Stuffed Pepper Soup

Stuffed Pepper Soup is a stew or soup recipe ready in 30 min. It makes 6 servings, each 480 kcal with 25 g protein. Beginner level, 16 ingredients, and it keeps for work lunches.

Recipe by @sammymontgoms, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 30 min20 min hands-on
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 480kcal a serving
  • 25 gprotein
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Stuffed Pepper Soup

What is Stuffed Pepper Soup

All the flavours of stuffed peppers in a one-pot soup: Italian sausage, beef mince, peppers and rice in a tomato broth, made creamy with melted cheddar.

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How to make Stuffed Pepper Soup

Tips from the cook

  • Brown the meat well at the start for flavour; it finishes cooking while the rice simmers.
  • Soup too thick at the end? Add stock or water 120 ml at a time.
  • Swap the beef or sausage for turkey, chicken or pork mince. Any white rice works, though the time may change.
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Sides from Cookpath that balance this dish, the same picks the app suggests.

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Meal prep and storage

Good as a work lunch

Still good after 2 to 3 days in the fridge, cold or microwaved.

Keeps up to 4 days in the fridge; reheat on low with a splash of stock. Don't freeze it: the rice changes texture.

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Stuffed Pepper Soup substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Onion2 options
  • Leek, white and light-green part 1:1 by volume

    Still an allium; raw dishes.

  • Fennel bulb, finely diced 1:1 by volume

    Sweet aniseed note; raw dishes.

Italian sausages2 options
  • Chicken or turkey sausages 1:1 by weight

    Check for hidden gluten.

  • Vegetarian sausage 1:1

    Still contains gluten and soy.

Beef stock3 options
  • Vegetable stock (check the label for celery) 1:1 by volume

    Less meaty; vegetable stock typically includes celery.

    Still contains celery.

  • Mushroom broth (a handful of dried or fresh shiitake simmered in plain water 20-30 min) 1:1 by volume

    Earthy rather than beefy.

  • Miso in hot water (1-2 tsp white or yellow miso per 1 cup water) 1:1 by volume

    Added late, do not boil hard; miso may also carry gluten (not confirmed).

    Still contains soy.

Cheddar3 options
  • Mozzarella or Swiss 1:1 by weight

    Milder than cheddar.

    Still contains dairy.

  • Dairy-free cheddar-style shreds (a labelled dairy-free product) 1:1 by weight

    The page says dairy-free cheese will never taste or melt like real cheese; soy/nut content varies by brand.

    Still contains soy.

  • Nutritional yeast 2 tbsp per 50 g

    Does not melt.

Spring onions2 options
  • Chives 1:1
  • Leave out leave out (garnish only)
Sour cream1 option
  • Leave out leave out (garnish)

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