30-Minute Stuffed Pepper Soup

 30-Minute Stuffed Pepper Soup


After I was a child, my dad made dinner very not often and when he did there have been three choices — mac and cheese, sausage on the grill, or stuffed peppers. Stuffed peppers got here alongside sometimes sufficient that they felt like a novelty to me and so I beloved them and look again on them fondly as a favourite childhood meals. (Although I acknowledge that stuffed peppers will not be actually a traditional “childhood food” for many!) However to me, they imply consolation. And soup additionally means consolation. And that’s exactly why the 2 needed to meet on this Stuffed Pepper Soup.

If in case you have leftover white rice, this can be a excellent spot to make use of it. You’ll want two cups. You’ll additionally want a pound of floor beef, a few bell peppers, an onion, some garlic, beef broth, and tomato sauce and diced tomatoes. Not a really lengthy ingredient record and stuffed with some good, nourishing stuff.

 INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 lb lean floor beef
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 crimson bell pepper, chopped
1 inexperienced bell pepper, chopped
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (28 oz) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes, undrained
3 cups beef broth
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon crushed crimson pepper flake, non-obligatory
2 cups cooked white rice
Kosher salt and freshly floor black pepper, to style

 PREPARATION

Warmth oil in a big pot or Dutch oven over medium warmth and add onion. Sauté till delicate, about 5 minutes.
Improve warmth to medium-high, then add floor beef, season with salt and pepper, and cook dinner till not pink, about 5 minutes, breaking apart beef with a wood spoon because it cooks.
Add garlic and cook dinner 30 seconds.
Stir in bell peppers, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, beef broth, Italian seasoning, and crimson pepper flake, if utilizing. Convey to a boil, then cut back warmth and let simmer quarter-hour.
Stir in cooked rice and let cook dinner 5 minutes extra. Season to style with salt and pepper and serve. Take pleasure in!