Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers

These Instant Pot Stuffed Peppers are so easy to put together and to customize to your own taste. Plus, kids get a kick out of edible bowls, which the peppers serve the role of in this dish, so you have good odds of no complaints from the kids.

Author: Wondermom Wannabe

Meal Type: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 6 servings

Calories: 581 kcal per serving

Ingredients

6 - bell peppers
1 - yellow onion
1 lb - ground beef or ground turkey
2 cups - long grain rice
1 teaspoon - chili powder
1 teaspoon - cumin
1 teaspoon - salt
¼ teaspoon - black pepper
2 teaspoon - garlic
3 tablespoon - panko bread crumbs
1 can - fire roasted tomatoes
½ cup - water
½ cup - Colby Jack cheese
chopped cilantro
sliced jalapeños
sliced green onions
sour cream

Instructions

Prepare your peppers by cutting the top off with the stem. Removed the seeds inside. Rinse the peppers and pat dry.
Finely dice the onion and place in a large bowl. Add ground beef/turkey, rice, spices, salt, pepper, minced garlic, and panko crumbs.
Add half of the fire roasted tomatoes to beef mixture and lightly toss to combine.
Fill peppers with beef mixture.
Add water to the bottom of the Instant Pot and top with the remaining fire roasted tomatoes. Place the steam rack over the tomatoes.
Now place the stuffed peppers on top of the steam rack.
Secure the lid. Turn the steam release to SEALING and press MANUAL. Set the time to 8 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally before removing the lid.
Remove each pepper and place in a baking dish. Top with cheese.
Place in oven on broil for 4-5 minutes. Top with cilantro, jalapeños, green onions, sour cream or any other ingredients you desire!

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