Minced Beef Hotpot Recipe - Keto One Pot Meal

This keto one pot meal is a deliciously comforting Lancashire minced beef hotpot recipe. With succulent chunks of veg simmered together in meaty juices before topping with swede slices and baking in the oven to finish. Includes step by step pictures to help.

It may seem a bit rich being a "Yorkist", sharing a traditional "Lancastrian" recipe. But setting aside the War of the Roses and being distanced not too far apart, it will come as no surprise that I grew up on comforting recipes like a mince and potato hotpot.

In fact, you'll find many dishes similar to this minced beef stew where everything is cooked together for ease and full of stodge. But as some of you know, this year, I've walked away from low fat, carby meals as my weight was increasing.

And that's why I'm sharing with you my keto beef stew using swede instead of a traditional minced beef hotpot with sliced potatoes. I'll also show you how it can be cooked in a slow cooker and instant pot as well as the large casserole dish I use.

What's The Difference Between Stew and Hotpot?

Descriptive wise, I don't think there's much difference between a hotpot or a stew. Both usually start the the same way where everything in a pot over direct heat; traditionally meat like a minced lamb hotpot or beef and vegetable hotpot in stock) and are melded together while simmering.

A hotpot, originating from Lancashire, England, is then commonly known to be topped with slices of potatoes, covered and baked. Then the lid is removed to continue baking to allow the potatoes to crisp.

A stew can often be cooked with potatoes or swede chunks (AKA "neeps" inside the stock. And it's also beautiful as an Irish stew and dumplings recipe where English dumplings are made using flour, suet or butter and a dash of water. The dumplings can either be boiled or baked uncovered similar to a mince hot pot recipe.

Equipment I Use to Make Mince Meat Hot Pot

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• Large casserole dish or other hob and oven safe large pan for a giant hotpot
• Chopping knife
• Measuring spoons
• Chopping board
• Measuring cups
• Spatula
• Measuring jug
• Potato peeler
• Salt and pepper grinder

How to Make Minced Beef Stew Hotpot

Note, you'll find a printable recipe card for my minced beef and onions dish towards the bottom of this post with a full list of ingredients. But in a nutshell, here's how I make my mince meat hotpot:

1. First, preheat your oven at 160c fan/ 180c conventional/ 350F/ Gas mark 4.
2. In a large casserole dish, add 1 tablespoon of oil and brown the lean mince with a pinch of salt and pepper.
3. Now add the shallots and leeks and continue frying for 3 minutes.
4. Stir in the rolled oats (or stir in the plain flour until you see no lumps) and and cook for a minute.
5. Throw everything else in including the fresh thyme except the swede and bring to a boil.
6. Arrange the swede sliced on top, cover and place in the oven for 1 hour.
7. Remove the lid and increase the heat to 180c fan/ 200c conventional/ 400F/ Gas mark 6 for a final 30 minutes.
8. Enjoy alone or with extra steamed veggies.

Note: there's nothing stopping you using this as a filling for minced beef onion pie with shortcrust pastry.

Minced Beef Hotpot in the Slow Cooker

For a slow cooker beef hotpot, make sure you sear your mincemeat and onions in a large frying pan first. For the sake of 8 minutes, you'll find the meat won't be soggy and more rich in flavour. Some models, including crock pots also have a sear option.

Then transfer everything into the slow cooker and top with swede before covering with a lid. You could cook on low for 6-7 hours or low for 3-4 hours.

It's not vital to finish baking to crisp your hotpot top, but providing your slow cooker is oven safe, you can remove the lid and follow the final 30 minutes in the recipe card at the bottom.

Mince Hotpot in an Instant Pot

If you want an even quicker instant pot minced beef stew, then you can follow the searing instructions and bring everything to a boil.

Then top with swede (or potato), cover and cook on pressure cooker mode for 40 minutes and serve without crisping.

Tips on How to Prepare Swede

Swede, similar to a turnip, is a much harder root vegetable to peel, so it's not quite an easy beef hotpot recipe compared to when making a minced beef potato option when aiming for low carb.

Peeling Swede

To peel, I find it's pretty straight forward, but I enjoy peeling veg by hand. Some people prefer to slice off the skin with a knife instead and sacrifice some food. This isn't essential, but below, I peeled mine while testing my Kitchen Aid peeler for the first time, (note, I bought it more for the spiralizer option!).

Slicing Swede

To slice swede, I recommend slicing a bit off the curvy edge to keep it stable while slicing. Start slicing the ends. Swede is so firm, it's easy to get your knife stuck if you try and cut through the fattest part first.

What is the Best Way to Reheat Beef Mince Hotpot?

We think the best way to reheat this beef hotpot is to bake it in the oven again. First, I stored leftovers in a baking dish and covered with tinfoil to keep in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Then preheated the oven at 160 degrees fan, and baked for 20 minutes while covered. And for the final 10 minutes, I removed the foil to prevent it from being too soggy.

Can Beef Stew Be Frozen and Reheated?

Yes, absolutely! Simply freezer in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. Then defrost in the fridge overnight and follow the reheating instructions.

It can also be reheated from frozen in the microwave. This should take about 7-8 minutes, stirring half way. I prefer using Sistema lidded containers to prevent mess.

Is This a Minced Beef healthy Hotpot?

There's a few factors in this mince hotpot that I consider it being healthy. Especially compared to a truly Lancashire hotpot.

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*Any syn values are personal estimates and not verified by Slimming World.

In fact, with one simple adjustment to using Frylight instead of olive oil, you could immediately call it an unofficial Slimming World mince beef hotpot.

The reasons I find this a healthy hotpot is:

• The calories in minced beef can be high due to the bad saturated fat, but this recipe uses lean minced beef. If this isn't a concern, you could alternatively try a corned beef hotpot instead
• Using olive oil means we're adding a healthy monounsaturated fat, ideal for satiety on a Mediterranean diet. Olive oil has a lot of health benefits
• Swede has a much lower carb content, eg 3.7g in 100g compared to 26g in 100g of potatoes. This makes Swede a great candidate in a diabetic's diet, keto diet or Atkins diet. It adds extra flavour, a touch of sweetness and beautiful golden colour
• It's much lower in carbs compared to a minced beef cobbler (AKA minced beef and dumplings or biscuits as Americans call it), which is baked on top
• And according to Dr Michael Mosley's The Blood Sugar Diet and The Fast 800 (both of which I've listened to via Audible), there is a lot of scientific evidence that low fat diets don't work. In fact, despite calorie counting and exercising throughout 2020, I found this to be true. As soon as I switched to low carb while enjoying healthy fats on his 5:2 diet, I started to trim down again and rarely feel deprived

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• Minced beef lasagna recipe
• Slow cooker beef and vegetable curry
• Cheesy minced beef cottage pie
• Lighter chilli con carne
• Healthy spaghetti bolognese

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