EASY Keto Taco Salad (Cheese Tortilla Strips)

Enjoy a zesty, flavourful salad for lunch with this keto taco salad. Customize your taco salad to your taste or eat it fully loaded while still enjoying a filling low-carb option.

Keep reading to learn how to quickly toss together an amazing taco salad. Plus, you definitely do not want to miss the recipe for the yummy keto tortilla strips. They add the perfect touch of crunch!

Jump to:

• Are Keto Taco Salads Healthy?
• How To Make "Tortilla Strips"
• How To Prepare Taco Salad Meat
• Taco Salad Toppings
• Taco Salad Dressing
• 📖 Recipe

Are Keto Taco Salads Healthy?

Salads are not always the healthy option you may think it is. By the time you've added toppings and dressing to many salads they full of sugars and carbohydrates.

This is especially true with taco salads that are typically topped with beans, corn, and tortilla strips. However, switching out certain high carb toppings and dressings with a healthier low-carb option is a great way to still enjoy a tasty taco salad.

How To Make "Tortilla Strips"

One of the best things about taco salad is the crunch tortilla strips. Instead of completely leaving out the tortilla strips we are replacing them with a low-carb option.

Making the "tortilla strips" is the first step in making the taco salad to ensure that your "tortilla strips" are ready to use when the salad is done.

To make your tortilla strips sprinkle a glass baking pan with shredded cheese and bake the cheese in the oven for 10-12 minutes. The cheese will melt and crisp while it bakes making the cheese crispy.

When the cheese is done baking remove it from the oven and when it is cool enough to touch cut the cheese into strips with a pair of scissors.

When you are baking the cheese do not line or grease the bottom of the pan. The cheese will produce oil naturally as it bakes, but it will also stick to any lining you add to the pan.

However, it will pop right out of a glass baking pan no problem.

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How To Prepare Taco Salad Meat

Earlier in the week, I browned ground beef in bulk to use throughout the week. If you are not sure how to brown ground beef or store it for use later on you can find directions in my ground beef meal prep.

To make your taco meat combine the cooked ground beef, sugar-free tomato sauce, and spices in a skillet on the stove.

If you are browning the ground beef right before making the taco meat be sure the drain the grease from the ground before adding the seasoning.

The taco meat will need to simmer on medium-high heat for 3-5 minutes until the tomato sauce thickens.

If you cannot find sugar-free tomato sauce you can substitute the tomato sauce with 2 tablespoon tomato paste mixed with ⅓ cup of water.

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Taco Salad Toppings

Use the time it takes for your meat and tortilla strips to cool to chop your lettuce and toppings.

I usually keep it simple and use chopped romaine lettuce for my salad. However, you can use any lettuce combination you want.

The toppings listed in the recipe are low-carb toppings alternatives you can use to add lots of color to your salad.

Feel free to leave out any toppings you do not like, or set the toppings up separately so that each person can add their own toppings.

How To Reduce Carbs Even Further?

If you want to reduce the net carbs per for your salad even further you can leave out or reduce the number of bell peppers/capsicums and salsa.

Setting the toppings up on the side makes it easy to portion control your toppings.

Taco Salad Dressing

We aren't adding a special dressing to this salad because it doesn't need it.

Once you have mixed up your salad the seasoning from the meat blends with the sour cream or salsa that you added to make your own tasty no-fuss dressing.

However, if the texture of the sour cream is too thick for your tastes I recommend mixing the sour cream with a few spoonfuls of water to thin the sour cream.

You'll get the same delicious flavor but the "dressing" will be thinner and easier to drizzle or pour without the fuss of making and chilling a dressing. This is of course a matter of preference.

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How To Meal Prep Low-Carb Taco Salad

This taco salad is also a great option for a lunch meal prep.

To meal prep this salad for lunch throughout the week you will want to place the lettuce in a storage container with a damp paper towel over the top.

Add the toppings to the side to be mixed in when you are ready to eat your salad.

This keto taco salad is an excellent filling meal that you can quickly throw together for your family. It is especially easy on a warm day when you don't want to stand over the stove for a long period of time. You are going to love how simple this salad is to make!

📖 Recipe

Looking for more amazing low-carb family-friendly recipes? Give these a try!

• Low-Carb Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole
• Low-Carb Ground Beef Meal Prep
• Low-Carb Chicken Nuggets
• Low-Carb Meatloaf Cupcakes

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