Keto Chili with Ground Beef & Spicy Green Peppers Recipe

Name: Keto Chili with Ground Beef & Spicy Green Peppers Recipe
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4

by Analiese Trimber

4 servings

40 Minutes

calories

318g

carb

fat

20g

protein

26g

tools

Large soup pot

Ingredients

1 bunch Green onions
1 Green bell pepper
2 Jalapeños
2 tbsp Avocado oil
3 tbsp Tomato paste
1 tsp Kosher salt
1 tsp Ground black pepper
½ tsp Garlic powder
½ tsp Onion powder
½ tsp Smoked paprika
½ tsp Ground cumin
½ tsp Chili powder
¼ tsp Red pepper flakes
1 lb Ground beef
4 oz Canned diced green chilis
1 cup Chicken broth
4 tbsp Sour cream (optional)
4 tbsp Shredded cheese (optional)
1 Jalapeño, sliced (optional)
2 tbsp Green onion, chopped (optional)

Instructions

1

Chop green onion from the whites until the greens. Dice green bell pepper and jalapeños.
2

In a large soup pot, heat avocado oil. Add chopped veggies and sauté 5-7 minutes, or until soft.
3

Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, cumin, chili powder, red pepper flakes, and half of your tomato paste to the pan.

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Sauté for 1-2 more minutes, or until spices are fragrant.
4

Add ground beef and cook for 5-7 minutes more, or until browned.
5

Add remaining tomato paste, green chiles, and chicken broth to the pot. Bring to a boil, and then turn heat down to medium low. Cover and let simmer for 20-25 minutes.

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Add optional garnishes and serve.

A Mean, Green, Spicy Chili Machine

Unlike keto chili, many traditional chili recipes contain ingredients with higher carbohydrate counts like beans and diced tomatoes. But lucky for you, we found a way to keep this chili recipe low carb without sacrificing on flavor in this keto chili with ground beef and spicy green peppers recipe. Loaded with ground beef and jalapeños and green chiles for spice, this keto chili recipe serves 4 and has 318 calories, 20 grams fat, 26 grams protein, and just 5 grams net carbs per serving.

Instead of using diced tomatoes and tomato sauce like many other beef chili recipes, we use tomato paste and chicken broth to impart that tomato flavor without all the extra carbs. We then supplement with lower carb veggies like green bell pepper, jalapeño, and green onion instead of beans. While we do everything in a soup pot, you could totally make this keto chili with ground beef and spicy green peppers in a crock pot or slow cooker. Just make sure to still brown your meat and the spices before simmering!

When making any good chili recipe, it’s important to load up on all the yummy, health-boosting spices! For this recipe, we use a combination of garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, cumin, and chili powder to give our low carb chili a nice smoky, rich flavor. If you don’t have all of these spices in your cabinet, try using a taco mix, and just supplementing the spices that are left!

One of the best parts about enjoying chili is all the toppings and extras that go great with it. You could enjoy a bowl of chili as an appetizer along with a meal from our keto meal plan, or you can make the chili your entree by dressing it up with sour cream, shredded cheese, more sliced jalapeños, and red pepper flakes if you like it extra spicy. This keto chili with ground beef and spicy green peppers would also go great with cornbread. Okay, now we’re drooling!