These Whole30 Stuffed Peppers are healthy, but also incredibly delicious. Packed with sweet potatoes, spinach, ground beef, and delicious spices, these are hearty and satisfying.
These Stuffed Peppers are easy to make and are a wholesome, hearty meal. They’re a perfect mix of vegetables and meat, with sweet potatoes in the mix to round them out. The Chipotle Sauce takes the peppers to the next level!
I first developed these Stuffed Peppers while I was doing the Whole30 Challenge. But now, long after I finished the challenge, these are still a family favorite.
I recently served these Whole30 Stuffed Peppers to people who are not doing the Whole30 challenge and nobody complained. In fact, they asked for the recipe because they are so delicious. This isn’t diet food, it’s good food.
This recipe is a keeper for many reasons but mostly these:
- They’re easy to prepare and even my kids enjoy them.
- It’s a healthy recipe, but they taste so good that it’s entirely beside the point.
- They’re filling and deliciously satisfying!
How to Make Stuffed Peppers with Chipotle Sauce
To begin, mix your spices together. Then, you’ll cook the ground beef (you can also sub ground turkey) and onions in a large skillet. When the meat is cooked through, stir in the tomatoes and sweet potatoes and cook for another ten minutes.
When the meat and potatoes are cooked, you’ll toss in the fresh spinach and cilantro. And now the filling is ready! This should take approximately 20 minutes.
Now, all that’s left is to stuff those peppers and bake them. Cooking the peppers takes about 50 minutes. While they bake you can quickly mix up the Chipotle sauce.
Recipe Variations
If you’re not avoiding dairy and grains, you can easily add some into this recipe. Just mix in 1/2 cup cooked rice (I like to use short grain brown rice) after the meat is cooked. Depending on the size of your peppers, adding the rice may give you enough filling for an extra pepper.
You can also top them with grated cheese during the last 15 minutes of baking.
These Stuffed Peppers are a great fit if you’re avoiding grains, doing the Whole30, or even sticking to a Paleo or Keto diet. However, they’re delicious enough that you can eat them any time!
Trying the Whole30 Meal Plan
I’m not normally one to jump on any sort of diet train. No Atkins or South Beach or Paleo hoopla for me. I just aim for whole foods cooked at home 99% of the time.
We eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but we aren’t vegetarians. Really, I just try to make eating healthy and homemade something that we do every day.
I like the Whole30 because it focuses on whole foods. It’s simple and there are a lot of things that I learned while trying it that I will continue. After I made it through the Whole30, I found myself snacking less, eating less bread items, and definitely eating more vegetables.
I don’t see myself living grain free forever, but it was easier to stick to ancient grains and whole grains after completing the 30 day challenge. I did feel like it was just the nutritional reset that I needed.
These Whole30 Stuffed Peppers are healthy, but also incredibly delicious. Packed with sweet potatoes, spinach, ground beef, and delicious spices, these are hearty and satisfying. The cooking time listed here will leave your peppers al dente. They're soft enough to cut easily with a fork, but there's still some bite to them. This is how we like them. If you like a more roasted pepper, prepare the peppers and cook them unstuffed for 15 minutes or so and then proceed with the recipe as written. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases. Recipe calculation was provided by Nutritionix and is an estimation only. If you need nutritional calculations for medical reasons, please use a source that you trust.
Whole30 Stuffed Peppers with Chipotle Sauce
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 258Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 37mgSodium: 540mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 6gSugar: 7gProtein: 19g
Serve these tasty stuffed peppers with the Whole30 approved Chipotle Sauce and garnish with diced avocados. Enjoy!
Brenda says
I love stuffed peppers and chipotle, so put them together and I am sold. I completed the whole30 last fall and will agree it made me a more conscious eater and I had more energy. But I will say I beleive there is a place for whole grains!
Simone | Scribbles and Notes says
Talk about coincidence… I have just eaten stuffed bell peppers tonight, although in a slightly different version (love the chipotle in these ones!) and I am on my 4th whole30. Started exactly yesterday. And my reasons for doing another whole30 is exactly like yours. i love the focus and it makes me sort out my habits and is particularly useful after a period with lots of sugar and stuff I shouldn’t eat.
I couldn’t imagine ever not eating grains anymore but I do like the focus of the whole30.
Kristen says
Thank you for this recipe. I am making them tonight for myself, my two year old, and a few friends who are doing a Whole15 with me…we already did Whole30, took two weeks off, and found that we missed it. We were already Whole Foodies much like yourself, but we stray away from cow dairy products as my child cannot handle dairy. Anyway, I wanted to recipe that was compliant so thanks!!
Jen says
This was so good! Next time I’ll increase the ground beef to 1 1/2 lbs and use a smaller sweet potato. I thought it was good but my husband wanted a bit more substance. The flavors were right on though! We used New Mexico red chili powder.
Amanda says
These were amazing and I normally hate bell peppers. Something about the chipotle and sweet potato made me give this a shot and I’m glad I did!! Will definitely be in my recipe rotation!
Vicki says
This recipe is gold! So good!!
Thomas Utley says
Thank you for the recipe. My Whole30 book has one slightly different but still very good. I will try this one next for sure. I did the whole 30 and it changed the way I think about food every day. I planned to do it for 30 days but here I am 20 weeks later and still doing it. No sugar, no bread, no dairy, no legumes, no gluten etc etc. Oh and by the way, I have lost 46 pounds! I highly recommend Whole30 health plan.
Sylvia says
Wow, these were great! I only had chili pepper on hand, and these still tasted great. i severed my peppers with a salad and it made for a satisfying meal. This meal is a keeper for sure.
Jenny S. says
Overall the recipe tastes good, but cooking time wasn’t even close. After an hour in the oven, the peppers still were not cooked through. We gave up and ate them al dente. I will now empty the leftover peppers, chop the peppers, and cook everything as a one dish meal. My husband is a southern boy who is having a difficult time giving up things like rice, thus, I’ll make some for him as a base for the meat mixture. Might also be good over a baked sweet potato.
Diane says
I was short for time – after I cleaned my peppers I fired up the fry pan and blackened( seared) my peppers, including the cut off top, I then placed them in the microwave for 2 minutes or so then stuffed them – and finished them in the oven. Save your fry pan, after you’ve removed the meat stuffing mixture, while it still has the seasoning in it. Grate a head of cauliflower into it! Brown it up, adding coconut oil, add minced garlic, squeeze of lime, I sprinkled it with a roasted garlic herb seasoning, then added slivers of spinach and cilantro. Serve cauliflower rice in bowl around stuffed pepper. Drizzle with chipotle sauce! Absolutely amazing flavor combo
Diane says
I was short for time – after I cleaned my peppers I fired up the fry pan and blackened( seared) my peppers, including the cut off top, I then placed them in the microwave for 2 minutes or so, beginning the cooking pricess to spread up tenderness. I then stuffed them – and finished them in the oven. Need a side of rice??? Save your fry pan, after you’ve removed the meat stuffing mixture, while it still has the seasoning in it. Grate a head of cauliflower into it! Brown it up, adding coconut oil, add fine chopped garlic, squeeze of lime, I sprinkled it with a roasted garlic herb seasoning, then added slivers of spinach and cilantro. Serve cauliflower rice in bowl around stuffed pepper. Drizzle with chipotle sauce! Absolutely amazing flavor combo
Sherry says
Awesome recipe. I followed the recipe exactly, except i used lime because I didn’t have lemon. Delicious.
Jake says
Super tasty!!! I finished Whole30 about 6 weeks ago (lost 36 pounds!) and definitely didn’t want to give up this tasty, healthy eating lifestyle. We’ve cooked so many recipes from the book and I’m glad I stumbled across this new stuffed pepper recipe. The seasonings were perfect and made for such a juicy, flavorful, delicious beef. I’m glad I have a little filling left over because I think it’ll be great on top of a bed of spinach (taco salad whole30 style). Thanks, again!