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, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Stuffed peppers with ground beef and cheese
Delicious bell peppers stuffed with spicy ground beef and plenty of cheese. An easy-to-make low carb recipe that feeds the whole family, and looks pretty too!
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Ingredients
- 4 (1¼ lbs) 4 (550 g) green bell peppergreen bell peppers
- 2 tbsp 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) yellow onion, finely choppedyellow onions, finely chopped
- 2 2 garlic clove, finely choppedgarlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1½ lbs 650 g ground beef or ground turkey
- 2 tsp 2 tsp chili powder
- 2 tsp 2 tsp ground cumin
- 7 oz. (¾ cup) 200 g (200 ml) crushed tomatoes
- salt and pepper
- ½ lb (2 cups) 220 g (450 ml) cheddar cheese, shredded and divided
- ½ cup 120 ml sour cream
- 4 oz. (2 cups) 110 g (475 ml) leafy greens
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Prepare a baking dish with parchment paper.
- Cut the peppers in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds.
- Place the peppers in the baking dish, and drizzle half of the olive oil on top of the peppers.
- Heat the rest of the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and fry until soft.
- Add the ground beef and fry until no longer pink. Then add the chili, cumin, salt, pepper, and crushed tomatoes. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in half the cheese.
- Stuff the peppers with ground beef mixture, sprinkle the remaining cheese on top and place in oven.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the cheese has melted.
- Serve with a dollop of sour cream and leafy greens.
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Step 3 addresses the amount of time in the oven - just while you prepare the filling, or you can skip that step if you prefer a crunchier pepper.
You can use any kind of cheese you prefer. When it's not crucial to the dish, we try to leave the options open as cheese availability can vary by region and country.
These are 15g net carbs per serving and are a moderate low carb recipe. The number 15 in the orange circle reflects that. You can also view the full nutrition information by clicking the Nutrition+ tab under the list of ingredients. You can read more about the carb count and levels of low carb at this link.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/how-low-carb-is-low-carb
Those are great ideas to help lower the carb count.
A recipe can't have more than 4% calories coming from carbs, and ideally is lower in carb count than this recipe in order to get a green circle. You can read more here - https://www.dietdoctor.com/how-low-carb-is-low-carb
Steps 4, 5 and 6 contain additional instructions and step 7 says to place the baking dish in the oven.