This stuffed pepper soup is loaded with everything you’re craving! Italian spices, savory ground beef, garlic and onions, bell peppers, and cauliflower “rice” make this a hearty soup that’s also super healthy for you. Gluten-free, dairy-free, keto and Whole30 friendly.
Admittedly, I’ve never been THAT into soup. Of any kind. I always felt like it was both too filling and not filling enough at the same time. It doesn’t make sense, but maybe some of you ex-canned-soup eaters relate.
I mean, making the soup judgement based on 20 years of eating canned soups, it’s not surprising I wasn’t wow’ed.
It wasn’t until I started making my own homemade soups that I started getting down with the idea that soup can be filling (just the right amount), tasty, and nourishing all at the same time.
I was torn between making a hamburger soup and a stuffed pepper soup. I guess you could say I was really craving ground beef and tomato! I’m basically always craving ground beef, but that’s a bit off topic, for now.
The idea of a hamburger soup is fun, and, I still have it on my agenda of “things to try”. I just need to figure out how to make it more exciting than what I’m currently picturing.
Anyway, I decided on stuffed pepper soup, mainly because I had a bag of cauliflower rice that had about a day left. Sometimes, what’s in the fridge dictates my blog content. But, if it’s in my fridge, chances are it might be in some of yours as well.
I made this soup in my Instant Pot because it’s just so darn easy to do it that way. Plus, we’re still in the middle of a kitchen renovation, which means resources are limited!
Luckily, the Instant Pot does it all – sautés your veggies and browns your meat, and cooks the soup. You don’t even have to stir! Or barely, I suppose.
The entire meal is ready in just 25 minutes, and yes – that even includes the time needed for the Instant Pot to get itself ready 🙂
The cauliflower rice is sort of the icing on this stuffed pepper soup cake, if you know what I mean. You won’t pressure cook it since it needs less than a minute to soften up.
You can stir it right into the soup after pressure cooking – this will be the least amount of work. For extra flavor, you can sauté it separately and season as desired, then serve it on top of the soup to mix in. You can see that this is what I did for the photos, and it’s my preferred way to serve the soup.
I hope you’re ready for a simple, flavorful soup that’s filling and healthy! Let the Instant Pot do the work for you – let’s go!
Stuffed Pepper Soup in the Instant Pot {Whole30, Keto}
Stuffed Pepper Soup In the Instant Pot {Whole30, Keto}
Ingredients
- 1 lb grass fed ground beef {I used 85% lean}
- 1 Tbsp Ghee or other cooking fat
- 1 med onion chopped
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- Sea salt for beef onions, and garlic
- 1 1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning {I used Primal Palate Amore}
- 1 tsp paprika
- 3 bell peppers Chopped {I used red, orange, and yellow}
- 3 cups bone broth beef, chicken, or whatever you prefer
- 15 oz can tomato sauce no salt added
- 3/4 tsp fine grain sea salt
- 2 cups cauliflower “rice”
- 1 Tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- Minced parsley for garnish
Instructions
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Have all ingredients prepped and ready to go before beginning. Set your Instant Pot to “sauté” and once hot, add the ghee, melt, and add the ground beef, breaking up lumps to evenly brown.
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Once beef is 90% browned, add the onions and garlic, then sprinkle with a bit of sea salt and stir. Add the Italian seasoning and paprika and cook about 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add the peppers and stir, then pour in the broth, tomato sauce, and add the salt. Cancel the sauce function, stir, and place the lid on the instant pot and vent to sealed position.
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Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes (pot will take several minutes to heat up). Once done, quick release the pressure.
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For the cauliflower rice, you have a few options. For the best flavor, sauté the cauli rice in the ghee with onion and garlic powder (see ingredients) until just softened, then added to the soup when serving.
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You can also steam your cauliflower rice and add when serving. Lastly, you can add the uncooked cauliflower rice to the Instant Pot after quick releasing the pressure, and it will soften that way. For best flavor, I recommend sautéing!
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Serve soup hot with the cauliflower rice (whichever cooking method you chose) and garnish with parsley. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. You can also freeze this soup to serve later on. Enjoy!
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I suppose this would be easy enough to make on the stove.
Thank you for your awsome info!
This soup is great! Not hard to put together, and turns out nicely. This is one my hubby said he’d be happy to eat again, which is always the sign of a winner. My personal preference would be to add one more cup of broth because I like soupy soup, but it’s not necessary.
Trying this now, but on the stove top.
My family LOVED this recipe. Even my kids ate it all up which is a miracle. The only substitution I did was real rice for cauliflower. Delicious!
That’s incredible! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
Do you cut The peppers before adding them to the soup?
Yes, chopped
Do you cut up the pepper’s before adding into the soup?
Yup, chopped 🙂
This recipe is delicious. My family gives it a thumbs up. I took some to work for lunch and it smelled so good people were asking for the recipe.
Oh that’s amazing! I’m thrilled you liked it 🙂
Is there any special instructions if we dont have an instant pot?
Mine turned out pretty bland, but Im suspecting my broth … I didn’t have bone broth, just organic beef broth from Aldi. I may up the spices next time because I really love the idea of this soup, and love that it comes together so quickly! Thanks for the recipe!
So easy, so delicious! This will become a regular in my house. Thanks for another fantastic recipe, you haven’t failed me yet!
I’m curious about browning the meat in the instant pot- do you have to drain the fat off or do you just use really low fat beef?
I just made this on the stove top because I don’t have an instant pot. Either way, it was really delicious and fragrant. I think it was even better reheated the next day at work.
I have made this several times! It is so good and so easy and filling. Great leftovers too! I like to have Siete grain free tortilla chips with it.
Delish! My husband has had me make this 3 times in the last few weeks. Rich in flavor and healthy!
This recipe made me proud to own an instant pot. It is our family’s new favorite soup! I actually roasted one of my bell peppers on the stove to give it that extra bit of flavor. It was amazing! I made it last week and I’m making it again tonight!
Awesome! Thank you for posting. This will become a regular.
How long would you cook this if you do make on a stove instead of in an instanta pot?
Excellent Soup! I made one change only because I didn’t have and tomato sauce on hand and I just returned from the store with the rest of the ingredients. I put in a fire roasted salsa which was a little spicy because that’s as close as I had on hand. Turned out fantastic!
Very refreshing.
We made this tonight for the first time. We had a busy day/evening, and we weren’t able to start making dinner until after 9:30. This was super easy and quick to make. And wow….so yummy! Only problem – it was so good, there were no leftovers.
The soup you share is delicious and eye-catching. It is attractive and suitable for every meal. I really like this dish. I will learn to cook this dish for my family.
This recipe was excellent, definitely a staple now in my Keto meal plans. I also made zucchini spirals on the side. It’s a great addition as well.
I made this but added more hamburger and garnished with shredded cheddar cheese, it’s a hit! Froze leftovers in lunch size containers for future work lunches.
Delicious and easy! Loved using the instant pot for this recipe. We seasoned and roasted cauliflower pieces instead of the cauliflower rice and added it at the end. Would make again.
One of my all time favorite soups turned keto – yay!! It was delicious and super easy to make – thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
really really good IP soup recipe + it was super quick/easy prep!! The whole family loved it and it made lots of leftovers for lunches!
This sounds delicious. However, how can it be adjusted with using a slow cooker? Thank you!
OMG!!!!! THIS IS SO GOOD IT’S LIKE COMFORT FOOD I WILL ALWAYS MAKE THIS!!!
Made this today. Holy goodness, it’s amazing!!!
Made this on the stove top since I don’t have an Instant Pot and it turned out so yummy!!
I made this on the stove top tonight. Easy and tasty
Great recipe and very easy to make!!!
Made this a dozen times now and I love it.
I’m wondering….do you have a less pretentious recipe for this? I mean grass fed beef? does it really matter?
My cows eat whatever they stuff in their numerous stomachs. And sea salt is over 1,000 miles away…
I made this for a VFWdinner had 50 2C servings about 20 people showed up. Not only were they asking for 2nds lots asked for containers to take home! Big hit!!! We are having a clean up day this Saturday & was asked to make a big pot again. This doubles & triples well & works ontop of the stove too. MAN FOOD & HEALTHY
Absolutely loved this recipe! I used Turkey with Italian seasoning rather than the hamburger. I didn’t have tomatoe sauce so used A can of Rotel with diced chilies. I also sauteed the cauliflower as suggested and added after soup done. My husband said he was surprised I was eating the soup with rice in it! (I had Bariatric sleeve surgery 7 1/2 months ago).I laughed and told him-it’s cauliflower rice! Lol!
Excellent soup! My husband and I loved it, definitely a keeper recipe. The flavor is fabulous and it is so nice to have a “new” soup flavor.
Love it!
MAde this today and is was hearty and flavourful. Excellent recipe. Thank you for sharing.
OMG. This soup is way better than the sum of its parts. It’s genius. Delicious.
We LOVE this soup! It’s a favorite for whenever people are over and it’s very often requested when I need to bring a dish! And we love the simplicity of it🙌🏼
Yum!
Browned the meat, then fresh sliced leftover mushrooms, sliced green bells. Added all to pot. When done, I added toasted shiitake pasta.