Do you love pizza? Make this fun dinner idea: Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers. Fill bell pepper halves with rice, pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, Italian spices, and Don Pepino pizza sauce. Bake them covered; during the last 10 minutes, add a slice of mozzarella cheese, a little more pepperoni, and black olives. Bake uncovered until melted. You get all the cheesy pizza goodness in a stuffed bell pepper- delicious!

Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers

Pizza stuffed bell peppers filled with rice and topped with melted mozzarella, pepperoni, and black olives in a baking dish.

Make these pizza stuffed peppers for dinner any night of the week. You can even prep the dinner ahead of time, get the dish to room temperature, and bake them.

Don Pepino Recipe Challenge

If there is one thing I love, it's getting creative in the kitchen, entering recipe challenges, and using new (to me) food products. This is my second entry for the Don Pepino's Recipe Challenge. I did receive the pizza sauce for free to include in my recipes. #TheSauceBehindTheSlice #MadeWithDonPepino #DonPepinosRecipeChallenge

Looking for another pizza night idea? Be sure to see our pizza entry, the Easy Pepperoni Pizza recipe.

Ingredients for Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers

ingredients for pizza stuffed peppers with Don Pepino Pizza Sauce

1 14.5-ounce can Don Pepino Pizza Sauce
nonstick spray
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
3 medium/large bell peppers
16-ounce fresh mozzarella cheese
6 ounces (small package) sliced pepperoni
6 ounces pitted (or pre-sliced) black olives
2 cups uncooked rice, cooked according to package directions
optional diced jalapenos

Recipe Notes:

Measure 2 cups of uncooked rice, then cook it according to the package directions before making the filling.
Reserve 6 slices of fresh mozzarella, a handful of black olives, and some sliced pepperoni for topping the peppers during the last 10–15 minutes of baking.
Reserve a little Don Pepino Pizza Sauce to spoon over the peppers. You can also have an extra can on hand if you’d like more sauce for serving.
For a little heat, add a washed, seeded, and diced jalapeño to the rice filling, or use crushed red pepper flakes.
You may have rice filling left after stuffing the six pepper halves. We reheated ours and ate it with the leftovers.
I used a deep Pyrex baking dish for the stuffed peppers.

How To Make Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers

closeup of pizza stuffed peppers with melted mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, black olives, rice mixture and Don Pepinos pizza sauce

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Then spread some of the Don Pepino Pizza Sauce across the bottom.

Slice the bell peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds and membranes. Place the pepper halves in the baking dish, cut side up.
Add the chopped pepperoni, chopped black olives, chopped mozzarella cheese, Italian seasoning (about 1 teaspoon), and most of the remaining pizza sauce to the freshly cooked rice in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Note: Reserve a little sauce, 6 slices of mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and olives, for the tops.
Spoon the rice mixture into the pepper halves. Add the reserved sauce over the filling. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the peppers are tender.
Remove the foil. Top each pepper half with a slice of fresh mozzarella, quartered pepperoni, and black olives. Bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
Let the stuffed pepper cool for a few minutes before serving.

Pizza Stuffed Peppers with rice, Don Pepino Pizza sauce, pepperoni slices, black olives, and mozzarella cheese in a baking dish ready to serve.

Dinner was so good! And so is Don Pepino pizza sauce. Delicious. I hope you get to enjoy cooking this tasty, easy dinner.

Where to Find Don Pepino Products? And more about the company.

Don Pepino

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DonPepinoSauce/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realdonpepino
Website: www.violetfoods.com/

Find their products on Violet Foods via their store locator, and on Amazon.

Yield: 6 stuffed pepper halves

Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers

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Easy Pizza Stuffed Peppers are filled with rice, pepperoni, black olives, Italian seasoning, and Don Pepino Pizza Sauce. Bake until the peppers are tender, then top with fresh mozzarella, more pepperoni, and olives for a pizza-inspired dinner.

Ingredients

1 14.5-ounce can Don Pepino Pizza Sauce
nonstick spray
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
3 medium/large bell peppers
16-ounce fresh mozzarella cheese
6 ounces (small package) sliced pepperoni
6 ounces pitted (or pre-sliced) black olives
2 cups uncooked rice, cooked according to package directions
optional diced jalapenos

Instructions

How To Make Pizza Stuffed Peppers

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Then spread some of the Don Pepino Pizza Sauce across the bottom.
Slice the bell peppers lengthwise and remove the seeds and membranes. Place the pepper halves in the baking dish, cut side up.
Add the chopped pepperoni, chopped black olives, chopped mozzarella cheese, Italian seasoning (about 1 teaspoon), and most of the remaining pizza sauce to the freshly cooked rice in a large bowl. Stir to combine. Note: Reserve a little sauce, 6 slices of mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, and olives, for the tops.
Spoon the rice mixture into the pepper halves. Add the reserved sauce over the filling. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45-55 minutes, or until the peppers are tender.
Remove the foil. Top each pepper half with a slice of fresh mozzarella, quartered pepperoni, and black olives. Bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
Let the stuffed pepper cool for a few minutes before serving.

Notes

Measure 2 cups of uncooked rice, then cook it according to the package directions before making the filling.

Reserve 6 slices of fresh mozzarella, a handful of black olives, and some sliced pepperoni for topping the peppers during the last 10–15 minutes of baking.

Reserve a little Don Pepino Pizza Sauce to spoon over the peppers. You can also have an extra can on hand if you’d like more sauce for serving.

For a little heat, add a washed, seeded, and diced jalapeño to the rice filling, or use crushed red pepper flakes.

You may have rice filling left after stuffing the six pepper halves. We reheated ours and ate it with the leftovers.

I used a deep Pyrex baking dish for the stuffed peppers.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

2
Amount Per Serving Calories 627Total Fat 34gSaturated Fat 11gUnsaturated Fat 23gCholesterol 55mgSodium 1396mgCarbohydrates 62gFiber 5gSugar 5gProtein 18g

Not all nutritional information is always 100% accurate.

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