Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
Unstuffed Pepper Skillet is an easy one pan meal perfect for a busy weeknight dinner that can be on the table in about 30 minutes. It’s made with seasoned ground beef, peppers, onions, rice, beef broth, and shredded cheese.
This One Pan Unstuffed Pepper Skillet is an easy and delicious dinner recipe the whole family loves!
It’s made with ingredients you probably already keep stocked in your refrigerator and pantry.
This Skillet meal is an easy twist on the flavors of classic stuffed peppers. It’s easy to throw together and makes the perfect dinner for my family on a busy weeknight.
If you are looking for another easy and delicious one pan rice meal, check out my One Pan Parmesan Garlic Chicken and Rice. This is a chicken and rice dinner using Parmesan Garlic sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese.
Another ground beef recipe my family loves is my One Pan Cheeseburger Rice. This has all of the flavors of a cheeseburger is an easy and convenient rice meal.
Ingredients for Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
- Ground beef
- Salt, pepper, and paprika, steak seasoning
- Onion, chopped
- Bell peppers, chopped
- Worcestershire sauce
- Minced garlic
- Diced tomatoes
- Beef broth
- Jasmine white rice (uncooked & rinsed)
- Shredded cheddar or Colby Jack cheese
Make Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
To make this delicious and easy recipe, start by browning 1 pound of ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat.
Next, season the meat with: ¼ teaspoon each of salt, pepper, and paprika, 1 ½ teaspoons of steak seasoning.
Add in one diced onion and 3 diced bell peppers. Green peppers or multicolored peppers all work great for this recipe, use any that you prefer!
Continue to cook everything until the meat is cooked through and browned and until the onions and bell peppers have softened. Drain any excess grease from the skillet and discard.
Next, you will add a 15 ounce can of diced tomatoes, 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon of minced garlic, and 1 ½ cups of beef broth to your skillet.
Then add 1 cup of Jasmine white rice (uncooked). Stir this all together well and bring the whole skillet to a quick boil.
Then lower your heat to medium-low and cover with a lid. This will cook for about 20 minutes, or until the rice is cooked.
Once your rice is cooked, mix in 1 cup of shredded cheese and then top the dish with the remaining 1 cup of cheese.
Keep the skillet on the hot stovetop to melt the cheese. If you are cooking in an oven-safe skillet, you could also place the skillet in the oven under the broiler to melt the cheese.
Serve Unstuffed Pepper Skillet
Once the cheese is all melty and gooey, this dish is ready to serve up! This recipe is great as-is but I love to top it with some sour cream and hot sauce too to elevate the flavors even more and to give it a kick of heat!
My kids love this meal and I feel good knowing they are getting some veggies in. They aren’t always the biggest fans of peppers, but they eat this dinner with no complaints!
This is a classic recipe that you will want to save to make time and time again for your family! You will love this recipe because it’s an easy dinner, filling, and the leftovers reheat well for lunch the next day!
Tips and Substitutions
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Make this recipe in an oven-safe skillet to make melting the cheese quicker.
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Freshly shredded cheddar cheese or Colby Jack is the best to use, but pre-shredded cheese would work too.
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Use uncooked and rinsed Jasmine rice rice for this recipe.
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Feel free to add in any other veggies to the dish.
- Fire roasted diced tomatoes can be used for even more flavor!
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Any bell peppers will work for this recipe. I tend to love the colorful ones.
Frequently Asked Questions
What rice should I use for Unstuffed Pepper Skillet?
I have found that Jasmine white rice cooks the best in these one pan rice meals. This is not the same as minute rice. If you use a different type of rice you would need to adjust the broth and possibly cooking time.
Can ground turkey be used in this recipe?
Yes, you can use ground turkey in place of the ground beef for a more budget-friendly option. It may even be more macro friendly.
What cheese can I use in Unstuffed Pepper Skillet?
I usually make this recipe with shredded cheddar or Colby Jack cheese. Mozzarella would also be a great option!
How do I store and reheat leftovers?
Store any leftovers in the refrigerator in an air tight container. I usually just microwave any leftovers on a plate for 30 seconds-1 minute at a time until hot. This recipe does reheat well and makes a great meal prep recipe!
Should I cook the rice before adding it to the skillet?
No, the jasmine rice will go into the skillet uncooked and rinsed. Rinsing helps remove extra starch and it will cook in the broth in the skillet.
Can I use Minute Rice to make Unstuffed Pepper Skillet?
This recipe was made using uncooked long grain white rice (jasmine rice). Minute Rice cooks much faster and would require reducing the liquid and cooking time to avoid a mushy/watery skillet meal. I suggest trying to use jasmine rice if possible!
More Family Dinner Recipes
- One Pan Parmesan Garlic Chicken and Rice
- Crack Chicken and Rice Skillet
- Marry Me Chicken and Rice
- Cheesy Chicken Taco Rice
- One Pan Cheeseburger Rice
If you make this One Pan Unstuffed Pepper Skillet, I hope you love it! If you like the recipe please leave a review or save it to your Pinterest account to save it for later!
Equipment
- 1 Stove
Ingredients
- 1 lb of ground beef
- 1/4 tsp each of salt, pepper, and paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp of steak seasoning
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 bell peppers chopped
- 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp of minced garlic
- 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cups of beef broth
- 1 cup Jasmine rice uncooked and rinsed
- 2 cups of shredded cheddar or Colby Jack cheese
Instructions
- Brown ground beef in a skillet, over medium-high heat. Add all of the seasonings, onion and diced bell peppers.
- Let that cook until beef is cooked through and peppers/onions have softened.
- Drain any grease from the skillet.
- Add diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, beef broth, and uncooked rice.
- Stir well, bring the whole skillet to a quick boil, lower heat to about medium-low and cover with a lid.
- Let that cook for about 20 minutes or until the rice is cooked to your liking.
- Mix in one cup of shredded cheese.
- Top with the rest of the cheese.
- Let sit until cheese melts or pop under the broiler in the oven until the cheese melts.
- Serve! My family topped this with sour cream and hot sauce. Enjoy!
So delicious! I made it as written and it was a huge hit in my house. My husband requested we add this to the dinner rotation. I feel like this would be easy to prep the night before – the dicing and slicing was the most time consuming but still not that bad.
I have so many of Luke’s recipes on rotation already and they are all a hit (and the leftovers are also delish).
I always have pre chopped peppers and onion in the freezer, this is always super fast meal on the weeknights.
I love this recipe. It’s good with chicken too! When I used chicken, I left out the steak seasoning and beef broth. I used 1 cup of chicken broth instead and added an 8oz can of tomato sauce. I also added sour cream to mine before I put the cheese on top. Yum!
yes our family loves this dish too. and we cook alot of his meals. they are good , quick and easy!
We I’ll try it when I get my legs back. After surgery I have experienced what has a preliminary diagnosis of lymphodema
Great recipe. Easy to prepare. I used Minute rice and the result was a bit watery so I will be adjusting the amount of rice for the next one.
I used minute rice too and was wondering why it was a little watery too. I figured i didn’t add enough rice. it’s it because it was Minute Rice and not the long grain rice?
Made this today,easy and absolutely delicious 😋
What kind of steak seasoning do you use?
Minute rice or regular rice?
Regular rice is what I use.
regular rice. I learned from using minute rice it does not come out like it should. it’s watery.
Your recipes all look so good, I want to try them all!!!
This is in my monthly meal rotations…I substitute ground beef for Italian sausage because it just seems like it gives it more flavor to me. Love this meal!!
Absolutely love this dish! It’s delicious! 😋
I love all your meals, this one is one of our favorites.
So glad to hear that!
This was soo good! I’ve made several of Luke’s recipes and they are always a hit! Even my picky teen likes them! I followed the recipe to a tee and it was delicious!
So happy to hear that!
Fantastic recipe. I subbed the beef broth for veggie broth and the ground beef for veggie ground and it turned out wonderfully. My non-vegetarian husband loved it, too! We will definitely be adding this one to our weekly rotation!
Love this recipe! It has all the flavor of stuffed peppers but with much less time and effort. My family and I have enjoyed several, of your recipe’s. It is refreshing to find someone who cooks with normal ingredients and kitchen staples. Please keep the great food coming!
I don’t eat red meat, so used ground turkey sausage, veggie broth, vegetarian Worcestershire sauce. Also used brown rice. Not sure if it was because of the brown rice, but the rice took a lot longer to cook. So delicious though!! Will make again.
Happy to hear you liked it! Brown Rice can take longer to cook than white rice.
One of our favorites to throw in the dinner rotation. I love your one pot/skillet meals. It makes clean up a breeze because let’s face it, who wants to spend another hour in the kitchen washing dishes. The only thing I do differently is use mozzarella/provolone cheese mix, only because that is what I do stuffed peppers with. I’m sure cheddar is also delicious. Thank you for the recipes!
Liz…How long did u have to bake to get the brown rice tender?
Made it for the second time today. I used frozen peppers and onions from Walmart. Cheating I know but I take every short cut I can get. First time I couldn’t get the rice cooked as well as I would have liked. This time I cooked the rice separate with beef bullion. Great recipe. As someone said above, I love that you use regular ingredients that you most likely already have. I have cooked a number of your recipes now and have loved them all, just the first time making a comment.
Happy to hear you like the recipes! I appreciate it!
Can you freeze this meal and reheat it later in the oven? I’m making it for a friend.
This recipe is a family favorite!
This is one of our favorite one pan skillet recipes! Very easy and flavorful! Thanks for the great recipes!
As always! Delicious recipe.
love this receipe! love the chicken sheet pan meal too. looking forward to trying all his receipe. thx Luke 😊
yummy and quick …one pan to wash!