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Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup is a tasty version of my popular Stuffed Pepper Soup without so many carbs, and this soup is also gluten-free.

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Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup finished soup in two serving bowls

Years ago I made a popular recipe called Stuffed Pepper Soup. It's a delicious soup made from the ingredients you might use in stuffed peppers like green peppers, onions, sausage, ground beef, tomatoes, and herbs. There are a few  seasonings to add flavor, and that recipe also has rice. The soup doesn't have a huge amount of rice, but it's  too much rice for it to be considered a low-carb recipe.

For a long time I said in the notes for Stuffed Pepper Soup that I thought it would work well with cauliflower rice, so I'm not so sure why it took me so long to try it! But now I can happily report that this Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup (with cauliflower rice) is absolutely the bomb!

I've already eaten some of my leftovers and I have more in the freezer waiting for a cold night. And if you like all those stuffed pepper flavors I described above, I hope you'll try this soup!

What ingredients do you need for this recipe?

  • olive oil
  • onion
  • Italian Herb Seasoning (affiliate link)
  • green bell peppers
  • turkey Italian sausage
  • ground beef
  • canned crushed tomatoes
  • canned beef broth
  • Worcestershire Sauce or Gluten-Free Worcestershire Sauce (affiliate link)
  • sugar-free ketchup (affiliate link)
  • frozen cauliflower rice
  • salt and fresh-ground pepper
  • freshly-grated Parmesan for serving (optional)

How did we make Stuffed Pepper Soup into a low-carb recipe?

Of course replacing the rice with cauliflower rice was the first change we made to reduce carbs in this tasty soup! In the low-carb version we also used a bit more sausage and left out the mushrooms, but you could add some chopped mushrooms if you'd like without increasing carbs that much.

Can you make this soup with frozen cauliflower rice?

We used frozen cauliflower rice which also made it easy, and the frozen cauliflower pieces were nice and small and cooked quickly, but you could definitely use chopped cauliflower and just cook it a bit longer.

Want more tasty soup recipes with cauliflower rice?

Check out Low-Carb and Keto Soups with Cauliflower Rice to find more tasty soup recipes like this one!

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How to Make Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup:

(Scroll down for complete recipe with nutritional information.)

  1. Heat  olive oil in non-stick pan, saute onion until it's just starting to brown, then add the Italian Herb Seasoning (affiliate link) and cook a few minutes more. Add to the soup pot.
  2. Add the chopped green peppers and cook until they are starting to slightly char. Add the peppers to the soup pot.
  3. Add a little more oil and cook the ground beef and turkey Italian sausage, breaking it apart with the turner as it cooks. Add the meats to the soup pot.
  4. Then add the crushed tomatoes, water, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and low-sugar ketchup, bring the soup to a low simmer and let it cook 30-40 minutes.
  5. Then add 2 cups of frozen cauliflower rice (or cauliflower you've chopped in the food processor) and cook 20-30 minutes longer. Use the longer cooking time for fresh cauliflower.
  6. Season to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper and serve hot.
  7. Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup is amazing with some freshly-grated Parmesan to add at the table if you like the idea of that!

Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup found on KalynsKitchen.com

More Soup with Cauliflower:

Greek Egg-Lemon Chicken Soup

Instant Pot Low-Carb Loaded Cauliflower Soup

Chicken Pesto Soup

Weekend Food Prep:

This recipe has been added to a category called Weekend Food Prep to help you find recipes you can prep or cook on the weekend and eat during the week!

Ingredients

  • 4 tsp. olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped small
  • 1 T Italian Herb Blend
  • 2 large green bell peppers, seeds and stems removed and chopped into half-inch pieces
  • 19.5 oz. uncooked turkey Italian sausage, squeezed out of the casing ()
  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 2 15 oz. cans crushed tomatoes + 2 cans water (rinse out the can with the water)
  • 4 14 oz. cans beef broth (or use 7 cups homemade beef stock)
  • 1 T Worcestershire Sauce (or more)
  • 1/2 cup ketchup (I used Heinz Reduced-Sugar Ketchup)
  • 2 cups frozen cauliflower rice (Available at Trader Joes, Target, Kroger, and many other stores.)
  • salt and fresh-ground pepper to taste
  • freshly-grated Parmesan for serving (optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tsp. of olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan. (I used my favorite Green Pan (affiliate link) the largest  size frying pan.)
  2. Add the chopped onion and cook until the onion is just starting to brown; then add the Italian Herb Seasoning (affiliate link) and cook a few minutes more. Put the seasoned onions into a large soup pot.
  1. Add the chopped green peppers to the same frying pan and cook until they start to slightly char. Add peppers to the soup pot.
  2. Add the other 2 tsp. of oil to the frying pan, add the sausage that you squeezed out of the links and the ground beef, and cook over medium-high heat until the sausage and beef is slightly browned. You might have to cook the beef and sausage separately if you don't have a big enough frying pan. Use your turner to break the ground beef and sausage apart as it cooks. (Or I sometimes use an old-fashioned potato masher (affiliate link) to break the meat apart.)
  3. Add the beef and sausage to the soup pot.
  4. Add the crushed tomatoes, water, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and low-sugar ketchup, bring the soup to a low simmer and let it cook 30-40 minutes.
  5. Then add the 2 cups of frozen (or fresh chopped) cauliflower rice and let the soup cook 20-30 minutes more, or slightly longer for fresh cauliflower. Season to taste with salt and fresh-ground black pepper.
  6. Serve hot, with fresh Parmesan to add at the table if desired.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

10

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 317 Total Fat: 16g Saturated Fat: 5g Unsaturated Fat: 9g Cholesterol: 92mg Sodium: 1359mg Carbohydrates: 9.7g Fiber: 3g Sugar: 8g Protein: 30g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.

Low-Carb Stuffed Pepper Soup found on KalynsKitchen.com

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
It's important to use sugar-free ketchup or low-sugar ketchup if you're making this Stuffed Pepper Soup for a low-carb diet or for the original South Beach Diet. With that caution this should be good for low-carb and low-glycemic diets as well as any Phase of the South Beach Diet.

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Historical Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was posted in 2017. It was last updated with more information in 2021.

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