Tacky Low-Carb Taco Casserole (Video) – Kalyn’s Kitchen

This Tacky Low-Carb Taco Casserole has floor beef, onion, Ro-Tel tomatoes, cauliflower rice, taco seasoning, and naturally a number of cheese. And it is a low-carb taco casserole recipe that’s successful with virtually everybody who tries it. 

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A few of the hottest recipes on this website are low-carb casseroles, so for right now’s Friday Favorites featured recipe I’m reminding you about this very tasty and well-liked Tacky Low-Carb Taco Casserole! There’s one thing a few tacky taco casserole that simply screams consolation meals, even when it’s made with wholesome elements like those I utilized in my tackle low-carb taco casserole.

What I like most about casseroles is the best way you possibly can prepare dinner as soon as after which have leftovers for one more meal or two to be reheated later and even frozen, and that makes casseroles like this good for Weekend Meals Prep. In fact if in case you have a home stuffed with teenage boys that may not work out as nicely; even the children will eat this one and readers have reported that their youngsters didn’t even discover there was cauliflower rice on this low-carb Taco Casserole!

What elements do you want for this recipe?

What impressed this low-carb taco casserole recipe?

This recipe was impressed by the elements I utilized in my Floor Beef Cauliflower Rice Taco Bowls, with a little bit of a consolation meals detour with the cheese. (We used quite a lot of cheese to make this actually worthy of the title “Tacky” however if you’d like a recipe that’s Paleo and dairy-free, take a look at the taco bowls.)

What provides Mexican taste to the taco casserole?

For this tacky low-carb taco casserole, we used 2 cans of Ro-Tel Tomatoes with Inexperienced Chiles (affiliate hyperlink), a southwestern ingredient I like in dishes like this. I extremely advocate you employ the delicate number of Ro-Tel except you prefer it actually spicy, and should you reside someplace the place Rotel is tough to seek out, you possibly can substitute a can of petite diced tomatoes and a can of diced inexperienced chiles, see ideas within the recipe. (Discover that Roten is a ten ounce can, so modify for that) However please ensure you use some diced inexperienced chiles should you don’t have Rotel; that and Kalyn’s Taco Seasoning is what offers this casserole the taco flavors which might be so good.

Ideas for achievement with this low-carb taco casserole:

Be sure you drain the Ro-Tel tomatoes nicely and prepare dinner the cauliflower rice sufficient to evaporate a number of the water content material so the completed casserole isn’t too moist. For those who use frozen cauliflower rice, I’d thaw on the counter earlier than you make the casserole.

Need extra Low-Carb Mexican Meals?

For those who’re a fan of taco flavors, take a look at Low-Carb Mexican Meals Favorites.

Learn how to Make Tacky Low-Carb Taco Casserole:

(Scroll down for full printable recipe with dietary info.)

1. Dump the Ro-Tel tomatoes right into a colander and allow them to drain whilst you prep the opposite elements.
2. Warmth 1 tablespoon olive oil in a big frying pan and prepare dinner the onion till it’s cooked by and simply beginning to get some coloration.
3. Then add the cauliflower rice and prepare dinner over medium-high warmth for 3-4 minutes, till the moisture within the cauliflower has largely evaporated and there’s no water within the backside of the pan.
4. Flip off warmth, stir within the sliced inexperienced onion, and switch the cooked cauliflower rice to a bowl.
5. In the identical pan, warmth the second tablespoon olive oil and prepare dinner the bottom beef till it’s cooked by and beginning to brown, breaking up because it cooks.
6. Add the taco seasoning and prepare dinner a minute or two.
7. Then add the drained Ro-Tel Tomatoes with Inexperienced Chiles (affiliate hyperlink) and prepare dinner one other minute or two.
8. Stir within the cauliflower rice with about 1 teaspoon salt, and warmth by.
9. Flip off warmth and stir 2 cups grated Mexican Cheese Mix (or much less should you don’t need fairly a lot cheese.)
10. Put the combination right into a casserole dish that you simply’ve sprayed with olive oil or non-stick spray and high with one other cup of grated cheese.
11. Bake half-hour, or till it’s effervescent scorching and the cheese is frivolously browned.
12. We ate the taco casserole with some salsa and a dollop of bitter cream after we examined the recipe, and we beloved it!

Serve scorching, with issues like salsa, Inexperienced Tabasco Sauce (affiliate hyperlink), Bitter Cream, Guacamole, Pico de Gallo, or chopped avocado so as to add on the desk as desired.

Extra Dinners with Taco Flavors:

On the spot Pot (or Sluggish Cooker) Low-Carb Tacky Hen Tacos ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Carribean Jerk Shrimp Tacos ~ Inside Bru Crew Life
Kalyn’s Good Taco Salad ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Sluggish Cooker Hen Taco Chili ~ Shugary Sweets
Low-Carb Fish Taco Cabbage Bowl ~ Kalyn’s Kitchen
Taco-Stuffed Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers ~ Style and Inform

Weekend Meals Prep:

This recipe has been added to a brand new class referred to as Weekend Meals Prep that can assist you discover recipes you possibly can prep or prepare dinner on the weekend and eat in the course of the week!

Low-Carb Weight-reduction plan / Low-Glycemic Weight-reduction plan / South Seaside Weight-reduction plan Solutions:
It is a good predominant dish for any low-glycemic or low-carb food plan, together with and any part of the South Seaside Weight-reduction plan. Two cans of Ro-Tel tomatoes has about 26 carbs; for Keto you could want to scale back that to at least one can.

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p model=”text-align: justify;”>Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This well-liked low-carb taco casserole was first posted in 2017. It was final up to date with extra info in 2022.

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