Stuffed Pepper Soup

I tried a new recipe yesterday for Stuffed Pepper Soup.  As always, I did a little tweaking for my family and gave it a try.  It was the most delicious soup and did taste exactly like stuffed peppers.

Here is my recipe for Stuffed Pepper Soup

2 cups rice cooked

1 lb. ground beef

2 cups diced red, yellow, green peppers

1 cup chopped onion

1 jar (26 oz) chunky tomato pasta sauce

1 can (14 1/2 oz) basil/onion/garlic tomatoes, undrained

1 can (14 oz) beef broth

I prepared rice according to package directions.  I then browned my ground beef with the green peppers and onions until meat was no longer pink and then drained.  I added the remaining ingredients until heated through.  That is it!  All there is to it!  It makes 2 quarts so we could all have leftover for lunch today.  YUMMY!

Just a couple more of my thoughts.  

I think next time I will try making it with ground chicken and use chicken broth instead of beef broth.  I do the same when I make chili as the ground chicken version always seems a little lighter eating than the ground beef version.

I think instead of precooking my rice next time I will increase the liquid and just toss the uncooked rice into the pot to cook while simmering.