Calorie maintenance and dietary modification is one of the most important methods for the management of healthy weight and overall wellness. It is highly recommended to maintain optimal calorie intake and adequate nutritional requirements if you want to lose weight.
Low carbohydrate ground beef recipes serve as a good source of nutrition to maintain weight along with fulfilling the body’s essential needs. In fact, these recipes are also effective for patients with metabolic and medical health issues such as diabetes mellitus. Some of the low calorie ground beef recipes will be discussed in this article to savor your appetite.
Low Carb Ground Beef Recipes
Beef and Mushroom Burger
Preparation time | 25 minutes |
Cooking time | 10 minutes |
Servings | Serves 4 persons |
Calorie information:
Beef and mushroom burger contain 14 gram of fat and 452 calorie, per serving.
Ingredients
The ingredients required to prepare low carb hamburger with mushroom are:
Olive oil | 2 tablespoons |
Raw mushrooms (finely chopped) | 14 ounces |
Ground beef (extra lean) | 14 ounces |
Onion | 1 |
Salt | 1 pinch |
Black pepper | 1 pinch |
Worcestershire sauce | 2 teaspoons |
Eggs | 1 |
Hamburger buns (preferably whole wheat) | 4 |
Dark green lettuce (shredded) | 1 ½ cups |
Tomato | 1 |
Barbeque sauce | 4 tablespoons |
Directions
Heat olive oil in a sauce pan over medium flame. Add mushrooms and stir fry it for 4-5 minutes. Evaporate the excess juice, remove from heat and set aside (make sure that the mushrooms are in a dry form now).
In another bowl mix mushrooms with onion, pepper, salt and ground beef.
Add egg and Worcestershire sauce in the ground beef mixture and mix well using hands.
Once mixed well, prepare medium patties from the mix. Set them on an oil greased tray and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
Take out the patties and cook them on a non-stick pan until cooked from both sides.
Grill the hamburgers, place the patties in between, top some shredded lettuce, place one slice of tomato and serve with barbeque sauce.
Meatballs of Ground Beef
Preparation time | 20 minutes |
Cooking time | 10 minutes |
Servings | Serves 6 persons |
Calorie information:
Meat balls of ground beef supplies 242 calories, 18.97 gram of protein, 2.03 gram carbohydrate and 17.18 gram fat.
Ingredients
This is one of my favorite low carb ground beef recipes. The ingredients required to prepare meat balls of ground beef are:
Olive oil | 3 tablespoons |
Lean ground beef | One pound |
Garlic cloves | 3 |
Parsley | 3 |
Eggs | 2 tablespoons |
Parmesan cheese | ¼ cup |
Worcestershire sauce | 2 tablespoons |
Salt | 1 pinch |
Pepper | 1 pinch |
Directions
Place the broiler on heat.
Take a medium size bowl; add ground beef and all the other ingredients in respective measurements (except olive oil).
Mix the ingredients well by using both hands.
Prepare meat balls from the mixture approximately about an inch in diameter.
Drizzle some olive oil on a baking sheet and heat it.
Place the meat balls on the heated oil sheet and broil until cooked from all sides.
Serve hot (with tomato sauce or noodles).
Bacon and Ground Beef Rolls
Preparation time | 10 minutes |
Cooking time | 35 minutes |
Servings | Serves 10-12 persons |
Calorie information:
Bacon and ground beef rolls contains 163 calories, 7.64 grams of protein, 0.11 gram of carbohydrate, 14.3 grams of fat.
Ingredients
The ingredients required to prepare bacon and ground beef rolls are,
Ground beef | 1 pound |
Bacon slices (thick cut) | 6 |
Egg | 1 |
Colby jack cheese (shredded) | ¼ cup |
Garlic powder | 2 teaspoons |
Chili powder | 2 teaspoons |
Salt | 1 teaspoon |
Directions
Set the oven at 375⁰ to pre heat.
Take a medium bowl, mix all the ingredients (except bacon) mentioned above in the table.
Mix well, and then roll by taking equal amount; wrap the rolled mixture with bacon.
Place the bacon rolls in a pan already lined with non-stick sheet and drizzled with olive oil.
Bake for 35 minutes and serve hot.
Grass-Fed Beef Rice
Preparation time | 10 minutes |
Cooking time | 20 minutes |
Servings | Serves 6 persons |
Calorie information:
Grass fed beef rice contain 380 calories, 4 grams of net carbohydrate, 26 grams of fat.
Ingredients
Among all 6 low carb ground beef recipes, this one can be used as staple food. The ingredients required to prepare grass fed beef rice are,
Grass fed ground beef | 2 pounds |
Coconut oil or butter | 3 tablespoons |
Eggs (preferably beaten with soy sauce) | 4 |
Cauliflower head | 1 |
Gluten free soy sauce (preferably naturally fermented) | ¼ cup |
Garliccloves | 3 |
Ginger | 1 |
Onion | ¾ cup |
Hot sauce, pepper paste and crushed pepper | To taste |
Directions
In a sauce pan heat oil or butter, add ground beef and let it cook until the beef turns brown in color.
Take cauliflower heads and chop it in rice shape flakes (it can be done through food processor also).
Take another pan, add already brown ground beef, rice shaped cauliflower and other ingredients. Leave this to cook until cauliflower becomes soft, using about 7-8 minutes.
While this is cooking, beat the eggs with one tablespoon gluten free soy-sauce. Pour it on the pan and cook from both sides (like a thin omelet).
Take the cooked egg and cut it into strips.
Check on the cauliflower rice and ground beef, if cooked take out and serve with stripped egg pieces, pepper and hot sauce.
Ground Beef and Spinach Casserole
Preparation time | 15 minutes |
Cooking time | 40 minutes |
Servings | Serves 6 persons |
Calorie information:
Ground beef and spinach casserole contain 200 calories and 7.3 grams of carbohydrate.
Ingredients
The ingredients required to prepare ground beef and spinach casserole are:
Ground beef | 1 pound |
Onion | ½ cup |
Spinach (chopped) | 10 ounces |
Cream cheese | 8 ounces |
Sour cream | 1/3 cup |
Taco seasoning | 2 teaspoons |
Rotel tomatoes | 10 ounces |
Jalapeno pepper | ¼ cup |
Salt, pepper | To taste |
Directions
Preheat the oven at 375⁰.
Brown ground beef and onion using very little amount of oil.
Place 2 ½ quart of casserole along with all other ingredients and mix well.
Place the mixture in oven and leave for 40 minutes until it becomes brown from top.
Serve hot.
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