Best Low Carb Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipes

LOW CARB STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375 degrees.
• Saute onion and garlic in olive oil until onion softens.
• Add green onions, minced green pepper and saute for about five minutes.
• Set onion, garlic and green pepper mixture aside.
• Brown ground turkey and cook through.
• Add onion, garlic, and green pepper mixture. Also, add diced tomatoes, parsley, italian seasoning, and season salt/blend.
• Mix well and cook another five minutes.
• Stuff mixture inside hollow green peppers.
• Pour reserved tomato liquid in a baking dish and place peppers in dish.
• Top each stuffed pepper with about a tablespoon of pizza sauce.
• Mound each pepper with cheeses.
• Cook in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes or until cheese is golden brown.

SOUTHWESTERN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS (LOW CARB)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; cook peppers until just soft, 6 to 7 minutes. Drain and transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat; add chicken and 1 1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning mix. Cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 8 minutes. Chop or shred chicken and transfer to a bowl.
• Cook and stir onion and garlic in the same skillet over medium heat until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mix onion mixture, black beans, tomato sauce, and cauliflower rice into the bowl of chicken. Stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons taco seasoning. Fill the bell pepper halves with the chicken mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until heated through, 10 to 15 minutes. Top chicken mixture with Cheddar cheese and continue baking until cheese is melted, about 5 minutes more.
• Mix Greek yogurt, cilantro, lime juice, and 1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning together in a bowl; serve over stuffed peppers.

BELL PEPPERS STUFFED WITH SPANISH RICE, LOW FAT/LOW CARB

Steps:

• Bring water in a large saucepan to a boil.
• Meanwhile, cut the peppers lengthwise in half.
• Remove and discard the stems, seeds and membranes.
• Carefully, place the peppers in the boiling water for 3 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove the peppers and invert them onto paper towels to drain well.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Lightly spray an unheated large skillet with no-stick spray.
• Add the turkey and onions.
• Cook over medium heat until the turkey is no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the rice, tomatoes (with juices), tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, basil, salt and pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Place the pepper halves in an 8x8x2 baking dish.
• Spoon the meat mixture into the pepper shells.
• Sprinkle the cheese on top.
• Bake about 10 minutes or until heated through.

LOW CARB/LOW FAT TURKEY STUFFED BELL PEPPERS (ITALIAN STYLE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• On stovetop in a medium skillet or saucepan, sauté mushroom, onion, celery and garlic in olive oil until veggies are soft; remove from heat.
• Meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl,combine ground turkey, egg, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
• Add sauté veggie mixture to turkey mixture; mix well.
• Stuff peppers with turkey/veggie mix and place in an ungreased shallow casserole dish.
• In a small bowl, combine undrained tomatoes and tomato sauce; pour over peppers to cover.
• Sprinkle with parmesan cheese and Italian seasonings; cover with aluminum foil and bake for 50 minutes.
• Uncover, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and browned.

AUNT ROCKY'S ENCHILADA STUFFED BELL PEPPERS (LOW CARB, GRAIN-FREE) FOR THIS VERSION OF STUFFED BELL PEPPERS, I USED THE FILLINGS FOR GROUND BEEF ENCHILADAS. TASTY AND FILLING, AND VERY EASY! AND EVEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray cooking spray in a baking pan big enough to hold all the halved peppers lying flat cut side up. Set aside.
• Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise (down through the stem, or just beside the stem). Remove seeds and membranes. Put peppers in a microwaveable dish and splash with a tablespoon of water. Cover tightly and microwave on high for 3 minutes. Drain well, and lay the peppers out in the baking pan or casserole big enough for them to lay flat with their cut sides up.
• Brown ground beef with onion in a large skillet. Give the meat a light sprinkle of salt and pepper while cooking. Cook until onions are translucent and water from meat has evaporated. Drain the grease.
• While meat is cooking, drain olives and set aside 6 halves or slices to use as garnish.
• Add garlic to cooked meat, and continue cooking for another minute. Add enchilada sauce, tomato sauce, drained olives, remaining spices, and 1 cup of the cheese to the hamburger. Stir until cheese is completely melted and mixture has thickened somewhat.
• Divide enchilada stuffing evenly among pepper cups. Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top. If you reserved any of the olive halves/slices, put them on top of the cheese. This is just for presentation, so if you forgot to set some aside, don't worry about it.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until cheese on top begins to brown. Remove from oven, and sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve.
• Leftovers may be frozen.
• Notes:
• • I stuffed both red and green bell peppers, and I like the red much better for this dish. They give it a sweetness the green does not impart. The green bell peppers have 1 less carb per serving. To improve macros, I recommend serving with some avocado slices on the side.
• • Use any enchilada sauce that is gluten free, sugar free, and has no added tomato sauce.
• • You'll be using only 1/2 of a small can of tomato sauce. Be sure you use one with no added sugar. You can freeze the other half in a freezer bag and save to use next time, or make 2 batches at one time and freeze the extras to be warmed and served later.
• • Nutrition estimates are based on My Fitness Pal's online recipe analyzer. Brand names are included only to assure more accurate estimates. The recipe is stored on and available to MFP users for logging in their food diaries.
• • For more Atkins/low carb/Keto recipes and cooking tips, look for Aunt Rocky's Low Carb Recipes & Tips Group on Facebook, or follow me on Pinterest at auntrocky2.
• Per serving (using red bell peppers): Calories 320, Total Fat 21 g, Saturated Fat 8 g , Sodium 474 mg, Potassium 31 mg, Total Carbohydrate 12 g, Dietary Fiber 2 g, Net Carbs 10* g, Sugars 6 g, Protein 21 g. Macros: 60% fat, 27% protein, 13% carbs.

LOW CARB MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Cut tops out of the green peppers and remove any seeds or membranes.
• Blanch peppers for 5 minutes in salted boiling water, or you may place these in a microwave-safe pan, add 1/4 cup water, cover and cook for 5 minutes on high until softened.
• Meanwhile, brown ground meat and onion in oil, add spices.
• When meat is almost cooked through, add chopped tomato.
• When meat is cooked through, allow to cool slightly then mix in the yogurt and lemon juice.
• Place peppers in a baking pan and fill peppers with mixture and top peppers with feta and parmesan cheeses.
• Cover baking pan with lid or foil and bake at 350F for about 15 minutes.
• Remove lid or foil and cook about 10 minutes more.

WEEKNIGHT LOW-CARB STUFFED BELL PEPPERS

Steps:

• Put hamburger, bacon, onion, and garlic in a skillet.
• Cook until hamburger is brown, drain grease.
• Add seasoned salt, chili powder, bread pcs and tomato sauce.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Cut green peppers in 1/2, cleaning out seeds and membrane.
• Parboil pepper halves in boiling water for 5 minutes.
• Put into 13 x 9 pan.
• Fill pepper halved with beef mixture.
• Put 2 T cheese on top of each pepper half.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes.