Everything you love about your favorite pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms stuffed into a healthy bell pepper. I even use pre-cooked rice to save time on a weeknight.
I love making stuffed peppers during the week. They’re an easy way to add something yummy inside of a vegetable to make sure you’re getting enough of those in your diet. Sometimes, I even keep pre-cooked fillings on hand for stuffing inside of peppers for dinner.
But the other week, I found myself in the mood for pizza. I thought, why not take all of my favorite pizza ingredients, sans crust, and stuff them inside of a pepper and call it a day?
Making Pizza Stuffed Peppers
The result was delicious. I actually used pre-cooked, bagged rice instead of waiting 30 minutes for some to cook. Since pepperoni is already cooked, all I had to do was stir the filling together, stuff, and bake!
Easy, right? Speaking of, so are these Greek Chicken Stuffed Peppers, you have to give them a try, too.
The halved peppers cook more quickly than a whole pepper stuffed and stood upright, so your cook time will be much faster. Did you know there are a couple of ways to cut peppers for stuffing? Check this out.
Of course, you can make your own rice if you’d like instead of using pre-cooked. You could also swap out the mushrooms for another vegetable if you’d like – broccoli florets would be a fun twist. Use turkey pepperoni if you’d like to keep it even lighter, too.
Any way you try them, these Pizza Stuffed Peppers will be a tried and true staple in your house, too. You can also cook stuffed peppers in the air fryer!
Podcast Episode: Making Pizza Stuffed Peppers
Listen to me explain briefly about how to make these Pizza Stuffed Peppers, with some great tips along the way, by clicking the play button below:
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PrintPizza Stuffed Peppers Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Entrée
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
DESCRIPTION
Everything you love about your favorite pizza with pepperoni and mushrooms stuffed into a healthy bell pepper. I even use pre-cooked rice to save time on a weeknight.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 16 oz. pepperoni slices
- 1 and 1/2 cups pre-cooked brown rice
- 1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes (optional)
- 4 bell peppers, halved lengthwise
- 1 and 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Add the olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat.
- Once hot, add the mushrooms and sauté for 5 minutes before adding the garlic. Cook for 2 additional minutes.
- Slice the pepperoni in half.
- Add the pepperoni, rice, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, and red pepper flakes. Stir well, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the filling from the heat.
- Halve the peppers and remove the seeds.
- Lay the peppers in a casserole dish, skin side down.
- Fill them evenly with the rice mixture. Sprinkle cheese on top of each pepper and cover with foil.
- Bake for 25 minutes with the foil on, and 10 minutes with the foil off. Serve!
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