Keto taco casserole
Taco night without the shells: spiced beef with green pepper, canned tomatoes and mild chiles, made creamy with a little cream cheese, then baked under an egg and cheddar custard. Top each square with lettuce, sour cream or hot sauce and let everyone finish their own.
- Time
- 64 min (12 prep + 52 cook)
- Servings
- 6
- Per serving
- 463 kcal
- Protein
- 37 g
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 lb ground beef (90% lean)
- 1/2 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 green pepper bell pepper, diced
Taco spices
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder, mild
- 1 tsp paprika, smoked if you have it
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 can (10 oz) canned tomatoes with green chiles, mild
- 4 oz light cream cheese, in pieces
Cheddar custard
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/3 cups grated (5 oz) cheddar cheese, divided
- 2 green onions, sliced, to finish
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Cook the beef, onion and green pepper in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking up the beef, for 8–10 minutes until browned and cooked through (160°F). Pour off any fat.
- Stir in the garlic, spices and salt for 30 seconds, then add the tomatoes with their juice and simmer for 5–6 minutes, until nearly all the liquid has gone.
- Take the pan off the heat, stir in the cream cheese until melted through, and spread it in a 23 × 33 cm (9 × 13-inch) baking dish.
- Whisk the eggs and cream with half the cheddar, pour it evenly over the beef and scatter the rest of the cheddar on top.
- Bake 25–30 minutes, until the custard is set in the middle (160°F) and the top is golden. Rest 5 minutes and scatter with the green onions. It keeps 4 days in the fridge and freezes 3 months; reheat covered in the microwave or at 350°F for 20 minutes.
Good to know
How hot is it?
Mild as written. Put sliced jalapeños and hot sauce on the table for anyone who wants heat.
Can I use ground turkey breast?
Yes, the spices carry it, at about 59 instead of 45.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 194
- Protein
- (33%)
- 16 g
- Fat
- (61%)
- 13 g
- Carbohydrates
- (6%)
- 3 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- <1 g
- Sodium
- 380 mg
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As written, 2777 kcal goes into the pot and 1831 g of ingredients comes out as about 1431 g of food: 194 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.