Recipe: Delicious Sue's Low-carb Over-stuffed Peppers

Sue's Low-carb Over-stuffed Peppers. Place peppers in dish and stuff with meat mixture. Spoon remaining sauce on top of peppers. Remove foil and sprinkle remaining cheese on top of peppers.

I've included two low carb or keto stuffed pepper recipes in this post: one with meat and veggies roasted in sweet bell peppers, and a plant-based stuffed Poblano dish. I've been looking for a low-carb stuffed pepper recipe and this is IT!! Wrap the green bell peppers in aluminum foil, and place in a baking dish. You can have Sue's Low-carb Over-stuffed Peppers using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Sue's Low-carb Over-stuffed Peppers

1. It's 4 of medium bell peppers, tops cut off and seeds removed.
2. You need 1 T of EVOO or butter.
3. Prepare 1 of medium onion, chopped.
4. It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
5. It's 1 lb of hamburger.
6. It's 1-1/2 c of raw riced cauliflower.
7. You need 14.5 oz of can diced tomatoes, drained.
8. Prepare 1 of egg.
9. It's 1 T of dried basil.
10. Prepare 2 tsp of dried oregano.
11. It's 2 c of cheddar or Mozzarella cheese.
12. Prepare 3 c of Marinara sauce (5 net carbs per half cup).

In a skillet over medium heat, cook the turkey until evenly brown. Heat oil in the skillet, and cook onion, mushrooms, zucchini, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and spinach until tender. Pour reserved tomato liquid in a baking dish and place peppers in dish. Top each stuffed pepper with about a tablespoon of pizza sauce.

Sue's Low-carb Over-stuffed Peppers instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F..
2. Parboil peppers until just softened. Drain and set aside..
3. In small skillet, heat oil or butter. Add onion and garlic and cook until tender..
4. In large bowl, combine onion mixture, hamburger, cauliflower, tomatoes, egg, basil, oregano and 1/2 c cheese..
5. In baking dish, pour half of the Marinara sauce. Place peppers in dish and stuff with meat mixture. Spoon remaining sauce on top of peppers. Cover dish with foil and bake until temp. of meat mixture reaches 155°F, about one hour..
6. Remove foil and sprinkle remaining cheese on top of peppers. Bake until cheese is melted..

In the same pot, brown the hamburger, onion and garlic. Drain the fat and stir in the tomatoes and seasonings. It is possible to make vegan stuffed peppers that are also low-carb. Instead of meat, use vegan crumbles that are made of beans and other keto ingredients. Stuff the peppers with lots of cauliflower rice.