Pepperoni pizza stuffed peppers are a hit with the whole family and can be on the table in about an hour!
Peppers make such nice little containers, don’t they?
I remember having a crab stuffed pepper at my grandparents house that I loved. I was probably 5 or 6 at the time. After that, I would always insist that I liked stuffed peppers, but whenever I had one I would be disappointed – they were always heavy and meaty and the pepper itself didn’t seem to make sense flavor-wise. But I finally found another stuffed pepper that I like: pepperoni pizza stuffed peppers! This pepper isn’t like those other ones. The bulk of the filling is orzo, which is mixed with pasta sauce, cheese, and your favorite pizza toppings. They’re not nearly as dense as traditional stuffed peppers, and using fresh ingredients keeps the flavors light.
I really like peppers as a pizza topping, so the pepper itself actually compliments the flavor of the stuffing. One of my favorite topping combinations is pepperoni and peppers, so I decided to go with that theme this time. They’re also great with sausage, mushrooms, and sauteed onions in the filling. Really, you can use whatever you typically like on your pizza – just keep the meat to about 1/4 of the volume of the filling or less so you don’t end up with a heavy, greasy pepper.
Pizza Stuffed Peppers
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Lauren Kelly Nutrition says
10/03 at 9:30 pmThese look amazing!!
Michelle from Taste As You Go says
09/30 at 3:17 pmI love these! A variation on pizza and on stuffed peppers! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Debs says
09/03 at 5:43 amStuffed peppers with a pizza inspired filling, fabulous idea.
Parita says
09/02 at 3:37 pmLove the stuffing, sounds a grt dish!
Mo says
09/02 at 11:48 amcomfort… in an edible cup. easy and creative. if I could hug you right now i would!
Reeni says
09/02 at 11:26 amThis is a delicious idea!! Two of my favorites in one! I couldn’t leave you any comments yesterday – I was getting an error message.
Rebecca says
09/02 at 6:17 amI have to try these! Jeff loves pizza but hates peppers so I don’t know how it’ll work out haha.
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie says
09/02 at 6:55 amA great idea for stuffing peppers, definitely a must try!
Mary says
09/01 at 7:38 pmWhat a wonderful idea. I do stuffed peppers a lot but have never thought of preparing them in this fashion. These look really good.
ValleyWriter says
09/01 at 6:12 pmI have traditional stuffed peppers in the oven right now – but these sound like a great change of pace. Next time!
doggybloggy says
09/01 at 5:02 pmYou can twist and turn a good idea into an even better idea….
Juliana says
09/01 at 3:41 pmI love stuffed peppers, but never had it this way, sounds and looks delicious, next time that I have peppers I’ll definitely try your way 🙂
nora@ffr says
09/01 at 3:17 pmvat a great idea!! i shud try this some time sooner!
cheers!
jenn says
09/01 at 1:29 pmI love stuffed pepper!!!! Awesome idea with using pizza toppings.
Mary says
09/01 at 10:09 amI bet this would be good stuffed in tomatoes too!
I made stuffed peppers last week but was having a last minute guest come and only had 3 peppers so I stuffed some tomatoes too…they were even better than the peppers!
(you don’t need the water in the dish for the tomatoes since they’re already soft)