Lean Ground Beef and Vegetable Sauté

Lean Ground Beef and Vegetable Sauté
35min5servingsEasyMain dishes

Lean ground beef sautéed in one pan with zucchini, peppers, mushrooms and tomato, spiced with red pepper flakes. High in protein and gluten-free.

High proteinGluten freeBudget friendly

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1

    Finely chop the onion and dice the zucchini, peppers and mushrooms. Peel the tomato and cut it into small cubes.

  2. 2

    Heat the olive oil in a large skillet and cook the onion over medium heat for 4-5 minutes until softened.

  3. 3

    Add the ground beef and cook over high heat, breaking it up, for 7-8 minutes until its juices evaporate.

  4. 4

    Stir in the tomato paste for 1 minute, then add the mushrooms and peppers and saute for 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Add the zucchini, tomato, salt, black pepper and pepper flakes. Cook partly covered over medium-low heat for 12-15 minutes until the zucchini is tender and the liquid has reduced. Serve hot.

Nutrition

Per serving

Calories240 kcal
Protein25 g
Carbs14 g
Fat10 g

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Lean ground beef sautéed in one pan with zucchini, peppers, mushrooms and tomato, spiced with red pepper flakes. High in protein and gluten-free.

High proteinGluten freeBudget friendly
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