Low-Carb Taco Salad (with keto cheese tortilla strips)
Quick and tasty taco salad for lunch or dinner.
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Servings: 4 people
Calories: 486.6kcal
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Equipment
- Frying Pan
Ingredients
Cheesy "Tortilla Strips"
- 1 cup shredded/grated cheese any shredded/grated cheese will work
Taco Meat
- 2 cups cooked ground/minced beef
- 1/3 cup tomato sauce reduced sugar or 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
Salad and Toppings (all optional)
- 4 cups romaine lettuce chopped
- 1 cup red and yellow bell peppers/capsicum diced
- ⅓ cup black olives sliced
- ¼ red onion diced
- 2 jalepenos sliced
- ½ avocado sliced
- bunch fresh cilantro torn or chopped
- ⅓ cup salsa reduced sugar
- ⅓ cup sour cream
Instructions
"Tortilla Strips"
- Preheat your oven to 220 C/425 F. Spread the shredded cheese over an unlined baking pan. Bake the cheese for 10-12 minutes or until the cheese has melted and turned crisp. Let the cheese cool then cut it into tortilla strips with a knife or scissors.
Taco Meat Sauce And Salad Prep
- While the "tortilla strips" are baking, prepare your meat on the stove. Mix all the taco meat ingredients together in a skillet and let it simmer a few minutes until it is warm and the sauce has thickened.
- Chop your lettuce and desired vegetables for your salad. When the meat and tortilla strips are done assemble the salad in a large bowl topped with salsa and sour cream. You can also serve your salad buffet style and let everyone add their own toppings to their salad.
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Notes
NOTE: To reduce the carb values, simply reduce how much bell peppers/capsicums, reduced sugar tomato sauce and salsa are used.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serve (serves 4)Calories: 486.6kcalCarbohydrates: 11.6gProtein: 30.8gFat: 35.9gSodium: 1006.1mgPotassium: 870mgFiber: 4.6gSugar: 3.8gVitamin A: 5067.7IUVitamin C: 83.4mgCalcium: 279.3mgIron: 3.9mg