Keto Taco Skillet Recipe
Keto Taco Skillet Recipe
This Keto Taco Skillet Recipe will be one of the easiest keto dinner recipes you make! Top this with some shredded lettuce and you have a complete meal made in about 15 to 20 minutes (as long as your hamburger meat is already defrosted!)
There’s one tip to this recipe that will add a depth of flavor to this recipe that you don’t want to skip! It may seem a bit odd to add cocoa powder to a hamburger recipe but let me tell you… grandma knew what she was doing when she added this to these types of recipes! Just make sure it’s unsweetened cocoa. You won’t taste the cocoa but you will taste a level of flavor that you will thoroughly enjoy! Promise!
The next trick to this recipe is my handy cast iron skillet. Gosh, I love this pan so much. I have a huge collection of cast iron skillets! There is just something special about the taste of this dish when it’s cooked in this pan.
I used to think cleaning a cast iron skillet was a pain in the butt until I learned how to do it properly. Read this article on How To Season, Clean, & Maintain your Cast Iron Skillets. It’s super helpful! My whole family helps with cleaning dishes on rotation so you can bet that each and every one of us has been taught property maintenance for my cast iron skillets. They may not enjoy cleaning the dishes but they sure do enjoy the food that is prepared in them!
Oh! And I also use them Homemade Taco Seasoning recipe. This way I know there are no hidden sugars or flours in my seasonings. If you use the packets you buy in the stores, you will find a small amount of sugar in them.
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Keto Taco Skillet Recipe Ingredients
- 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 1 small onion (or 1/2 cup onion)
- 1 batch of this Homemade Taco seasoning recipe (or 2 taco seasoning packets)
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 can Rotel Green Chilies and Tomatoes
- 6 oz can of tomato paste
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- Optional Toppings:
- Sour Cream
- Cilantro
- Jalapeno, sliced
- Shredded Lettuce
Keto Taco Skillet Recipe Instructions
- Dice onion into small pieces and saute in butter in a 12-inch hot cast iron skillet.
- Add 2 lbs of 80/20 ground beef.
- After the beef has browned, add one can of Rotel Green chilies and tomatoes, taco seasonings, cocoa and tomato paste.
- Stir completely until all the ingredients are combined.
- Allow the seasonings to simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Serve warm with any of the optional toppings.
Here’s a video showing how we made this recipe:
Keto Taco Skillet Nutrition
Serves 6
Calories 505, Total C 10.7g, Fiber 2.5g, Net C 8.2g, Sugars 4.1g, Fat 37.1g, Protein 32.5g
Keto Taco Skillet Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 1 small onion or 1/2 cup onion
- 1 batch of this Homemade Taco seasoning recipe or 2 taco seasoning packets
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 can Rotel Green Chilies and Tomatoes
- 6 oz can of tomato paste
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
Optional Toppings:
- Sour Cream
- Cilantro
- Jalapeno sliced
- Shredded Lettuce
Instructions
- Dice onion into small pieces and saute in butter in a 12-inch hot cast iron skillet.
- Add 2 lbs of 80/20 ground beef.
- After the beef has browned, add one can of Rotel Green chilies and tomatoes, taco seasonings, cocoa and tomato paste.
- Stir completely until all the ingredients are combined.
- Allow the seasonings to simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Serve warm with any of the optional toppings.
Notes
Nutrition
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