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This Taco Salad Bowl is an easy, low-carb option for enjoying a healthy taco salad at home. Here, you’ll learn how to make popular keto taco salad ingredients like taco meat, guacamole, Pico De Gallo salsa & homemade taco seasoning. Plus, I’ll give tips on how to make a Taco Bell taco salad with a healthier substitute for Doritos.
Why Make This
Taco Bell’s Taco Supreme was one of my favorite take-out options growing up. There is something about the toppings that were refreshing & delicious!
But, if you’re wanting to eat real food with real ingredients, some of the options at Taco Bell are less than ideal.
In this easy keto taco salad bowl recipe, you’ll get:
- A healthy taco salad bowl that includes layers of fresh romaine lettuce with homemade taco meat and fresh toppings
- A keto and low-carb option since I skip tortilla taco shells and wraps to cut carbs
Ingredients Needed
- Romaine lettuce: iceberg lettuce also works too.
- Taco Meat: I used ground beef that I seasoned this with my homemade taco seasoning. You can use your favorite taco seasoning or use another ground meat like ground turkey or ground chicken.
- Taco Toppings: The options for toppings for this salad are endless. But, I’m using shaved sharp cheddar cheese, sour cream, salsa, guacamole, cherry tomatoes, and red onions. Other options are radishes, limes, Mexican cheese blends, this low-carb substitute for Doritos, and more.
How to Make Taco Salad Bowls
Make the Ground Taco Meat:
- Sauté the onions in a skillet. Then, add ground beef to the pan (photos 1-2).
- Brown the ground beef and add taco seasoning (photos 3-4).
Assemble the Taco Salad Bowl:
- Layer your favorite toppings on a bowl or plate of lettuce (photos 5-6).
Top Cooking Tips & FAQs:
- Save time by buying some toppings: You can easily make keto taco salad bowls with ingredients that you can pick up, ready-to-eat from the store. For example, the fresh foods section in most markets has fresh guacamole and pico de gallo for sale daily. To save time, you can allow your local market to do some of the prep for you.
- Customize to your tastes: this salad includes many of my favorite taco toppings and doesn’t include a dressing. Feel free to adjust this to your tastes and preferences. The options are endless.
- Use low-carb Doritos: this taco salad tastes great and full of flavor as is, but if you’d like you can use these low-carb Doritos for added crunch and flavor.
This meal contains a lot of vegetables so it generally includes quite a few carbs. But, vegetables also have a lot of fiber so each serving of this meal has 11g net carbs.
Recipes to Enjoy This With
You can always switch the protein your taco salad bowl. Some other options besides ground meat are:
More Taco Bowl Recipes
If you are a fan of Keto Mexican Food, then you are definitely in luck. The real food ingredients and fresh foods make it easy to adapt and adjust to fit. Some other taco bowls are:
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Taco Salad Bowls Recipe
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Ingredients
Taco Meat
- 1 lb Ground Beef, I used 85/15
- 1/2 Yellow Onion, sliced thin
- 2 tbsp Homemade Taco Seasoning, click for recipe
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
Pico de Gallo
- 2 Tomatoes, off the vine, diced
- 1/2 small white onion, thinly diced
- 1 jalapeno, thinly diced (we like our food spicy so I didn’t remove the seeds or veins)
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 Lime, juiced
- 1/2 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt, use DRDAVINAHS to save
Guacamole
- 2 avocados, ripe
- 1/4 cup Red Onion, diced
- 1/4 cup cilantro, fresh
- 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Lime, juiced
- Natural Ancient Sea Salt, to taste
Other Taco Salad Bowl Toppings
- Sour Cream
- 10 oz romaine lettuce, I used the bagged kind that’s triple washed
- 1/3 cup sharp cheddar, shredded or Mexican Cheese blend
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients for the Pico De Gallo to a small bowl. Mix with a fork. Refrigerate and allow the flavors to meld.
- Add all of the ingredients for the Guacamole to a small bowl. Mix with a fork. Refrigerate and allow the flavors to meld.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet to medium-high heat
- Add the sliced onions and saute until translucent (~3 minutes)
- Add the ground meat to the pan and cook until brown
- Add the taco seasoning and mix to combine. Taste the meat. Decide if you’d like more salt (1/4 tsp should be enough).
- Add the lettuce, taco meat, sharp cheddar, salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.
Recipe Notes
- Save time by buying some toppings: You can easily make keto taco salad bowls with ingredients that you can pick up, ready-to-eat from the store. For example, the fresh foods section in most markets has fresh guacamole and pico de gallo for sale daily. To save time, you can allow your local market to do some of the prep for you.
- Customize to your tastes: this salad includes many of my favorite taco toppings and doesn’t include a dressing. Feel free to adjust this to your tastes and preferences. The options are endless.
- Use low-carb Doritos: this taco salad tastes great and full of flavor as is, but if you’d like you can use these low-carb Doritos for added crunch and flavor.
Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!
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