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Easy & Spicy Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe – A Hearty & Delicious Meal!

February 8, 2016 by Denise 14 Comments

white bowls of easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup with text
white bowls of easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup with text
white bowls of easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup with text

This easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup is a hearty bowl of yumminess. Easy to make and thick enough to be a stew. Your family will love it and you’ll feel good because it’s all homemade, without any canned tomato soup. 

You might also like this easy sausage & peppers soup recipe!

white bowl of thick spicy stuffed pepper soup
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I’ve been stuffing peppers a lot lately. I’ve made Greek stuffed peppers and taco stuffed peppers and even antipasto stuffed peppers. So I thought I’d give them a break but instead make this easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup recipe.

This is another one of my hubby’s favorite soups. They make it at work and he really likes it. I’ve made stuffed cabbage soup before but I thought I’d make this one for him.  I made it pretty thick like a stew so this can easily be a meal.

large and small white bowls with spicy stuffed pepper soup with a spoon and tea towel

Ingredients I Used

The main components of this recipe are peppers, ground beef, rice, Better than Bouillon, spices, and crushed and diced tomatoes. It’s really quite easy and freezes well so you can get another lunch or dinner from this recipe.

Note, I have tried to make this soup Paleo and used cauliflower instead of rice, but that didn’t work out so well. In the end I added rice instead and it was yummy. Also I have made this with half ground beef and half Italian sausage to give it even more flavor. Today I didn’t have any Italian sausage so I used more spices.

a soup pot of the spicy stuffed pepper soup before cooking down
This is the stuffed pepper soup when you add in the peppers and tomatoes.

Let’s Make Some Spicy Stuffed Pepper Soup!

  1. Add a little oil, onions, ground beef and spices to a soup pan. The spices I used were paprika, hot pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, fennel, salt and pepper. If using Italian sausage you don’t need to use the fennel and paprika.
  2. Once the meat has browned a bit, add in the pepperk,k crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, garlic and 2 cups of water mixed with 1 tablespoon of Better than Bouillon beef base.
  3. Cover and cook for about 15 minutes until the peppers are soft.
  4. Mix in the cooked rice and parmesan cheese and cook for just a minute or two more and you are done!

small white bowl of stuffed pepper soup with larger bowl in background

Recipe Tips & Notes

  • I used a mixture of sweet bell peppers and green pepper. You definitely want some green pepper to give it that classic stuffed pepper taste but feel free to use some other peppers too.
  • Better than Bouillon bases add so much flavor I highly recommend them for all my soups. But if you don’t have any you can use regular bouillon or beef stock.
  • This is a thick, tomato broth. If you want it to be thinner, add more beef broth to thin it out.
  • The rice expands and sucks up some of the broth so you will want to add the cooked rice at the end.
  • If using half ground beef and half Italian sausage, you can eliminate the fennel and paprika if you wish.
s spoonful of the spicy stuffed pepper soup
This easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup is very thick and hearty so it makes a meal in itself.

This spicy stuffed peppers soup is so thick and hearty, it definitely can be a meal in a bowl. We find it to be the perfect meal during the winter months. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. My husband said it was even better than the one they have at work that he loved so much!

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Easy & Spicy Stuffed Pepper Soup

This easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup is a hearty bowl of yumminess. Easy to make and thick enough to be a stew. Your family will love it.

Course Soup
Cuisine American
Keyword hearty soup, stuffed peppers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef (or ½ ground beef & ½ Italian sausage)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • ½ cup onion, chopped
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon hot pepper flakes
  • ½ teaspoon fennel seed
  • ½ teaspoon Italian spice seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon Better than Bouillon Beef base
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups peppers, chopped (I used green, red, yellow and orange)
  • 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
  • 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • ½ cup cooked rice
  • 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. In a large soup pan add the oil, ground beef, onions, salt, pepper, pepper flakes, paprika, fennel, paprika and Italian seasonings.

  2. Once the meat is just browned, add in the peppers, tomatoes, garlic and Better than bouillon mixed in the water.

  3. Cover and cook for about 15 minutes or until the peppers are soft.
  4. Now add the cooked rice and Parmesan cheese and continue to cook for a couple more minutes. If you prefer a thinner soup, you can add more beef broth. The cooked rice tends to absorb a lot of the broth.

  5. Serve as is or you sprinkle more parmesan cheese on top if you wish. This freezes well too.

white bowls of easy & spicy stuffed pepper soup with text

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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Debbie

    October 25, 2020 at 9:56 am

    This Stuffed Pepper Soup is delicious and so easy to make! My family enjoyed it, its such a hearty and warming soup for cooler days!

    Reply
  2. Carol Borchardt

    February 14, 2016 at 4:21 pm

    Stuffed peppers are one of my all-time favs! I need to make this!

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 14, 2016 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Carol. I just ate some of this that I froze last week and it was still delicious!

      Reply
  3. Summer

    February 09, 2016 at 9:14 am

    This soup looks so warming and satisfying! Yummy ♥

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    Reply
    • Denise

      February 10, 2016 at 2:54 pm

      Thanks Summer! It’s a great soup/meal for the winter time.

      Reply
  4. Joy @ Joy Love Food

    February 08, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    I love stuffed peppers, so this is my kind of soup, and I love having leftovers to freeze for another meal on another day, so convenient and yum!

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 09, 2016 at 6:16 am

      I agree Joy. I love having frozen leftovers on hand because there are those days when you don’t have time to make a meal and you know it’s going to be something your like.

      Reply
  5. Analida's Ethnic Spoon

    February 08, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    I love hearty winter soups like this! Pinned for later!

    Reply
  6. Michaela - An Affair from the Heart

    February 08, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    Stuffed peppers are my favorite any ol way I can eat them! This looks GREAT!

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 09, 2016 at 6:17 am

      I like them too Michaela. I’ve been making them so much lately I thought I better change it up or my family is going to get sick of them!

      Reply
  7. Kristen @A Mind Full MOm

    February 08, 2016 at 4:58 pm

    Okay, this is SO much easier than stuffed peppers but looks just as tasty! Pinned!

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 09, 2016 at 6:17 am

      It is easy. Not that stuffed are all that hard but it is easy.

      Reply
  8. Caroline

    February 08, 2016 at 1:07 pm

    What a fun idea, looks so hearty and tasty!

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 09, 2016 at 6:18 am

      It is hearty Caroline. You can easily eat it as a meal.

      Reply

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