These Southwest Stuffed Peppers are extraordinary! There are so many ways to make a stuffed pepper but these are by far my favorite! The smoky, tex-mex taste in the filling along with the hardy chunks of sweet potato make this a special dish to serve.
I mean, just look at all the beautiful colors!! You will be eating the rainbow for dinner my friends and your body will thank you! In the bell peppers alone, you are getting 200% of your daily vitamin C intake. There is no better way to ward off the common cold than by consuming your vitamin c with whole foods.
I really like using Trader Joe’s Taco seasoning. It is CHEAP and Paleo friendly. One packet is $0.79 cents and is 6 servings! (I only use about 1/3 of the packet to season the filling.) You can definitely make your own seasoning as well if you have the ingredients at home or use any other paleo-compliant taco seasoning you can find. This recipe is super flexible so don’t over think it. 🙂
For my money-saving tip I wold recommend looking for sales on your bell peppers. I have seen that for all kinds of prices some as cheap as a dollar each or as expensive as $6 a pound. Getting these peppers at the right time can take this from a frugal meal to a luxury.
I was able to get these peppers on a sale at $1 each. Which I find is a pretty common price point for bell peppers on sale. So search around before making these and wait for them to be a good price before trying this recipe out.
Also, you can always use jalapenos, sweet chili peppers or really any other kind of pepper if you find your able to get those for a good price or you just would like to add a new flavor to the dish.
What You’ll Need:
6 Bell Peppers
2 Tbsp Coconut Oil
1 Yellow Onion
1 Sweet Potato
2 Cloves of Garlic
1 Packet of Taco Seasoning
2 lbs Ground Beef (any ground meet will work)
1/4 cup Chopped Parsley
1/2 cup Chopped Arugula (spinach works too)
How to Prepare:
- In a large skillet melt coconut oil then on medium heat start sauteing onion.
- While the onion is starting to cook, peel and dice sweet potato.
- Add sweet potato to pan stirring occasionally. The sweet potato can easily start sticking to the pan so keep your eyes on it and add more coconut oil of need be.
- Add chopped garlic to the pan. Give a good stir.
- Once the sweet potato begins to brown add in the ground beef and taco seasoning, continue to stir.
- While the ground beef in heating up cut your bell peppers in half and remove the insides. Lay them flat on a parchment lined sheet pan.
- Once the ground beef is almost done cooking add in the parsley and arugula. Take the pan off the heat. The parsley and arugula will wilt down as well as the ground beef to finish heating through in the oven so there is no need to continue cooking over the stove.
- Spoon in the filling into the peppers.
- Place in a 375 degree oven on the bottom rack and cook for 20 minuets.
- Serve warm. Enjoy!
Prep Time | 15 minuets |
Cook Time | 20 minuets |
Servings |
stuffed peppers
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- 6 Bell peppers
- 2 tbsp Coconut Oil
- 1 yellow Onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1/4 cup Parsley chopped
- 1/2 cup arugula chopped
Ingredients
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- In a large skillet melt coconut oil then on medium heat start sauteing onion.
- While the onion is starting to cook, peel and dice sweet potato.
- Add sweet potato to pan stirring occasionally. The sweet potato can easily start sticking to the pan so keep your eyes on it and add more coconut oil of need be. Add chopped garlic to the pan. Give a good stir.
- Add chopped garlic to the pan. Give a good stir.
- Once the sweet potato begins to brown add in the ground beef and taco seasoning, continue to stir.
- While the ground beef in heating up cut your bell peppers in half and remove the insides. Lay them flat on a parchment lined sheet pan.
- Once the ground beef is almost done cooking add in the parsley and arugula. Take the pan off the heat. The parsley and arugula will wilt down as well as the ground beef to finish heating through in the oven so there is no need to continue cooking over the stove.
- Spoon in the filling into the peppers.
- Place in a 375 degree oven on the bottom rack and cook for 20 minuets.
- Serve warm. Enjoy!
Dominique | Perchance to Cook
Stuffed peppers are the best! Why have I not thought to make a taco version! Geniusssss. Perfect for this time of year when all I want is warm comfort food.
Amy
Thank you they are so good! If you give them a try I’d love to hear how you liked them! 🙂
Allison
I love the southwest twist to these! Trying them this week – I’m sure my family will love them!
Michelle
Stuffed peppers are such a great meal, they always go down a treat in my house. I’m sure this version would too.
Chef Markus Mueller
Delicious! Love stuffed peppers but never make them enough! Think I’ll make these tonight!
Chef Markus Mueller
Delicious! Love stuffed peppers but never make them enough! Think I’ll make these tonight!
Jagruti Dhanecha
Love stuffed peppers, always up for it. I’ve never tried a southwest recipe, bookmarking your recipe.
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
Stuffed peppers are the best! I have never tried a southwest version, it looks amazing! Can’t wait to try this.
georgie
what a great idea for a healthy weeknight dinner! I love stuffed peppers and these look so colourful!
Karyl Henry
I just recently got back onto the stuffed pepper train, and I’m so happy I did! Such a delicious and simple dish. I really like that you add sweet potatoes, and I’m going to have to try that out
Jessica (Swanky Recipes)
With the holiday season, I hardly have time for myself to cook healthy meals. I like that I can make these ahead of time and meal prep them for the week. Once January starts, these will become part of our meal rotation.
Julie
I LOVE that these are stuffed with sweet potatoes! I feel like stuffed pepper recipes always call for rice or quinoa, and while we aren’t paleo, we do limit our grain consumption in general. I usually make stuffed peppers with just veggies and meat but they always seem to be missing something. Can’t wait to try them with sweet potatoes!
Claire | The Simple, Sweet Life
I love stuffed bell peppers, and I particularly love that you included sweet potato in these. I bet they’re extra delicious!
Holly
These stuffed peppers look delicious! I love the southwest flavors and that they’re low-carb!