Take those boring stuffed peppers to the next level by turning them into a stuffed pepper casserole!
Stuffed Bell Pepper Casserole
When I was a kid, my mom made stuffed bell peppers all the time. They’re one of my dad’s favorite dishes – he loves bell peppers. (We loved stuffed anything, like Healthy Grilled Turkey Stuffed Peppers or Baked Stuffed Tomatoes)
After I got married, I made them for my husband. He loves them. But… wouldn’t it be great to have the filling without all that bell pepper?!
My mom’s stuffed bell pepper recipe was morphed into this stuffed pepper casserole. Leaving behind the bulk of bell peppers and cooking them until softened along with garlic, onion, ground turkey and spices. Oh, and rice of course!
What rice should I use for this casserole?
My favorite rice is brown rice. I always have a box or bag of brown rice in my pantry. I like to make a big batch of rice and keep leftovers in the fridge.
This is the perfect way to use up leftover rice! You can always use white rice as well.
Why I adore this Stuffed Pepper Casserole
This Stuffed Bell Pepper Casserole Recipe is much easier to make and just as good, (maybe even better!) than stuffed peppers.
I also love this recipe because it’s an easy way to make a bigger dinner if you have a large family or if you have company coming over.
This casserole makes amazing leftovers!
This Stuffed Pepper Casserole stays good in the fridge for several days if covered. And yes, freezer friendly (see below!)
This is honestly one of my boys’ favorite dishes. When they ask what’s for dinner and I tell them Stuffed Pepper Casserole, they get so excited!
Can I freeze this Stuffed Pepper Casserole?
Yes! Make this recipe as you normally would. Let it cool. Place in a freezer safe container and wrap tightly.
To serve: thaw in the fridge overnight and then just re-heat!
It’s an incredibly easy and versatile recipe everyone will love.
What if I have extra bell peppers?
Besides making this stuffed pepper casserole, I have several great bell pepper recipes here! If you have extra that need to be cooked up – I GOT YOU!
Try my Slow Cooker Pepper Steak or the Easy Chicken Fajita Quesadilla. Or even my Sheet Pan Spicy Balsamic Roasted Chicken & Veggies. I love that they are so versatile!
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Equipment
- 1 Casserole Dish
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1-2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 bell peppers diced
- 1 lb. lean ground turkey
- 1 cup brown or white rice cooked
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 15-oz. can tomato sauce
- 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
- 3/4 tsp. cumin
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1/8 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 1.5 quart casserole dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Pour olive oil into a saucepan over medium heat. Add in diced onion and cook until soft. Now add garlic and peppers. Cook until peppers are softened.
- Crumble turkey into pepper mixture. Brown and then drain.
- Add cooked rice and then salt, tomato sauce and spices. Stir in 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese. Pour into prepared dish. Top with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
- Cover and bake for 30 minutes, then uncover and bake for 10 more minutes, until bubbly. Serve up and enjoy!
Here in New Orleans, gumbo is definitely our favorite holiday rice dish – it’s a favorite any time of the year.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/stephanienola/status/534334446020067328
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In the fall/winter, I love acorn squash stuffed with wild rice.
I LOVE this casserole! I love stuffed peppers too, but this casserole saves you all that time stuffing! Pinned 🙂
We like Cranberry and Walnut rice
my tweet https://twitter.com/LuLu_Brown24/status/534342721818075137
I love making stuffed peppers using rice.
We like to make a Cranberry Walnut Rice dish during the holidays.
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I like to boil broccoli with my rice & top it with cheese!
We love chicken and rice! 🙂
This stuffed pepper casserole looks like a total crowd-pleaser! Stuffed peppers are one of our favorite meals, and I love the idea of throwing all of those ingredients into a casserole. And just look at that cheese!
We like to add wild rice to our stuffing
Truthfully our go-to rice is just rice cooked with green pepper and onion for flavor. We eat it as a side often. After that, we are big fans of risotto – especially mushroom.
I like to make a breakfast casserole in the crockpot on thanksgiving to keep everyone fed but simple since all this other food will be prepared that same day
I tweeted too https://twitter.com/jessrwarfield/status/534398954302365696
We make a sweet n sour rice dish.
One holiday and winter in general go to is chicken rice casserole with mushroom sauce, it’s delicious and very hearty, easy and cheap!
We eat a lot of chicken fried rice, it’s a favorite of everyone!
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I love to make broccoli cheesy rice!
Well, it isn’t technically a rice dish…but my aunt always makes a stuffing for Thanksgiving using the traditional Jewish dish, Kasha, which is buckwheat. Kasha and bowties is a super traditional Jewish food and we always incorporate it into our holiday eating. It reminds me of rice more than anything, even though technically it’s a grain…
my mom has made “chicki-rice” since i was a kid!
i tweeted!
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I have an easy and delicious Chicken Parm recipe that I love to make !
Tweeted https://twitter.com/StaceyNNE/status/534421442289750016
Chinese style fried rice is the go-to dish around here. Quick and easy to make.
Cranberry Rice Pudding. Yum!
I’m Spanish and hubby is Portuguese so it has to be paella!
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/534449770048548865
During the holidays and Winter months our go to rice dish is chicken over rice.
Love having our butternut squash soup.
https://twitter.com/Lyndadawinda/status/534462504542285826
Curried chicken on rice!
My mother’s okra and shrimp gumbo is the bomb
Love rice with lots of fresh peppers and chicken – in the crockpot!
I like to make turkey rice bake during holidays
https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/534493604920963072
I like a good broccoli, rice, and cheese casserole.
My dad makes a rice/sausage/pepper dish that is total comfort for me. It isn’t the healthiest but so worth it!
During the holidays, our family’s favorite go-to rice dish is a cheesy broccoli chicken rice dish using brown rice.
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lil_lady_dz/status/534496069581688833
We love chicken broccoli rice casserole during these ocld months!
I love to make fried rice!
My goodness Jen – these images are GORGEOUS! Our “go-to” dish is something the kids call “daddy delicious” sort of a mix it all up rice sort of dish that they absolutely love.
My family’s go to rice recipe is baked chicken & rice.
We either have yellow rice or rice pilaf.
https://twitter.com/buddlakecats/status/534511645704617984
I love rice pudding with dried cranberries and almonds!
Chicken and rice
We nearly always have Cheesy Broccoli Rice casserole for Thanksgiving AND Christmas! Wouldn’t be the holidays without it….thanks for the chance to win!
Here’s my tweet. https://twitter.com/DebC919/status/534520439033593856
wow, this looks fantastic!
Our go to rice dish during the holidays is my cheesy chicken and rice and broccoli casserole!
tweet https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/534523992728928256
During the holidays I make rice broccoli and cheese casserole a lot! lol
I tweeted
https://twitter.com/my4boysand1/status/534526779181260802
I love rice pudding! Stuffed acorn squash is also a great side dish.
My family’s go-to rice dish is a yummy chicken, Success Rice and broccoli dish. I’ve made a few variations of it, but it’s always good and the dish is emptied!
We love chicken & rice…almost like chicken bog as we called it in the South lol
Your recipe looks great!
Thank you for the chance to win!
Joey J.
Tweeted
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My husband loves my crock pot version of “Rice Pudding” using coconut milk and other goodies.
Chili over rice is one of our favorites!
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I make Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole every Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s a tradition.
we do chicken and rice casserole!
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https://twitter.com/QueenB_Tammy/status/534701133600944128
tweeted https://twitter.com/pixystik4u/status/534702429510856704
Our favorite is very simply rice with lots of butter! Goes great with leftover turkey.
We love making Turkey Rice and Gravy. We are all about the rice down here in Louisiana! This casserole sounds so good!
Chicken and Rice cooked in Leek Soup.
I tweeted https://twitter.com/sockmonkeydiva/status/534744104781889536
Our favorite holiday rice dish is Broccoli Rice Casserole.
Our favorite is Chicken and Rice soup.
we love stuffed peppers
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https://twitter.com/raggammuffin/status/534827446005407744
Yum! This looks delicious! I love stuffed pepper and transforming that into a casserole is so smart for feeding a lot of people. I recently started using that parboiled rice. We live at high altitude and it is so difficult to make good rice. That rice makes a huge difference 😀
We love to make homemade chicken and rice soup.
tweeted
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Arroz con pollo
This looks incredible, Jen! So creative! I am always partial to a delicious risotto – holidays or anytime! 🙂
Love this idea! Casseroles make dinner so easy! I bet this one has so much flavor!
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Our favorite holiday rice dish is Broccoli and Rice Casserole.
I like rice pudding!
Turkey Rice Soup made with leftover turkey 🙂
I don’t know why I don’t make it more often, but it’s a chicken (or turkey!) casserole that includes rice, cream of chicken soup, green chiles and cheese. It’s something my mom used to make, and one of very few things I make without a recipe.
this recipe sounds great- i will definitely give it a try!!! Thanks for the recipe!
link to tweet: https://twitter.com/betsy5454/status/535137001260204032
I would have to say that it’s rice pudding. My family love it.
my go to is brocolli and cheese casserole.
so easy,yummy and creamy.
we love to make a knock off version of Chiplotle’s cilantro lime rice. We eat it with everything!
We love stuffed roasted red peppers with the stuffing mixture being made with brown rice, onions, garlic, tomato sauce, etc..
Tweet: https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/535435835143770112
Wild Rice Gratin! Yum!
we like to make stuffed red peppers with rice inside of them!
My favorite has to be a cheesy chipotle tuna rice casserole 🙂
i love red rice and beans but i can never get it the way my mother makes it. my go to is just some plain white rice!
Pineapple Fried Rice
That looks delicious. I have always loved mostly anything with rice. Our family’s favorite has been a chicken and rice dish. In which sometimes we add extra veggies and sometimes we add a bit of cheese!
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/mmstarla/status/536033747796115456
My family loves broccoli cheese and rice casserole and rice pudding during the holidays.
beer bread!
Our favorite is broccoli cheese rice casserole!
I tweeted about giveaway as @tmt121172 on 11/22/2014
I have pinned this to so many boards. It looks delicious!
I really like to make a wild mushroom rice suffing during the holidays
tweeted https://twitter.com/mummytotwoboys1/status/536684281834532865
Butternut squash and sweet potato wild rice casserole is my family’s favorite go-to rice dish during the holidays.
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-https://twitter.com/tcarolinep/status/536723502150455296
Our favorite rice dish for the holidays is Cheesy Broccoli Rice Dish. Perfect side dish for any holiday!
We make a chicken, broccoli rice casserole tgat everyone loves and eats up.
https://mobile.twitter.com/SandyHeadtke/status/537049809660542976
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My husband makes this delicious cheesy rice dish with diced green peppers. It is sooo good. Everyone loves it & we usually have it at our Putting Up the Tree party.
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/melodycamp/status/537136444255784960
We love cheesy broccoli rice during the holidays.
I shared: https://twitter.com/purviscs06/status/537342090410487809
Cheesy broccoli rice casserole is always a nice side dish for the holidays.
Jambalya
My grandmother used to make a delicious hot cinnamon rice pudding I loved. Never have been able to replicate it though.
We love to make a creamy vanilla rice pudding!
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we like fried rice with chicken
https://twitter.com/HappyTina0115/status/539141939900063744
During the holidays, what’s your family’s favorite go-to rice dish? – Stuffed peppers
My family loves making a broccoli with rice and cream soup. It’s very delicious! It comes in handy when it comes to this freezing cold New Jersey weather
fried rice
My husband loves chicken broccoli casserole. My favorite is black beans with cilantro lime rice.
stuffed peppers
This looks yummy! Our to go favorite rice dish is chicken over rice.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/541304191088885760
Please delete, I forgot the hashtag.
During the busy holiday season I like to make rice black beans and salsa.
thank you
Tweet https://twitter.com/JalapenoMama/status/541701924069060609
As much as we love the big holiday turkey dinner, our favorite part is a few days later, when I make stock from the turkey carcass, then make a delicious sauce using the stock, to which I add all the meat I pulled from the carcass along with any leftover cooked veggies. This lovely mixture is served over rice, and it truly is my spouse’s favorite meal.
Here’s the link to my tweet about your genius Stuffed Pepper Casserole and the Success Rice promotion:
https://twitter.com/NotherAnneOther/status/542724528586366976
Thanks!
i usually make chicken stir fry with rice and egg rolls [email protected]
I tweeted https://twitter.com/thepryfamily2/status/543162460765577216 [email protected]
We like fried rice – and add in pork and veggies – so yummy
https://twitter.com/eliza_elliott/status/544266811165147136?lang=en
TWEET ENTRY! https://twitter.com/kytah00/status/545309393643118592
LOVE THE CRANBERRY WALNUT RICE DISH FROM RACHAEL RAY! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/cranberry-walnut-rice-recipe.html
Looks delicious! My kids like pretty basic rice dishes — cheesy rice, rice and beans, broccoli and rice… I like mine with roasted veggies!
We love Spanish rice.
We love chicken with rice.
I love to cook my rice with coconut milk! Then mix it with leftover ham/turkey from Christmas. That stuffed bell pepper casserole looks delicious though!
I remember my grandma making a rice pudding out of goats milk that was so delicious ..
My family loves fried rice. In fact, I was planning on making Shrimp fried rice tonight :)>
Stuffed Peppers is one of our favorites.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/peg42/status/547013702214754304
Thanks so much and Happy Holidays.
it looks great
We love chicken stir-fry. It’s super easy to whip up some rice, throw in some chicken, frozen veggies, pineapples, and soy sauce. It’s quick and easy and my whole family loves it.
We have rice with anything.
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
https://twitter.com/Attea2d/status/547054279325130753
Chicken and rice is a family favorite.
This looks good, and I love cheese on just about anything.
We often serve rice pilaf with holiday meals. It goes with lots of different entrees.
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https://twitter.com/clc408/status/547107539847221250
Spanish rice!!! I make it with quite a bit of green pepper, and it is a healthy, low fat recipe – a great comfort food!
We like chicken and rice and broccoli and cheese casserole.
sausage, rice, broccoli and cheese!
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Chicken or pork stir fry is always a quick & easy meal and a big hit around our house.
tweet – https://twitter.com/dmarie824/status/547142321741889537
I like rice with peas and tuna during the hectic season.
We love dirty rice
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We make broccoli cheese and rice casserole.
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We like rice with sugar and milk on cold days. It’s a nice treat for the girls. thank you!
My mom got a chicken and rice recipe off a ketchup bottle when I was in school (over 30 years ago). We still love it.
My go-to holiday meal that has rice in it is Chicken with Stuffing and Gravy over rice. It is simple and delicious.
Always looking for recipes. Have a son in law who loves stuffed peppers this is going on the food list for dinner x-mas eve!
We like to make broccoli, cheese and rice.
We like broccoli cheese rice casserole.
We’re simple in our family, we just love rice pilaf!
Turkey rice soup
We love rice pudding with lots of nutmeg on top. It is a creamy comfort food that is good for you too.
We love our chicken and rice casserole
One of our favorites is hamburger & gravy over white rice with veggies (on the side or mixed in. I like to mix mine in 😉 ) We like to make it during the holidays because it’s warm and filling and quick to make 🙂
Tweeted 🙂 – https://twitter.com/Enter_Now/status/547529914250186752
Chicken (or turkey) rice casserole is our favorite go-to holiday dish.
We heart tomato soup with rice!
My favorite go to rice dish is Orange Chicken over rice!
We use jasmine rice because it has a wonderful flavor. Cook it in a chicken broth and add a dab of butter. Nothing fancy but absolutely delicious.
We like to eat stir fry with rice and steak.
Our favorite is marinated flavored tofu over rice. It’s quick & easy to make on the rushed days. Thank you for the giveaway!
I tweeted–https://mobile.twitter.com/DonnaJacoby2014/status/547748777575321600.
We love rice and our favorite dish is chicken fried rice !
My tweet https://twitter.com/AurelieRed/status/547795430214336512
Rice with chicken is the go to rice dish in my family.
Cheesy chicken and rice casserole!
We usually like to make rice pudding.
sweet n sour chicken (over rice) is our fav
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/547864586909540353
our go=to rice dish is sweet and sour chicken with rice
I make jambalaya as my rice dish.
fried rice with chicken flavor.
ours go to dish is rice and turkey
The boyfriend always makes sushi rolls as appetizers.
We all enjoy Spanish rice and it’s easy to make.
https://twitter.com/smilekisses/status/548057599145693184
I like shrimp fried rice.
My family loves lasagna the best 🙂
https://twitter.com/klp1965/status/548115881838915584
I love adding rice to the stuffing!
Happy Holidays!
We like diced cooked ham, corn, and lima beans, mixed with cheddar cheese soup, then poured over cooked rice. Delicious!
an asian inspired rice with veggies and soy or teriaki sauce
yellow rice with chicken
What’s your family’s favorite go-to rice dish?
Sticky rice with chicken and peppers mixed in.
We don’t have a rice dish for the Holidays. We do like to make casseroles with rice, no go to recipe though.
https://twitter.com/susan1215/status/548303893013483520
Chicken and Rice
Pork fried rice.
We make Bulgogi over rice.
My family’s favorite go-to rice dish is Jambalaya.
https://twitter.com/ThatTuxedoCat/status/548335033761529857
Cheesy broccoli rice casserole is my family’s go-to dish. Especially around the holidays!
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Fried rice is a favorite year round. It’s so easy to use leftover chicken, pork or steak or to buy a few shrimp to change up the flavor.
We like stir fry.
Tweet – https://twitter.com/willitara/status/548342997897990144
Cheesy crockpot chicken over white rice. Yum!
It’s almost funny you ask, because our favorite “rice dish” is Chicken Tikki Masala w/rice. We mix it all up together because we use a simmer sauce…it’s so yummy. 🙂
tweeted https://twitter.com/iiiyadirf/status/548451740891512832
We like to have rice topped with stir fried vegetables.
The go to in my house is chicken and rice so good
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Pretty much it’s just plain old minute-rice.
i make a broccoli cheese and rice casserole every year during the holidays
i posted a tweet:
https://twitter.com/bellows22/status/548495260843008001
We love rice pilaf with peas
https://twitter.com/aes529/status/548498662251577345
I love to top my rice with an Indian curry.
We do not actually have a holiday dish that includes rice. We use rice year round though. One of my fav meals is our mushroom cheddar rice bake. SO good!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/548527867748159488
Ever year I make my Cajun red beans and rice. I am from Louisiana and I learned that getting real Cajun red beans and rice was impossible in Kansas. So I make it myself and everyone loves them so I make them for my family and I make them once a month for the workplace.
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We like Cheesy Broccoli Rice casserole.
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we’re all about yellow rice and pink beans
I like stuffed peppers
My family’s go to rice is spicy jambalaya, great with grilled chicken.
https://twitter.com/ddx155/status/548598903508307968
We love any brown fried rice recipe!!
Tweet https://twitter.com/electricstar/status/548600207559368707
We don’t make rice dishes during the holidays but we like cheesy rice when we make chicken.
For the holidays I like to make rice pudding with raisins.
Thanks for the contest.
https://twitter.com/slehan/status/548620131178647553
Our favorite go to rice dish during the holidays is spanish rice and sausage.
I Tweeted: https://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/548621811899191296
Spicy green chile pork stew over white rice is my family’s favorite.
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We love a simple chicken and buttery rice. Thank you
My family’s go to rice dish during the holidays is Paella.
link to my tweet:
https://twitter.com/thrincor/status/548642344208449536
During the holidays, our family’s go-to rice dish is shrimp scampi with white rice
Rice pilaf
I tweeted https://twitter.com/TraceyAgrella/status/548647779833114624
we like to make rice with curried chicken
We make fried garlic rice with lost of veggies and spanish sausages. Thanks!
during the holidays, I fortunately don’t have to cook at all! but my aunt makes this yummy cheesy and broccoli filled rice dish that everyone loves! at home, I like to make a yummy dish inspired by enchiladas with salsa and lots of cheese!
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Stuffed pepper casserole? Im making this tonight!
YAY!! I hope you like it! It’s one of our favorites!
I made this for my crew (we are firefighters) to a T except I added a little more cheese. The guys adored it, even one who said he didn’t like stuffed peppers! It was easy and delicious and comforting.
SO happy you liked it! Thank you for the nice comment!
Chicken and rice or stir fry!
It’s a keeper! Ground turkey is somewhat difficult to make a flavorful dish, This casserole did the trick! I love that it is made with healthy ingredients. I used a bit more cheese as 1/4 cup didn’t seem like much. Will definitely make this again.
YAY!! So happy you liked it! It’s such a yummy and easy casserole recipe!
How much brown rice would it be if you just used it from a box, not that bag kind?
1 cup of rice!
In this house we love cheesy rice! Comfort food for the win.
I love that it is made with solid fixings. A debt of gratitude is in order for sharing.
Going to make this casserole real soon. Can’t wait to try it. I love stuffed peppers,and im sure this will be good or even better. Thanks .!
I love this stuffed bell pepper casserole recipe. I like that it is so easy and hassle free to make. I have never made it with brown rice but it sounds amazing. I like that you just drop it all in there and put it in the oven. I love cheese so using different cheeses will also give it a different twist. Sometimes old recipes can use a revamp. Thanks for sharing, shalom.