Stuffed Pepper Soup - A Beautiful Mess

If you love stuffed peppers and soup, you will fall in love with this Stuffed Pepper Soup recipe! It’s got it all: lean protein with veggies, black beans, all encased in a flavorful broth garnished with some cheese and cilantro. Yummy!

Serve this stuffed pepper soup with a cheese quesadilla for the complete soup + grilled cheese experience.

This Stuffed Pepper Soup recipe is made with very simple ingredients and takes about 30 minutes to make. Everyone in your family will love this soup – it’s a winner!

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Stuffed Pepper Soup Ingredients:

Ground beef – I use ground turkey, but beef or chicken works well too.
Onion
Bell Peppers – I like to use one red and one green for color.
Garlic
Black beans
Petite diced tomatoes
Tomato sauce
Broth – I use chicken broth, but veggies or beef would also work well.
Rice – white or brown is great, or you can substitute another grain like quinoa.

Preparation of a stuffed pepper soup:

Fry the ground beef first. While this is cooking you can prepare the vegetables. Once the meat is cooked, add the onion, peppers, and garlic. Season well. Cook until the onions start to soften.

Now add the black beans (drain the can with juice beforehand), the diced tomatoes, the tomato sauce and the chicken broth. Cook until hot and warmed through. Then stir in the cooked rice.

Taste and add more salt, pepper or spices. Sprinkle with cheese and coriander to serve.

Tips and substitutions:

You can use any type of ground beef for this recipe, but I like to use lean ground turkey. If you’re using a lean (low-fat) ground beef, you might want to add a little olive oil as you cook (if you notice it sticking to the pan).
I like white rice in this soup, but brown rice, quinoa, or millet would also work well.
If you want to make this Stuffed Pepper Soup vegetarian, you can replace the ground beef with two more cans of beans — whichever variety you prefer.
If you want to make this soup ahead of time, reserve the cooked rice until ready to serve. Although I think you can keep leftovers (with the rice added) for a day or two after eating, the rice will get mushy over time. So if you know you won’t be serving the soup until the next day, save yourself the rice until then.

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a simple soup made from ground beef, vegetables and tomatoes

yield 6 portions

Preparation 5 minutes

Cook 25 minutes

In total 30 minutes

instructions

Start cooking the rice so it’s ready when you need it.
Fry ground beef. While this is cooking you can prepare the vegetables.
Once the meat is cooked, add the onion, peppers, and garlic. Season with cayenne pepper and some salt and pepper. Cook until the onions start to soften.
Now add the black beans (drain the can of juice beforehand), the diced tomatoes, the tomato sauce and the chicken broth. Cook until hot and warmed through.
Then stir in the cooked rice.
Taste and add more salt and pepper as needed.
Sprinkle with chopped cilantro and cheese before serving.

Remarks

You can use any type of ground beef for this recipe, but I like to use lean ground turkey. If you’re using a lean (low-fat) ground beef, consider adding a little olive oil as you cook if you notice it sticking heavily to the pan.
I like white rice in this soup, but brown rice, quinoa, or millet would also work well.
If you want to make this stuffed pepper soup vegetarian, you can replace the ground beef with two more cans of any kind of beans.
If you want to make this soup ahead of time, reserve the cooked rice until ready to serve. Although I think you can keep leftovers (with the rice added) for a day or two after eating, the rice will get mushy over time. So if you know you won’t be serving the soup until the next day, save yourself adding the rice until then.

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Note: Nutrition is automatically calculated using Spoonacular for your convenience. Where appropriate, we recommend using your own nutritional calculations.

Stuffed Pepper Soup – A Beautiful Mess