Sausage and Blue Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Total time

Prep: 20 min Cook: 3 hr 30 min (slow cooker)

Yield

4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 medium sweet red peppers
• 2 medium sweet yellow peppers
• 1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce or pasta sauce, divided
• 1 lb uncooked chicken sausage
• 3/4 cup uncooked instant rice
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 small tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 tbsp chopped ripe olives
• 1 1/2 tsp dried parsley flakes
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, optional
• Extra crumbled blue cheese, optional

Directions

1. Cut and discard tops from peppers; remove seeds.
2. Pour sauce into bottom of a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, reserving 3/4 cup.
3. In a small bowl, combine sausage, rice, onion, tomato, blue cheese, egg, olives, parsley, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and, if desired, crushed red pepper flakes; add reserved 3/4 cup sauce.
4. Spoon mixture into peppers; place peppers in slow cooker.
5. Cook, covered, on low until peppers are tender, 3 1/2–4 1/2 hours.
6. Spoon cooking juices over peppers. If desired, top with additional blue cheese.