Dinner

Mexican-Style Beef Stuffed Peppers

Name: Mexican-Style Beef Stuffed Peppers
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 140 g Beef mince, 5% fat; 300 g Red pepper; 60 g Black beans, tinned and drained; 60 g Sweetcorn, tinned and drained; 100 g Passata; 25 g Reduced-fat cheddar; 20 g Spring onion; 1 tsp Ground cumin; 1 tsp Smoked paprika; A pinch Chilli flakes; To taste Salt

Two red pepper halves filled with spiced mince, black beans and sweetcorn, baked with a little cheese on top. 48 g of protein for 492 kcal.

Calories: 492kcal
Protein: 48g
Fat: 12g
Carbs: 45g

Per serving, makes 1. 20 minutes of work, then twenty-five minutes in the oven. Published 8 September 2026.

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Ingredients

Beef mince, 5% fat140 g
Weighed raw. Standard 20% mince is nearly twice the calories at the same weight.
Red pepper300 g
Two large peppers, halved through the stalk and deseeded.
Black beans, tinned and drained60 g
Drained weight.
Sweetcorn, tinned and drained60 g
Drained weight.
Passata100 g
Reduced-fat cheddar25 g
Spring onion20 g
Ground cumin1 tsp
Smoked paprika1 tsp
Chilli flakesA pinch
SaltTo taste

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C. Roast the pepper halves cut side up on a tray for ten minutes to soften.
Fry the mince in a dry non-stick pan until browned. Add the spices, then the passata, beans and sweetcorn, and simmer for five minutes until thick. Season.
Fill the pepper halves with the mince, top with the grated cheese and bake for fifteen minutes until the cheese browns.
Scatter with spring onion and serve. A spoon of yogurt on the side suits it.

Worth knowing

The peppers are the plate and the carbohydrate at once. Beans and sweetcorn together are about 40 g of it.
Reduced-fat cheddar at 25 g is 65 kcal. Full-fat is 100 for the same amount and does not melt any better here.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.