Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers

Name: Slow-Cooked Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Mexican Casseroles, Mexican Dinners, Mexican Recipes, Mexican Vegetarian Recipes
Ingredients: 4 medium sweet red peppers; 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained; 1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese; 3/4 cup salsa; 1 small onion, chopped; 1/2 cup frozen corn; 1/3 cup uncooked converted long grain rice; 1-1/4 teaspoons chili powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin; Reduced-fat sour cream, optional

My favorite kitchen appliance is the slow cooker, and I use mine more than anyone else I know. It does a great job with this good-for-you dish. —Michelle Gurnsey, Lincoln, Nebraska

Ingredients

4 medium sweet red peppers
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
3/4 cup salsa
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 cup frozen corn
1/3 cup uncooked converted long grain rice
1-1/4 teaspoons chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
Reduced-fat sour cream, optional

Directions

Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds. In a large bowl, mix beans, cheese, salsa, onion, corn, rice, chili powder and cumin; spoon into peppers. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray.
Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender and filling is heated through, 3-4 hours . If desired, serve with sour cream.

Nutrition Facts

1 stuffed pepper: 317 calories, 10g fat (5g saturated fat), 30mg cholesterol, 565mg sodium, 43g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 8g fiber), 15g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 2 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 fat.

Originally published as Slow Cooker Southwestern Stuffed Peppers in Healthy Cooking December/January 2010

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Krstos3

Oct 30, 2018

Delicious! Even my toddlers ate them!
Lourena

Feb 25, 2018

This is one of my favorite vegetarian dishes! My family loves it! So glad I discovered this dish! Thank you!
hbaseley

Feb 8, 2018

Good vegetarian dish! This was my first time trying a stuffed pepper. Given the pepper jack, salsa and seasonings I was worried this would be too spicy for my teens, but it wasn't at all (they did top with sour cream).I will probably increase the heat a bit next time. I used regular long grain white rice, since I was not sure what "converted" rice was. (Looked it up after I made it - it's quick cooking rice). I will use this next time or just cook longer with a little water (as other reviewers did). I will also try using reduced fat cheddar and adding either green chilies or jalapeno and possibly Rotel. Thanks for a new, easy to prepare, healthy recipe!
Sachin

Dec 13, 2017

Great recipe! Slow cooking is great but it can be made a lot healthier. Instead of a crockpot, I used MEC pure clay pot for this recipe. It cooked a lot faster and the flavor was all natural and enhanced. You should try that and I promise you'd never cook in a crockpot again.
Tracy

Aug 16, 2017

Absolutely delicious
knedz

Aug 15, 2017

I made these recently. They were the balm. Family members from age 22 to 82 loved them. No meat? they said. They were pleasantly surprised of how delicious they were. This recipe is a keeper. I only cooked them for 5 hours on low.
harveena

Feb 9, 2017

These were great, will be making them again.
Hpab161

Oct 3, 2016

Made this tonight for dinner. I used regular long grain white rice and added a little water to the bottom of the crock pot. I cooked on high for 4 hours. The peppers were very tender and the filling was delicious. Definitely a keeper!
michelehowie

Feb 16, 2016

This has to be my favorite recipe. Easy to make, The next day leftovers are awesome too.
Meems53

Feb 14, 2016

This was an on the fly, let's see what I have in the pantry because I'm snowed in kinda deal for me that turned out very good.I didn't have whole peppers but had chopped mixed red, yellow and orange in the freezer from my over abundance this past fall so I used them. Also didn't have pepper jack cheese but substituted Colby Jack and some chopped jalapenos.I had all the other ingredients and also added 1 can of Ro-tel diced tomatoes with lime and cilantro just because I always add tomatoes to my stuffed peppers.In place of sour cream I used fat free plain Greek yogurt.