How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers - Kirkland Signature

In this post, I am going to share with you How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers and all the information that you want to know about Costco Stuffed peppers.

Is Costco Stuffed Peppers Good?

The Costco Stuffed Bell Peppers is simply a perfect choice if you want delicious stuffed peppers without making them from scratch. If you like ground beef, tomato sauce, bell peppers, and cheese, then these are a pretty safe and winning bet. They have Parmesan cheese, on top so if you're not a fan of Parmesan, take note, but honestly, you can't really taste strong Parmesan flavor.

After you bake them, you will taste the sweetness of the bell peppers, and the flavors of the ground beef, and the seasoning together. If you love cheese on top, you can add more cheddar or Parmesan on top before baking and you will get a super delicious mixture between melted cheese and ground beef.

Costco peppers are absolutely a good choice for ready-made stuffed peppers.

Can I Bake Costco Stuffed Peppers?

The recommended way to cook Costco stuffed peppers is to bake them in the oven and that's mean not only in the oven, but you have other options such as microwave, and air fryer. I recommend cooking them in the air fryer because this will cost you less time than the oven. While baking Costco stuffed peppers takes 1h or more at 350°F, the air fryer it will take for a maximum of 35min at 350°F.

Where To Buy Costco Stuffed Peppers

You will find these frozen stuffed peppers in all of Costco's area, These peppers come in a tray with six servings and currently costs $4.29 per pound. With an average pan weight of 3.5 lbs, these peppers let you put dinner on the table for 4 persons for just around $15.

Costco Stuffed Peppers Ingredients

Costco makes those stuffed peppers from 3 big size sweet bell peppers which are cut into halves and cleaned and the seedes removed. Then they are stuffed with a mixture containing, Cooked Ground Beef, Tomato Paste, Water, Cooked Rice, Mozzarella Cheese, Provolone Cheese, Parmesan Cheese, Vinegar, Onions, Sugar, Salt, Fresh Parsley.

As you can see only beef meat, there is no pork, chicken, r lamb meat in the filling.

This is a list of the whole ingredients according to Costco:

STUFFED PEPPER FILLING (TOMATO PUREE [TOMATO PASTE, WATER, CITRIC ACID], WATER, LONG GRAIN PARBOILED RICE [LONG GRAIN RICE, FERRIC PHOSPHATE, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID], DISTILLED VINEGAR [WHITE VINEGAR, WATER], ONION, SUGAR, SALT, RED PEPPERS, GREEN PEPPERS, BROWN SUGAR [SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CANE MOLASSES], SPICES, DEHYDRATED ONION, GARLIC, MOLASSES), COOKED GROUND BEEF, RED BELL PEPPER, YELLOW BELL PEPPER, ORANGE BELL PEPPER, SHREDDED MOZZARELLA AND PROVOLONE CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, POWDERED CELLULOSE AND DEXTROSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), SHREDDED PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART? SKIMMED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED PARSLEY.

How Long Do You Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers?

Cooking Costco stuffed peppers takes between 50 min to 1h and 15min. and that's because the cooking duration depends on the temperature you will use, if you cook the peppers at 400°F it may take 1h or less, and if you cook at 350°F it may take more than one hour for a few mintues. They think you have to do is to check the internal temperature 10 min or 15 min before the recommended time because the oven's performance is different.

Best Temperature To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers

The recommended temperature to cook Costco stuffed peppers is 400°F according to the information on the package. The Costco Kirkland Signature Stuffed Bell Peppers should be baked at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 50 to 55 minutes! 

But you can cook them at 350°F like I did because I want them to be cooked slowly so the pepper extracts their sweetness. For more tips, take the aluminum foil and cook them uncovered for 15 or 20 min to get the top browned and the peppers more tender.

How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers In The Oven

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Remove the plastic lid from the tray of Costco stuffed peppers.
3. Cover the peppers with aluminum foil and place them on the baking pan then in the oven. 
4. Bake the Costco stuffed peppers for about 50min at 350°F until an internal temperature of 165F is reached. 
5. If you want the stuffed peppers to become softer and sweeter with browned tops. Remove the aluminum foil and cook the peppers for about 15 minutes, making sure that until an internal temperature doesn't pass 185°F.

Cooking Costco Stuffed Peppers in the Oven takes about 50min - 1h at 350°F.

How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers In The Microwave

1. Remove the Costco stuffed peppers from the box and palace into microwave safe-plat.
2. Place in center of the microwave.
3. Cook on high for about 15 minutes.
4. Check the internal temperature should reach 160°F. If the pepper needs more time, give them more 5min and check again. keep checking every 5 min.
5. Serve and enjoy.

Cooking Costco Stuffed Peppers in the microwaves takes about 15- 25 min.

How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers In The Air Fryer

Preheating your Air Fryer at 350°F degrees for 10 minutes.

Place the Costco stuffed peppers in the Air Fryer basket, close the lid tightly and cook for 15 minutes.

Check The internal temperature, give more time if needed.

Carefully remove the stuffed pepper from the air fryer with a metal spatula or tongs to avoid spilling.

Serve and enjoy.

Cooking Costco Stuffed Peppers in the Air Fryer takes about 10- 30 min.

Recipe Tips:

• You will know that Costco stuffed peppers when the internal temperature reaches 165°F. 
• To make Costco stuffed peppers more soft and sweet with brown topped, bake for more 10 to 15min. The temperature shouldn't pass 185°F.
• Make sure to check the internal temperature 10 min before the recommended time and keep checking every 10 min.
• Add more grated parmesan/cheddar for more cheese flavors.

What To Serve With Costco Stuffed Peppers

There are many options to serve cooked Costco stuffed peppers such as salad, roasted veggies, fried chicken wings with dipping sauce, or soups.

you can also serve them at dinner with lentil soup or roasted tomato soup, they will go well on winter cold days. And if you make a little friends party, serve those stuffed peppers with boom boom shrimps and mozzarella sticks side by side with yum yum sauce or ketchup.

Here is a list of the best side dishes that you can serve with Costco stuffed peppers:

• Green Bean Casserole
• Coleslaw
• Ina Garten Quiche
• Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• Brussel Sprouts
• Lemon Chicken Breasts
• Tyson popcorn chicken air fryer
• Ina Garten Scalloped Potatoes

Costco Stuffed Peppers Nutrition Facts

Servings Per Container: 6

Serving Size: 265 g

• Calories: 350
• Total Fat: 16g
• Saturated: Fat 7g 
• Trans Fat: 1g
• Cholesterol: 70mg 
• Sodium: 810mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 23g
• Dietary Fiber: 2g
• Sugar: 6g 
• Protein: 26g

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How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers

Author: Emily Hill Cooking Method:Baking Cuisine:American Courses:Dinner Recipe Keys:Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 5 minutesCook time: 55 minutesRest time: 5 minutesTotal time:1 hour 5 minutesServings:6 servingsCalories:350 kcal Best Season:Available

Description

In this post, I am going to share with you How To Cook Costco Stuffed Peppers and all the information that you want to know about Costco Stuffed peppers.

Ingredients

• 1 pack Costco Stuffed Peppers
• 2 tbsp grated Parmesan

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Remove the plastic lid from the tray of Costco stuffed peppers.
3. Cover the peppers with aluminum foil and place them on the baking pan then in the oven. 
4. Bake the Costco stuffed peppers for about 50min at 350°F until an internal temperature of 165F is reached. 
5. If you want the stuffed peppers to become softer and sweeter with browned tops. Remove the aluminum foil and cook the peppers for about 15 minutes, making sure that until an internal temperature doesn't pass 185°F.

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