me what you thought about it. I would love to hear back, and so would my readers.
Also post your picture of your Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup on Instagram or Facebook, and tag @aforkstale with #aforkstale hashtags! I will share with my followers! xoxo!
Instant Pot Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe- Unstuffed Pepper Soup
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef lean
- 1 lb ground sausage
- 4 bell peppers chopped
- 1 cup rice uncooked
- 1 onion chopped
- 14 oz canned crushed tomatoes
- 32 oz beef broth
- 15 oz tomato sauce
- 2 tbs garlic crushed
- 1 teaspoon celery salt
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Turn on Sauté setting on Instant Pot.
- Add 1 lb ground beef and 1 lb sausage. Cook until browned. Drain grease.
- Add 1 chopped onion and 2 tbs garlic. Cook until onions are softened.
- Mix in 1 teaspoon celery salt, 14 oz crushed tomatoes, and 15 oz omato sauce.
- Mix in remaining ingredients. Cover and lock lid.
- Cook on manual high pressure for 4 minutes.
- Naturally release for 10 minutes, then fast release any additional pressure.
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
So cute about your hubby! Glad he likes stuffed peppers and you made this soup because I LOVE IT!! This soup looks so good and I can't wait to make it. We are having snow this Friday so I'll be making this soup for dinner.
Tracey
This is a 5 Star soup!! The only thing I did differently was that I didn’t sauté the garlic and the onions, and it turned out great. Thank YOU!!
Gina
I just got a pot and my rice was an epic failure. I want to try this, but does the rice cook in 4 minutes time?
Katie
Sort of.... The Instant Pot will be set to stop cooking after 4 minutes, but you let it natural release for 10 minutes. So it is still steam cooking in the pot for those 10 minutes without the actual Instant Pot on... I hope this makes sense. Then you open the lid after 10 minutes and it should come out perfect. Therefore, you are actually cooking the rice a bit longer than 4 minutes.
Katie
It is regular rice. Thank you! I hope you like it!
Annette
This was absolutely amazing!! The taste is better with a little salt and I might add a little nore beef broth to it before I put it away. I like a little more broth to my soups.
Rosa
Can u make this stove top or slow cooker ?
Katie
You can definitely make it on the stovetop. Cook same way in one pot. After adding rice, cook about 20-30 minutes covered, stirring occasionally, checking to see if the rice is fully cooked.
Susan
Just made this tonight and it was DELICIOUS! It has exactly the flavor I remember from my Mom’s stuffed peppers. I did get the dreaded “burn” message because I forgot about scraping the bottom of the pan after sautéing the meat, but by then, the soup was ready to eat anyway! One of my new favorites, thank you!
Cat
Very good. Used 1 pound ground beef and one pound ground veal, 3 peppers, 28 oz whole tomatoes. Will definitely make again!
Sarah M Ste Marie
I am following your recipe and have to know is the Zorba's you speak of in Highland Indiana?
Sue
Made this recipe with ground turkey instead of ground meat and it was delicious!
Elizabeth
Delicious!! Thank you!!
Sharon K
This took me back to my childhood and my moms stuffed peppers. SO delicious and tasted just like actual stuffed peppers, minus the tedious preparation!!! I did sub ground pork for sausage and added 1.5 tablespoons Worcester sauce. It was a big hit in the home tonight!!!
John K
I made this tonight. I like stuffed peppers but sometimes I don't feel like all the work, so when I saw this, I had to try it. It turned out great. It tastes just like my stuff peppers but not as dry, so I think this is my new favorite soup. Next time I will add a little more liquid since it is pretty thick.
Steve
I love stuffed cabbage and stuffed peppers, so when I seen this I just had to try it. This soup is wonderful, taste is great and will make this many more times, even my wife and Mother-In-Law loved it. Tks. for the great recipe. By the way I used instant rice and it was great.