Recipe For Stuffed Green Peppers With Sausage

These sausage stuffed peppers are a fun and satisfying twist on the traditional beef version. The filling includes a handful of flavorful savory ingredients like sausage, garlic, fresh parsley, oregano, and basil, plus your favorite cheese such as parmesan, asiago, and/or cheddar. Add cooked rice and spoon into large and cored bell peppers before baking. They’re herbed, hearty, juicy, and conveniently packaged as an edible bowl!

One reader, Jacqueline, commented: “This is perfect as is! I choose parmesan and mozzarella for my cheese. I also use her brown rice and quinoa suggestion. I follow her recipe as written, and it is absolutely my favorite stuffed pepper recipe. So delicious! ★★★★★“

While we mainly focus on baking and desserts, it’s fun to share dinner recipes every now and then—especially when we make one that REALLY hits the spot like this minestrone soup or this cilantro lime chicken. I’ve made these sausage stuffed peppers a handful of times, usually mixing up the type of sausage, cheese, herbs, and rice each time. I figured you’d enjoy trying a new dinner recipe, one that’s equally satisfying, flavorful, and comforting. My family has loved this dish!

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If you’re anything like me, your creativity shines in the kitchen. Feel free to make any substitutions that I list below. It’s easy to play around with different types of sausage, flavorful herbs, your favorite cheeses, and whatever rice you love most.

Yes. My team and I have tested this exact recipe with chickpeas and black beans. See the detailed instructions for making the switch in the recipe Note below.

It’s certainly difficult to make a lumpy brown filling look pretty, but I did my best!!! I think you’ll really love these. If you enjoy hearty baked dinners like this, try this chicken pot pie next—equally satisfying and flavorful!

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These sausage stuffed peppers combine garlic, sausage, herbs, cheese, and rice to make a hearty, mega flavorful, and conveniently portioned dish. Feel free to use your favorite sausage, cheese, herbs, and rice. Review recipe notes before beginning.

Sally McKenney is a professional food photographer, cookbook author, and baker. Her kitchen-tested recipes and thorough step-by-step tutorials give readers the knowledge and confidence to bake from scratch. Sally has been featured onStuffed Green Peppers with Brown Rice, Italian Sausage, and Parmesan are one of my earliest and most popular recipes for stuffed peppers, and they freeze well too!

I’m a long-time fan of stuffed bell peppers, and I’ve made a lot of stuffed pepper varieties through the years. But what inspired me to create this recipe for Stuffed Green Peppers with Brown Rice, Italian Sausage, and Parmesanwas finding an amazing sale on green peppers at the grocery store. I stocked up on peppers and let what I found in the fridge inspire the recipe.

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At first I planned to make a meatless stuffed pepper but when I found two links of Jenni-O turkey Italian sausage in the fridge. I couldn’t resist adding that to the mix. However, you could easily make this vegetarian by substituting sauteed mushrooms for the sausage. But don’t skip the ground fennel and grated Parmesan added to the stuffing because that flavor combination is what makes these stuffed peppers so over-the-top good!

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You could use more sausage and less rice if you want a pepper recipe that’s lower in carbs. Or check out Low-Carb and Keto Stuffed Pepper Recipes for lots more tasty ideas!

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I prefer Jenni-O turkey Italian sausage for this recipe, but if you have a hard time finding that any turkey Italian sausage or pork Italian sausage will be fine.

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Stuffed Green Peppers with Brown Rice, Italian Sausage, and Parmesan are a perfect recipe to double so you have some to refrigerate or freeze for later, so this recipe has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

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Use any sausage of your choice. Use diced mushrooms instead of sausage for vegetarian version. This recipe created by Kalyn when her market had a great sale on peppers!

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Green and red bell peppers are low-carb and very nutritious, and Stuffed Green Peppers with Italian Sausage and Brown Rice are a great main dish for phase 2 or 3 of the South Beach Diet. For Phase One or other Low-Carb Diets, you might like my Low-Carb Stuffed Peppers with Turkey Italian Sausage, Ground Beef, and Mozzarella.

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This recipe was first posted in 2010. I used to make Stuffed Green Peppers with Brown Rice, Italian Sausage, and Parmesan often for my father, and I’ll always think of sharing them with him whenever I make this recipe. The recipe was last updated with more information in 2023.

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We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.Anyone who likes stuffed peppers will enjoy these cheesy low-carb Stuffed Peppers with Italian Sausage and Ground Beef! This is a favorite stuffed pepper recipe that doesn’t have any rice, and I’ve been making these for years!

I’m a huge fan of stuffed peppers, and there are a lot of stuffed pepper recipes on this blog, and even a round-up of stuffed pepper recipes! But today I’m reminding you about these amazing Stuffed Peppers with Italian Sausage and Ground Beef that I first made many years ago.

When the stuffed peppers craving hits, this is the low-carb stuffed peppers recipe I make over and over. Maybe it’s because I almost always have ground beef and Italian Sausage in the freezer and most of the other ingredients are things I keep on hand as well. So when I want to make stuffed peppers like this I usually just have to buy the peppers.

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This recipe makes six peppers, and when I was teaching school these low-carb stuffed peppers were just the type of thing I’d make for Weekend Food Prep and keep in the freezer to take for lunch over and over! So even if you’re only cooking for one or two people I recommend making the whole recipe and freezing some or just eating them a few times during the week! And if you haven’t tried this Kalyn’s Kitchen favorite recipe yet, I hope you enjoy!

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I know some people like the milder flavor of red or yellow peppers and don’t like the green ones so much, and of course you can use any color of peppers you prefer for this recipe.

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You may be surprised to hear that stuffed peppers can be made without rice! These favorite stuffed peppers just have sausage, ground beef, diced peppers, chopped onion, marinara sauce, and cheese combined and stuffed into a pepper.

There’s no need to pre-cook the peppers before stuffing them! In fact I prefer stuffed peppers when the peppers aren’t too soft, and stuffing the peppers raw also makes them easier to handle.

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For a delicious low-carb dinner, I’d love these peppers with Easy Cauliflower Rice with Garlic and Green Onion, Pan-Fried Broccoli with Pine Nuts and Parmesan, or Twice-Baked Spaghetti Squash with Pesto and Parmesan on the side.

This recipe has been added to a new category calledWeekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

I sometimes use my own homemade Marinara sauce for this recipe, but if you're buying sauce the lowest carb sauce I've found is Rao's Pasta Sauce (affiliate

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