Pressure-Cooker Spicy Sausage and Blue Cheese Peppers

Name: Pressure-Cooker Spicy Sausage and Blue Cheese Peppers
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Ingredients: 4 large sweet bell peppers; 1 pound bulk spicy pork sausage; 4 green onions, sliced; 1 garlic clove, minced; 1 cup cooked brown rice; 1/3 cup pasta sauce; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 cup crumbled blue cheese; 1 cup beef broth

I had an old pressure cooker I inherited from my aunt before I was married many years ago. These pressure-cooker stuffed bell peppers are quick and easy, and make a delicious meal.—Joan Hallford, North Richland Hills, Texas

Ingredients

4 large sweet bell peppers
1 pound bulk spicy pork sausage
4 green onions, sliced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup cooked brown rice
1/3 cup pasta sauce
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cup crumbled blue cheese
1 cup beef broth

Directions

Cut tops from peppers and remove seeds. Finely chop enough tops to measure 1/4 cup for filling.
Select saute or browning setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker; adjust for medium heat. Cook sausage, green onions, chopped peppers and garlic until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, 6-8 minutes, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Press cancel.
Return to pressure cooker. Stir in rice, pasta sauce, oregano, salt and pepper. Gently stir in blue cheese. Fill peppers with sausage mixture. Wipe pressure cooker clean.
Place trivet insert and broth in pressure cooker; place peppers on trivet. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 7 minutes. Quick-release pressure.