Description
Crockpot Sausage-Stuffed Mini Sweet Peppers are an easy, hands-off dinner made with just four ingredients. Tender mini peppers are stuffed with Italian sausage, slow-cooked in marinara sauce, and finished with melty mozzarella for a cozy, family-friendly meal.
Ingredients
1½ pounds mini sweet peppers (about 24 oz)
1 pound ground Italian sausage (sweet or spicy)
24 oz jar spaghetti sauce
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese (about 2 cups)
Instructions
Cut the tops off the mini sweet peppers and remove the seeds. It’s okay if a few seeds remain.
Stuff each pepper with ground Italian sausage.
Place the stuffed peppers into the crockpot, stacking gently if needed.
Pour the spaghetti sauce evenly over the peppers.
Cover and cook on LOW for 6–8 hours.
Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the peppers, cover, and cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.
Serve warm, ideally over spaghetti or with crusty bread.
Notes
Extra sausage can be mixed directly into the sauce if you have more filling than peppers.
For picky eaters, mild Italian sausage works best.
This recipe freezes well before cooking—perfect for meal prep.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 portion (about 4 stuffed peppers)
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 980 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 24 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg