Slow-Cooker Stuffed Peppers

Name: Slow-Cooker Stuffed Peppers
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 , red, yellow, or orange bell peppers; 1 1/2 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 3/4 cup, Arborio rice; 8 ounces, hot Italian sausage, casings removed; 2 , onions, chopped fine; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, dried oregano; , Salt and pepper; 1/8 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 (28-ounce) can, crushed tomatoes; 2 1/2 ounces, Parmesan cheese, grated (1 1/4 cups); 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh basil

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2011

Low and slow proved to be the perfect path to tender peppers. The filling was another story.

SERVES4

TIME4 to 4½ hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Try cooking a stuffed pepper in a slow cooker, and chances are you’ll get a mealy, slumped pepper that spills its soggy, bland rice filling. Our first plan of attack was to amp up the flavor. Adding a bold tomato sauce to the slow cooker se...

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