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Are you looking for a great ground beef pressure cooker recipe? These Instant Pot Italian Stuffed Peppers are easy to make and oh so yummy!
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Instant Pot Italian Stuffed Peppers

Course Main
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 5 Peppers

Ingredients

  • 6 bell peppers divided
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 to mato diced
  • 1 lb extra lean ground beef 90/10 or higher
  • 1 boil-in-bag white or brown rice uncooked
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce, divided
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella or cheddar cheese divided
  • 1/2 cup water
  • dried parsley for garnish (optional)

Instructions

  • Start by slicing off the tops of your green peppers and removing the seeds
  • Dice one of the peppers (this recipe makes 5 stuffed peppers)
  • Mix diced peppers, onion and tomato with ground beef, egg, rice, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, 1/4 cup tomato sauce and 1 cup shredded cheese.
  • Fill peppers evenly with meat mixture.
  • Pour 1/2 cup tomato sauce into the bottom of a 6 quart or larger Instant Pot and stir in 1/2 cup of water.
  • Put trivet into the Instant Pot and place stuffed peppers on top. Then take remaining tomato sauce left in the can and pour it on top of the stuffed peppers.
  • Lock lid, making sure the nozzle is turned to “sealing” and cook on high pressure for 20 mins.
  • Note: It will take about 10-15 minutes for the Instant Pot to come to full pressure before cooking.
  • Once finished cooking, do a quick release of the pressure (be very careful, steam will come out fast and hot).
  • Open lid and sprinkle remaining cup of shredded mozzarella cheese on top of each pepper.
  • Close lid for a couple of minutes to melt cheese.
  • Serve stuffed peppers with some of the tomato “broth” and sprinkle with a bit of dried parsley.