Hearty Healthy Mince Beef Hot Pot (Gluten Free)

This Mince Beef Hot Pot is very simple to prepare, taking just 15-20 minutes of preparation time and then 2 hours in the oven, so you can set a timer and have it ready for the dinner table. It’s filling and delicious, ideal for any time of year, but particularly good when the weather starts getting cold and you want something traditional and homey to fill the family up.

This recipe is healthy at just 391 calories per portion, slimming world and weight watchers friendly, yet filling and satisfying. You can serve it as a complete meal, or add sides such as fresh bread and butter, broccoli, corn on the cob or roasted vegetables. The whole family from toddlers to grandparents will love this meal.

This recipe serves four and instructs you to cook it in one dish, but you could cook this in smaller dishes for freezing or for meal prep. It makes a great lunch and is freezer friendly and microwave friendly.

Healthy Slimming World Friendly Mince Beef Hot Pot

At only 391 calories per portion (Serves 4) this Mince Beef Hot Pot is low calorie and will fit most diets and healthy eating plans. It contains a healthy portion of vegetables, and as long as you use 5% or lower lean mince beef and skip the optional butter glaze, this recipe is Slimming World friendly and SYN FREE! Please check that the stock cube you use to make your stock is syn free as this may vary, but the ones I buy from Aldi are!

Gluten Free Mince Beef Hot Pot

This Mince Beef Hot Pot recipe is gluten free as long as you check the ingredients for your stock cube or substitute with a gluten free gravy.

Vegetarian Hot Pot

To make this recipe vegetarian simply replace the minced beef with Quorn mince and use vegetable stock instead of beef stock. This is a very simple recipe to make for a vegetarian and tastes delicious!

Hearty Mince Beef Hot Pot

If you are looking for a higher calorie meal you can use full fat minced beef rather than lean 5% minced beef and glaze the potato topping with butter. It’s a very versatile meal and should someone in your family not like one of the vegetables it’s easy to experiment and mix different vegetables into the dish.

Re-Heating Microwave Instructions

If re-heating this from fresh microwave for 3 minutes. If heating this from frozen microwave for 6 minutes.

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Mince Beef Hot Pot

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Dinner – British

By Christy – Serves: 4

Prep Time: 15-20 minutes – Cooking Time: 2 hours

Ingredients

• 500g lean 5% fat minced beef
• 500g sliced potato
• 250g diced onion
• 200g sliced carrots
• 200g sliced parsnips
• 150g frozen peas
• 500ml beef stock or thin gravy (check for gluten if making gluten free)
• salt and pepper
• one-cal frying spray or teaspoon cooking oil
• (optional) 50g salted butter to glaze

Instructions

1

Preheat your oven to 180C.

2

Prepare your vegetables by dicing your onions, slicing your parsnips and carrots into comfortable chunks and slicing your potatoes thinly.

3

Fry your onions on a medium heat in a large frying pan using a few sprays of one-cal frying spray or a teaspoon of cooking oil for a few minutes until soft and starting to brown.

4

Add your minced beef to the saucepan and fry until browned.

5

Add the carrots, parsnips and peas and salt and pepper to taste.

6

Stir well and add your 500ml beef/vegetable stock. You can also use a thin gravy substitute here.

7

Fry for 5-10 minutes until softened and then transfer into a large shallow baking dish.

8

Layer your potatoes on the surface, cover in foil and pop in the oven at 180C for 1 hour.

9

Remove the foil, (optional) glaze the potatoes with 50g melted butter and place back in the oven for a further 1 hour or until slightly browned and potatoes are soft when tested with a knife.

10

Serve as a complete meal or with a side of fresh bread and butter, roasted vegetables, corn on the cob, broccoli or cauliflower.

Nutrition

• 391 Calories
• 48.6g Carbohydrates
• 6.6g Fat
• 6.9g Fiber
• 33.4g Protein
• 2.7g Saturated fat
• 42mg Sodium
• 9.2g Sugar

Notes

Recipe nutritional value calculated with products purchased from Aldi (UK), January 2020 and calculated without optional butter or sides.