This Ground Beef Stuffed Pepper Skillet is filled with all the flavors of traditional stuffed peppers, but made in just one pan in less than 30 minutes!
If you’re looking for easy weeknight dinner recipes, this is definitely where you want to be.
I figured it was time to share another one skillet dinner with you since it’s back to school season and all.
Ground Beef Stuffed Pepper Skillet
There is nothing better than a quick and easy recipe that only dirties one pan. Less dishes for the win!
Ingredients Needed
Here’s the basic list of ingredients you’ll need in order make this easy stuffed peppers skillet. As always, you can find the full list of ingredients located in the recipe card below.
- Lean Ground Beef
- Onion
- Garlic
- Green and Red Bell Peppers
- Canned Diced Tomatoes
- Tomato Paste
- Rice – uncooked, long grain white rice *see notes in recipe card for options
- Beef Broth – low sodium
- Italian Seasoning – try my homemade blend!
- Shredded Cheese
How To Make Skillet Stuffed Peppers with Rice
BROWN HAMBURGER Start with one pound of hamburger and brown it in a skillet with onion and garlic.
ADD RICE Drain the fat then add in some uncooked rice, diced tomatoes, diced bell peppers and plenty of spices.
BRING TO BOIL Add in the beef broth, then bring the mixture to a boil.
I used a fire roasted diced tomatoes for this recipe, which I think brought out some great flavors. If you don’t have those on hand, you can definitely use regular diced tomatoes.
ADD SEASONINGS Stir in a little tomato paste along with some Italian herbs to give the broth a little more body and depth of flavor.
TOP WITH CHEESE Once the rice is fully cooked, add the shredded cheese on top and cover. Let the cheese melt completely and then enjoy.
Tips for Making Stuffed Peppers in a Skillet:
- Make sure you bring the skillet to a boil before reducing the heat to a simmer and covering with a lid. If you skip that step it will take much longer to cook the rice fully.
- Add any color of pepper to the skillet that you like or have on hand. My favorites are red and green.
- SWAP ground beef with ground turkey or chicken if desired.
- Using minute rice with this recipe would require changing the amount of liquid and rice called for. Minute rice needs a 1:1 ratio of rice to liquid, so keep that in mind if you’re changing the rice in this recipe.
If you love the flavors of stuffed peppers, you’re really going to enjoy this super easy one skillet dinner.
What To Serve With Stuffed Peppers
This easy one pan dinner is a meal in itself, but if you’re looking for a side dish to serve alongside of it, here are a few of my favorites…
More Easy Ground Beef Recipes
Are you a fan of ground beef recipes like I am? It’s something that I always have in my freezer, pre-portioned and ready to go whenever I need a quick dinner.
Here are a few more instant dinners you’re going to love…
- Mongolian Ground Beef Recipe
- Ground Beef Stroganoff
- Kung Pao Ground Beef
- Creamy Ground Beef Taco Pasta Skillet
I’m sure you’re going to love it just as much as we do!
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Ground Beef Stuffed Pepper Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup red bell pepper
- 14.5 oz diced tomatoes
- 3/4 cups white rice, I use Jasmine
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups cheese
- 1 tbsp parsley
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef with the onion and garlic in a skillet over medium heat until ground beef is fully cooked, crumbled, and no longer pink. Drain and discard any fat. Place the skillet back on the heat and add in the bell peppers, diced tomatoes, rice, beef broth, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir to combine and bring mixture to a boil.
- Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and let cook for about 18 minutes, until rice is cooked through.
- Fluff the rice with a fork and top with the shredded cheese. Cover again and let cheese melt over low heat. Garnish with fresh parsley and enjoy!
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Kayle
Hi, I am going to cook this tonight! I am not going to cook the rice in the dish, I am going to make it separately. So do I skip the beef broth completely or just add less? I am making this tonight so please let me know, thank you!
Shawn
I haven’t tested this recipe cooking the rice separately. My guess would be to add just enough liquid to allow the vegetables to steam/cook. Hope this helps.
Debra Alvarado
Absolutely delicious! Next time I’m going to use chili powder in place of Italian seasoning and put it in flour tortillas. It was a huge hit, thanis for the recipe!
Shawn
Sounds great! I’m so glad you are enjoying the recipe.
Stefani
Yum!! Just made this for dinner and the hubby and daughter loved it!
Shawn
I’m so happy to hear your family enjoyed it!
Rosalind
Will try this recipe
Shawn
Hope you enjoy it!
Jenna McCloud
Found this recipe by googling ingredients I had on hand. We loved it! And it was really easy to put together. Have pinned it so I can make it again in the future.
Shawn
Hi Jenna, I’m so glad to hear you are enjoying this recipe!
Elizabeth
Has anyone made this with cauliflower rice? We’ve recently started Keto and I’ve made this many many times the way the recipe states, so I want to keep the integrity of the flavors but switch to cauliflower rice.
Laura Marie
That’s a sweet way to find something to make for supper and not have to run to the grocery store! I’ll keep that in mind! Haha
lisa
We are wanting to try substituting the rice with riced cauliflower this next time. How much of the riced cauliflower and beef broth would I use in substituting, and do I cook the riced cauliflower first? (Birdseye frozen steamer bag) Thank you!
Shawn
You’ll want to use about 2 to 3 cups of the rice cauliflower, and just about 1/2 cup of beef broth. No need to precook the cauliflower, it’ll cook in the skillet. Hope that works out for you!
Elysia Sagert
Made this and absolutely loved it, just wondering if I could use pasta
lisa
Used fresh tomatoes and cooked onion, peppers, and tomatoes in olive oil seasoned with garlic salt until softened . Browned hamburger separately in about a tablespoon of worstershire sauce. Drained, then combined all in one large skillet with rice and cooked on lower heat to blend flavors. Once done, used to make a Chipolte style burrito topped with melted shred cheese and picante sauce. Yum! Tomorrow I will use another green pepper split and fill it with left over and bake.
OLIVIA
Browned hamburger separately in about a tablespoon of worstershire sauce. Drained, then combined all in one large skillet with rice and cooked on lower heat to blend flavors. Once done, used to make a Chipolte style burrito topped with melted shred cheese and picante sauce. Yum! Tomorrow I will use another green pepper split and fill it with left over and bake.
Diane
This is so good love it & easy to fix.
Cassandra
We absolutely love this and devour it! We are wanting to try substituting the rice with riced cauliflower this next time. How much of the riced cauliflower and beef broth would I use in substituting, and do I cook the riced cauliflower first? (Birdseye frozen steamer bag) Thank you!
Mallory Madson
Sounds amazing! Any thoughts on switching out the brown rice for quinoa?
Christian
This was delicious! Made it exactly as directed and can’t out perfectly and was so easy!
MBT
Has anyone tried this with ground turkey?
Please let me know!
MBT
Well, I’m trying it with 8oz ground turkey & 8oz Italian ground sausage. That is what I had on hand- we will see how this turns out!
Shawn
Hi MBT, I hope you enjoyed it!
Sugar
Can’t wait to cook it and taste it. Thanks
Pat Martin
Recipes are easy and so delicious.
Jewel Johnson
Made something similar. Used fresh tomatoes and cooked onion, peppers, and tomatoes in olive oil seasoned with garlic salt until softened . Browned hamburger separately in about a tablespoon of worstershire sauce. Drained, then combined all in one large skillet with rice and cooked on lower heat to blend flavors. Once done, used to make a Chipolte style burrito topped with melted shred cheese and picante sauce. Yum! Tomorrow I will use another green pepper split and fill it with left over and bake.
Carol
That sounds amazing care to share the recipe please?
Linda
Even my hard to please husband liked it and said I could put some in his lunch tomorrow. That’s big. Very good and easy. Next time I might go a little lighter on the Italian seasoning. I might of us overdone it, my mistake.
Shawn
So awesome! Thanks for the comment Linda!
Kay U McAllister
My Uncle Jady used to make something like this and we called it Uncle Jady’s Concoction. We added fresh corn, and sliced cabbage and used a box of spanish rice mix. Gives it a good flavor. Very tasty dish
Judy Liby
We made this recipe tonight & it met my expectations & then some. Thanks for sharing this
Shawn
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it!
Carol Ingerson
I used all green pepper, crushed tomatoes and two beef bouillon cubes plus the 2 cups water. Ran out of garlic so I used some garlic powder.. Everything else the same. I’ll let you know how it comes out.
Shawn
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it!
Margie
Thank you for not using Minute Rice, I dislike it’s texture.
Diane
this ground beef stuffed pepper skillet was so good.i believe i could have eaten it all by myself.
Shareon White
Can you substitute the tomato paste with something else. Never have it on hand.
Shawn
You can use equal parts tomato sauce, or just leave it out for a more mild flavor.
Kathy Van Gundy
You could always buy it…tomato paste.
Tomoko
It looks so delicious. I live in Japan and i couldn’t find a Italian seasoning. So what spices and herbs do include for seasoning?
Shawn
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano.
1 teaspoon dried marjoram.
1 teaspoon dried thyme.
1/2 teaspoon dried basil.
1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary.
1/2 teaspoon dried sage.
Kevin L Stoehr
I omitted the ground beef and used ground venison (a lot less fat in venison) and I also used brown rice. Will definitely be making this again!!!
Shawn
My husband just got his first elk this year, so we’ve been using ground elk in a lot of our recipes instead of beef. I bet the venison would be just as tasty! So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
rose bonnar
thats sound devine
Sandy Myers
This looks wonderful. As I was watching, I was trying to see what, if anything other than the rice had carbs. I just recently been put on insulin so really need to watch what I’m eating. Do you ever put nutritional information to go along with the recipe. Thanks
Shawn
I’m slowly working on updating the recipes with nutritional info. The rice would have carbs, but you can substitute that with riced cauliflower! I do know that you’ll get some carbs from tomatoes and the peppers, but not nearly as much as the rice.
shelly
This was delicious! I wanted to spice it up a bit so I did half ground beef and half spicy ground itialian sausage, and added chedder and colby cheese. Super easy to prep, I will make it again soon.
Shawn
So glad you enjoyed it!
Vanessa
Delicious and easy. Worked well for a quick dinner on a cold winter night!!
Shawn
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it!
Linda
Saw this on FB an I made it last minute for some hungry hunters in SC. My ground beef was bbq bourbon and cheddar, so I have the Italian seasons and added couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce. It was a hit.
Shawn
Awesome! So glad you guys enjoyed it!
Amy
This looks amazing. If I want to use frozen riced cauliflower to keep it low carb, would I need to skip the beef broth altogether?
Shawn
Yes, I would skip the beef broth, or if you want to use just a tablespoon or two of broth that could help soften the cauliflower.
Samantha
Can you make this without the rice?! just have the beef and vegetables and seasonings. Any suggestions on how you would change it to minus the rice?
Shawn
You could leave out the rice and the beef broth and I think it would be just fine!
Ciana
Would it make a difference if you used sweet peppers? That’s all I have without having to make a trip to the grocery store!
Tania
Hi Shawn, I live in Australia and we use metric measurements. Could you please give me the equivalent measurements in metric please?
Thankyou.
Abbie
Is the rice 3/4 of a standard cup or 3/4 of a rice cup? Thanks for the info 🙂
Shawn
3/4 of a standard cup. 🙂
Ann Marie
Calories per serving please!
megan
Can’t wait to try this! I’ll be using minute rice and noticed you said I need a 1:1 ratio. So should I cut down on the beef broth? Thanks for sharing!
Marilyn
I was wondering the same thing. Planned on making this tonight. 2 cups minute rice to equal the broth?
Kellie
This was amazing! I had to double the recipe for my family but it was easy to make and everyone in my house devoured it. Definitely going in the rotation.
Shawn
Nice! So glad you enjoyed it Kellie!
Peggy
Hi Shawn would like to know what I can substitute for Itailian seasoning and I don’t have the ingredients to make my own italian seasoning help!
Shawn
If you have Oregano that would work too!
Gabriel
This dish looks so good~ I love one skillet recipe so much, it’s so tired to wash the dishes after dinner. I will definitely try it. Thank you for sharing!
Shawn
Hope you enjoy it Gabriel!
Kim
Thank you, thank you. I made this tonight and my husband and son loved it. Always looking for recipes to use with my CSA share and this was perfect with my peppers.
Shawn
Awesome! So glad you guys enjoyed it!
Kathy Falk
I made this tonight, and it is really very good! I used all green peppers because that is all I had, otherwise I followed the recipe to a T. Very fast, very easy, and very good. It doesn’t get any better than that! Thanks for the recipe! It’ll go into the rotation!
Shawn
Makes me so happy to hear Kathy! Thanks for your comment!
Whitney
Could you do this with quinoa?
Shawn
I would think Quinoa would work in there as well. You’ll want to make sure you rinse your quinoa real good before adding it to the skillet so it doesn’t give it a bitter taste.