Slow-Cooker Tex-Mex Stuffed Bell Peppers

Name: Slow-Cooker Tex-Mex Stuffed Bell Peppers
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Southwest (Tex-Mex)
Ingredients: 4 , red, yellow, or orange bell pepper (8 ounces each); 1 , onion, chopped fine; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons, chili powder; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1 slice, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into 1-inch pieces; 1/4 cup, whole milk; , Salt and pepper; 5 ounces, Monterey Jack cheese, shredded (1¼ cups); 1 cup, frozen corn; 3/4 cup, instant white rice; 2 teaspoons, minced canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce; 12 ounces, 85 percent lean ground beef; 2 tablespoons, minced fresh cilantro

8 comments

Stuffed peppers are easier to make in the slow cooker and require no preblanching of the peppers.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

SERVES4

TIME4 to 5 hours on low or 3 to 4 hours on high

Slow cooker size5 to 7 quarts

Slow-Cooker Tex-Mex Stuffed Bell Peppers

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Complete Slow Cooker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Creating an easy stuffed pepper recipe in the slow cooker required some tinkering since, in our experience, even good traditional versions can be problematic—bland fillings and tough or mushy peppers are the norm. We didn't want to spend ti...

This is a members' feature.