These Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers are a delicious low-carb spin on the classic sandwich and a tasty dinner idea you can prep ahead of time
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These Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers are the most delicious dinner idea, and they're a low carb way to get your fill of your fave sandwich while also sneaking some extra veggies into your diet. Anytime I can do a stuffed vegetable version of one of my fave foods I get so excited. Nothing like getting the flavours in while keeping the calorie count down!
I also love these Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers because they are easy to meal prep for the work week (surprise surprise, me making these for my weekly meal prep!)
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The ingredient list is pretty simple for these Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers. All you need is the following:
- Four green peppers (you could do multi-coloured but green are the cheapest so choose these to keep costs down)
- One package of pre-sliced mushrooms
- A sirloin steak (I usually buy one that's 1 inch thick and cook it for 1 minute per side on high heat)
- Half of a red bell pepper
- One small red onion
- Mozzarella cheese (Swiss works wonderfully here too)
Six different ingredients, and your trip to the store is complete! Then you have lunch or dinner ready for the whole week!
Lately I've cut a lot of grains out of my diet because I'm trying to eat more of a high-protein diet to support my training goals at the gym. My weight has fluctuated so much over the years that I find it's hard to really maintain my health and fitness goals – physically, and mentally.
You know the feeling right? Where you feel like you're spending so much of your time at the gym, or you have a couple cheat days (ESPECIALLY around the holidays!) and then it turns into a cheat week and you just lose motivation to eat well and take care of yourself?
I've found myself in that pattern so many times over the years that I've really been making a concerted effort to stay on top of my nutritional goals and get a TON of veggies in alongside enough protein to support strength training at the gym. Though I'm not exactly following a low carb diet per se (I have a scone every Saturday morning and sneak in some pasta/potatoes maybe once or twice a week), for the most part I'm eating two servings of veggies and a larger serving of protein at each meal time.
I've noticed I have so much more energy and I feel like I've really been progressing at the gym. For instance I started doing squats with just the 40lb bar at the gym but now I'm up to 45lb weights on each side IN ADDITION to the 40lb bar. I can only do about 6 squats at that weight LOL but seriously, I would say that that's progress!
So, that brings me back to these Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers. They're low carb, they've definitely got at least two servings of vegetables, and they've got lean protein so you can rest easy knowing you're eating a super healthy meal with tons of nutritional value. If you find that you'd like to even out the meal with a serving of grains you can definitely add some cooked rice or quinoa, but it would add to the cooking time so I keep it simple by sauteing everything in one pan then filling these and baking them.
Super easy and if you time everything right these Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers come together in under 40 minutes!
Will you be making these Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers?
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Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 4 green peppers, cut in half
- 1 sirloin steak
- 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1/2 red pepper, sliced
- 1 small red onion, sliced
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, grated
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F. Cut green peppers in half and de-seed them. Drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil, season with salt and pepper and bake in a 9x13 dish covered with tin foil for 10 minutes.
- Add remaining 1 tbsp of olive oil to a large frying pan and heat over high heat until oil is smoking. Add steak and sear for 1 minute per side. Remove from heat and slice very thinly across the grain when cool enough to handle.
- In same skillet, add mushrooms and cook until they start to release juices. Add onions and red pepper, sauteeing for 2-3 minutes until tender and seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Meanwhile, remove green peppers from oven. Divide steak slices and veggies among peppers then top with cheese and season with a little more salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove and serve!
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Julie says
I’m a late bloomer cook. What side did you recommend to compliment this wonderful dish? I’m going to try it this week in order to test run for incoming guests at the end of the month.
Taylor Stinson says
Hey Julie! A simple side salad or some roasted potatoes would work great with this dish! 🙂
Jeffinidaho says
Fantastic. I added jalapeño and Anaheim pepper as well sprinkles of crushed red pepper flakes..
Jess says
How big should the sirloin be and about how many ounces per pepper?
Also, 2 halves is one whole serving,
Taylor Stinson says
Hey Jess – about 1/2 lb will work!
Jess says
Thank you!
Sharon Sheldon says
First of all this looks really good! Can’t wait to try it. I was wondering though, how much a serving was? I am assuming 1/2 a pepper put wanted to confirm.
Taylor Stinson says
One pepper is a serving 🙂
Kristie Vang says
I made this tonight. I was thinking just salt and pepper isn’t tasteful but it works with the mushroom and cheese. I didn’t have a red bell pepper so I left it out and I used a whole yellow onion. Still good without it.
Taylor Stinson says
So happy you enjoyed Kristie 🙂