Ground Beef Stuffed Peppers Recipe (Low-Carb)
By ditchthecarbs.com
Ground Beef Stuffed Peppers (Low-Carb) is perfect for a quick and easy mid-week healthy family meal. Budget-friendly and high protein.
Servings: 8 stuffed pepper halves
NET Carbs: 4g
Protein: 15.3g
Fat: 19.9g
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon (2 tablespoon) butter
- 1 (1 ) red onion finely diced
- 4 (4 ) peppers
- 500 g (1.1 lb) ground/minced beef
- 2 cloves (2 cloves) garlic minced crushed
- 100 g (3.5 oz) button mushrooms finely diced
- 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) thyme
- 2 teaspoon (2 teaspoon) oregano
- 1 slice (1 slice) bacon diced
- 100 g (1 cup) shredded/grated cheese
- 240 g (8.5 oz) tinned/canned chopped tomatoes
Instructions
- Heat the butter and fry the onion and garlic on a medium heat.
- Add the mince/ground beef and brown thoroughly.
- Add the remaining ingredients, and stir.
- Simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes to reduce the liquid and thicken the mixture. Stir occasionally.
- Cut the tops from the peppers, cut in half and remove all the seeds.
- Press the beef mixture into each pepper firmly, then place each one in an oiled baking dish.
- Sprinkle with grated/shredded cheese.
- Bake at 180C/350F for 20 minutes.
Serving: 1stuffed pepper half0 | Calories: 263.9kcal | Total Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 15.3g | Fat: 19.9g | Sodium: 191.2mg | Potassium: 414.7mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3.1g | Vitamin A: 502.3IU | Vitamin B1: 0.1mg | Vitamin B6: 0.4mg | Vitamin B12: 1.5µg | Vitamin C: 53mg | Vitamin D: 0.2µg | Vitamin E: 0.9mg | Vitamin K: 10.2µg | Calcium: 132.5mg | Folate: 21.3µg | Iron: 2.2mg | Magnesium: 28.3mg | Selenium: 12.5µg | Zinc: 3.2mg | NET carbs: 4g