Low Carb Southwest Stuffed Peppers Food

SOUTHWEST VEGETARIAN STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cut ¼-inch from tops of bell peppers and remove the stem, ribs and seeds.
• Fill a large baking dish with 1/2-inch of water.
• Place peppers cut-side down in the water and bake for 20 minutes.
• Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add corn, beans, diced tomatoes, green onions, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper. Stir until corn and beans are heated through, about 5 minutes.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in rice, 1 cup cheese, and cilantro. Stir to combine. Taste and add additional seasonings, if needed.
• Remove peppers from oven and drain water from dish. Divide the mixture evenly between the peppers, then top with remaining cheese. Return to oven for 10-15 more minutes, until peppers are tender and cheese is melted.
• Store leftover peppers in the refrigerator, covered for 4-5 days.

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.

SOUTHWEST STUFFED PEPPERS LOW CARB - HEALTHY KETO STUFFED PEPPER RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Slice peppers in half lengthwise and remove all seeds and ribs.
• If you want softer peppers, rub some olive or avocado oil on them and roast the halves for 10-15 minutes before stuffing them. (I didn't do this and my husband thought they could have been softer). Even easier, just bake them longer after stuffed too.
• Next up the green chile cauliflower rice. Microwave the rice for 4-5 minutes based on your microwave. Then add rice to a frying pan with green chiles, salsa and cumin. Cook until dry ish. You don't want the rice to have liquid still because that will make a soupy stuffed pepper.
• My cauliflower green chile rice looks like this:) Set the rice aside.
• Brown the ground turkey. Once browned add salsa and cook for 2-3 minutes
• Layer the green chile cauliflower rice into the peppers.
• Layer the meat over the green chile cauliflower rice. I made mine little mounds to fit all the meat in the peppers.
• Optional: Add cheese to the tops of the peppers and cook for 20-30 minutes. I let mine cook for 30 minutes until the cheese was bubbly.
• Enjoy:)

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.

LOW-CARB STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Coat a casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Cook ground sirloin and sausage in a skillet over medium-low heat until browned and crumbly, stirring often, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain thoroughly. Mix in 3/4 the tomatoes, onion, butter, garlic, oregano, fennel seed, and seasoned pepper. Simmer over low heat until meat mixture comes together, about 20 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Fill bell peppers with meat mixture, alternating with layers of feta cheese and Parmesan cheese. Place stuffed bell peppers side-by-side in the prepared casserole dish; add remaining tomatoes around and under the peppers so they cook up and into the peppers. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

LOW CARB SOUTHWEST STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Bell peppers lengthwise and remove seeds and inside of stem.
• If boiling peppers before, boil water and boil peppers for roughly 8 minutes or until tender. Drain, pat dry and place in baking dish.
• If not boiling peppers then place the raw peppers in the baking pan.
• In a skillet, add onions, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, salt, olive oil, cumin, chili powder and saute until onion starts to soften.
• Add cauliflower rice, tomatoes, chicken breast and lime juice and stir well until everything is heated through.
• Spoon into each pepper.
• Sprinkle tops with cheese and bake for 20 minutes if peppers were pre-boiled or 45 minutes if using raw peppers or until peppers are tender.
• Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!