Cheeseburger Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef are an easy to make hamburger recipe that everyone will love. All your favorite hamburger ingredients, including melted cheese and bacon, come together in a perfect healthy serving that tastes delicious! This recipe is high in protein, keto-friendly, low carb, and gluten-free!
You'll Love Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef
Cheeseburger Style Stuffed Bell Peppers
Quick and easy stuffed peppers stuffed with your favorite cheeseburger ingredients are the way to go! Just make your stuffing mixture and spoon into precooked peppers. Bake until hot and bubbly - this will be in and out of your oven in no time. An easy to make dinner!
Make Ahead Dinner Idea
Another perfect make-ahead stuffed pepper recipe. In fact, I make these all the time on the weekend and let them sit in the fridge ready for baking a few days later. Super convenient!
Change Up From Classic Stuffed Bell Peppers
This cheeseburger version is a great alternative to classic stuffed peppers! You can never have too many stuffed pepper recipes on hand!
The beauty of bell peppers is that they taste great and you can stuff them with so many delicious things! Try this recipe for Lasagna Stuffed Peppers- my family raved over them! Or, Taco Stuffed Peppers 🙂
High Protein, Gluten Free, Low Carb and Keto-Friendly
- No rice is used in this recipe so it is gluten free, keto, and low carb.
- Ground beef is high in protein and iron.
- Fat content can be lowered by using a lower fat ground beef and slightly less cheese.
What You'll Need
- Bell peppers - I used a variety of colors, but choose any you want.
- Ground beef
- Dried minced onion
- Diced tomatoes
- Tomato paste
- Ketchup - use your favorite brand; keto followers should use sugar free.
- Prepared yellow mustard
- Cheddar cheese
- Bacon
- Salt and pepper
- Optional: top with pickle slices, shredded lettuce, tomato, onion, and Copycat Big Mac Sauce
How To Make It
Here's how to make Cheeseburger Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef:
Prep
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Assemble the ingredients. Wash the peppers. Slice them lengthwise in half through the middle, removing the seeds.
Cook The Peppers
Place the sliced peppers in a microwave-safe dish with ¼ cup water. Cover and microwave for 7-10 minutes, or until the peppers are soft.
Tip: start checking doneness after 5 or 6 minutes. With varying sizes of peppers and microwave wattage, cooking times could vary. Peppers will be slightly "shriveled". It's okay because you are going to stuff them with cooked ingredients and this will reduce oven cooking time.
Cook The Ground Beef
In the meantime, brown the ground beef until cooked through. Drain the fat and return the ground beef to the pan.
Make Cheeseburger Filling
In the same pan with the ground beef, mix in minced onion, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, ketchup, yellow mustard, cheddar cheese, and bacon. Do a taste test and add salt and pepper to taste.
Stuff and Bake
Spray a 13 x 9 baking dish with nonstick spray. Place cooked peppers inside the dish and generously stuff them with the meat mixture. Top with remaining cheddar cheese.
Bake 350 ° F for 20-30 minutes until peppers are heated through and cheese is melted.
How To Serve It
Top with sliced dill pickles, shredded lettuce, tomato, onions, and our Copycat Big Mac Sauce recipe (this is really good and super easy - I highly recommend you make this!)
FAQs
Cheeseburger Stuffed Peppers are really a meal in one. We like to top with dill pickle slices, shredded lettuce, tomato, onion, and our special sauce.
You can reheat stuffed peppers in the oven, by covering them with foil and baking at 350° F until warm inside. An alternative is warming in the microwave oven.
To reduce the baking time, you can boil peppers before stuffing them or you can steam in the microwave for 5 to 10 minutes. Make sure to slice your peppers in half and take the seeds out prior to cooking, per the recipe instructions.
I like steaming in the microwave because it is quicker and hands-off which makes my life easier.
You can freeze stuffed peppers. My preferred method is to make the recipe first - stuffing and baking the peppers, then freezing in airtight containers. Thaw and bake until heated through at 350° F
Freeze them individually for the perfect make-ahead lunch or single-serving dinner!
Stuffed peppers will keep in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.
Peppers can be frozen up to 8 months, but I prefer to use stuffed peppers within 3 to 6 months.
This recipe takes anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes to bake, the bell peppers are steamed in advance so you can get dinner on the table in a hurry!
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Cheeseburger Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef
Ingredients
- 4 bell peppers (any color)
- 2 pounds ground beef (80/20) (lower fat ground beef may be used)
- 3 tablespoons dried minced onion
- 1 cup canned, drained diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ⅓ cup ketchup (keto use sugar-free ketchup)
- 2 tablespoons prepared yellow mustard
- 2 cups cheddar cheese (shredded)
- ⅓ cup bacon (cooked and diced)
- optional: keto big mac sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Assemble ingredients. Wash peppers. Slice peppers lengthwise in half through the middle and remove the seeds.
- Place the sliced peppers in a microwave-safe dish with 1/4 cup water. Cover and microwave 7-10 minutes or until peppers are soft.
- In the meantime, brown the ground beef until cooked through. Drain fat and return ground beef to pan.
- In the same pan with the ground beef, mix in minced onion, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, ketchup, yellow mustard, cheddar cheese, and bacon. Do a taste test and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Spray a 13 x 9 baking dish with nonstick spray. Place cooked peppers inside the dish and generously stuff with meat mixture. Top with remaining cheddar cheese.
- Bake 350 ° F for 20-30 minutes until peppers are heated through and cheese is melted.
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Kori's Tips
- Top with sliced dill pickles, shredded lettuce, tomato, onions, and our Copycat Big Mac Sauce recipe (this is really good and super easy - I highly recommend you make this!)
- Start checking the doneness of the peppers after 5 or 6 minutes. With varying sizes of peppers and microwave wattage, cooking times could vary. Peppers will be slightly "shriveled". It's okay because you are going to stuff them with cooked ingredients and this will reduce oven cooking time.
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