Low Carb Chili Dog Bake

Ingredients

• Ground beef

  80% lean meat / 20% fat, raw

  1 lb or 453g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  1 medium or 119g

• Onions

  Raw

  ¾ large or 113g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  2 tsp or 5g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ⅓ tsp, ground or 1g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Worcestershire sauce

  1 tsp or 6g

• Tomato sauce

  No salt added

  1 cup or 245g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  1 cup or 237g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 tsp or 5g

• Uncured Chicken Hot Dogs

  1 Hot Dog - Trader Joe's

  8 hot dog or 448g

• Cheddar cheese

  1 cup, shredded or 113g

Directions

1. Chop dice onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Set aside.
2. Combine the ground beef, 2/3 of the chopped onions, peppers and garlic in large frying pan and saute until ground beef is browned. Drain fat.
3. Add spices, Worcestershire, tomato sauce, tomato paste and water to the pan.  stir to combine and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Slice hotdogs lengthwise down the middle, then cut in half. Lay hot dogs flat on the bottom of a 7 x 9 casserole dish.  Cover with chili. Spread 1 cup of cheese over chili and top with remaining onion. Bake at 400 F for about 15 to 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly!