Stuffed Green Pepper Soup :: 31 Days of Healthy Freezer Meals

We love Stuffed Green Peppers. It's the perfect fall and winter comfort food. Sometimes (i.e. most days) I don't have the time to make the full recipe, which is why one day I thought maybe I could turn the flavor of stuffed green peppers into a soup. It's now one of my favorite fall and winter soups that's just as tasty as the original, but in a "dump and simmer" form. When I started trying freezer meals I wanted to include this one as a freezer alternative. So here it is - Stuffed Green Pepper SOUP!


Stuffed Green Pepper Soup

Ingredients:

2 large green peppers, chopped
Pinch of salt
3/4 lb. ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. oregano
1- 2 cans beef broth
Water
Cooked rice (for the day you eat this meal)

Directions:

Brown ground beef with onion and if freezing set aside to let cool.

Place chopped green peppers, salt, diced tomatoes, Worcestershire, oregano, and beef mixture into a freezer bag. Freeze.

Thaw when ready to make and place beef mixture into a large pot on the stove. Add 1-2 cans of beef broth and here's where I just eyeball it - I usually add what broth I have and add water until it looks like enough for our family. Roughly it comes out to 2 cans of broth and 3 cups of water.

Let simmer for 1-2 hours. I used to add rice while it cooks but I never liked how the rice turned out. Sometimes it was over cooked, sometimes it was under cooked. I much prefer to just add cooked rice to the pot right when we serve.