Cheesy Beef Taco Skillet Recipe with Cauliflower Rice (2024)

Enjoy this cheesy beef taco skillet recipe which doesn't require any high carb tortillas. It's an easy one pan low carb dish that cooks up quickly.

Do you love Mexican flavors? I sure do. We used to have a lot of taco nights, but I haven't done one in a while. That needs to change, especially after I've made my own low carb tortillas.

While browsing the internet, I found a cheesy nacho beef recipe at Pillsbury.com. The recipe calls for a couple high carb ingredients like rice and corn, but I turned it into a beef taco skillet recipe.

It really wasn't difficult to adapt the recipe into a low carb version. I just replaced the rice and corn as well as leave out a couple other carb adding ingredients.

The original recipe used a jar of roasted red peppers which I left out. And, I didn't use the taco seasoning mix because it has added starch. Instead, I used the seasoning blend from my Mexican Zucchini and Beef recipe.

The original recipe calls for two cans of diced tomatoes. I used this amount at first. But, after calculating the effective carbs per serving, I decided to cut the amount in half.

Although tomatoes are low carb, they are a fruit and contain sugar carbs that can add up. So, there's only one can of diced tomatoes with green chilis in this low carb cheesy beef taco skillet recipe.

This is also a great recipe for using up leftover cauliflower rice. You do get a lot of cauli rice out of one head of cauliflower so I end up more than I can eat. My husband ate this taco skillet dish and he doesn't like cauliflower.

With Cinco de Mayo just around the corner, I'm thinking this easy skillet dish will be perfect for celebrating. I may even make some tacos and throw a low carb party.

For this cheesy beef taco skillet recipe, you can use any style of cheese you like. I used an 8 ounce block of Colby Jack cheese that I shredded in the food processor.

You can make your own Mexican cheese blend by combining Monterey Jackand mild Cheddar. Just be careful of the pre-shredded cheese blends. They often add unnecessary starch.

Although it's easiest to use a food processor for grating cheese, you can do it buy hand. All you need is a box grater or hand held rotary cheese grater.

Did I mention how quick and easy it is to make this beef taco skillet dish? You should be able to have it on your table within 35-40 minutes after you start.

Most of my ground meat recipes use venison burger. But I chose to use grass fed beef that I got from ButcherBox instead.

It's debatable whether grass fed meat is healthier than standard grain finished beef. A study on ground beef shows little difference to justify the extra cost of grass fed.

My husband hunts deer regularly which provides us with a low cost source of game meat. And eating wild meat is just about as organic as you can get!

Next time, I'll try making this dish with some venison burger to see how it compares. The one good thing about ground venison is that it's very lean and doesn't require draining off fat.

I know a lot of people say that low carb should be a high fat diet. That is true if you are in a maintenance phase. However, if you want to burn fat, you need to watch your fat intake.

I've always found that the weight comes off better if I cut back on fat while eating low carb. It does make sense as you want to burn the stored fat and not fat you are consuming for energy.

Why have you turned to a low carb lifestyle? Is it for weight loss or other health benefits? Most people start out to lose weight, but continue off due to the health benefits.

Other Low Carb Skillet Dishes

I hope you and your family enjoy this simple skillet dish. Need some more easy recipes to make in a cast iron pan? Check out these others:

• Keto Chicken Pizza
• Ground Beef and Cabbage Stir-Fry
• Ground Beef and Squash Skillet

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