, photo by Emma Shevtzoff
, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE
in Recipes, Dinner, Meal Keto Tex-Mex casserole
Ingredients
- 1½ lbs 650 g ground beef or ground turkey
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp 3 tbsp Tex-Mex seasoning
- 1 cup (9 oz.) 240 ml (250 g) crushed tomatoes
- 2 oz. 55 g pickled jalapeños
- 2 cups (8 oz.) 475 ml (230 g) cheddar cheese, shredded
- ¾ cup 180 ml sour cream or crème fraîche
- 1 (½ oz.) 1 (15 g) scallion, finely choppedscallions, finely chopped
- 5 oz. (2½ cups) 140 g (600 ml) leafy greens or iceberg lettuce
- 1 cup 240 ml guacamole (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Fry the ground beef in butter over medium high heat until cooked through and no longer pink.
- Add Tex-Mex seasoning and crushed tomatoes. Stir and let simmer for 5 minutes. Taste to see if it needs additional salt and pepper.
- Place the ground beef mixture in a greased baking dish (about 9" or 23 cm in diameter). Top with jalapeños and cheese.
- Bake on upper rack in oven for 15–20 minutes or until golden brown on top.
- Mix the scallion with the crème fraîche or sour cream in a separate bowl.
- Serve the casserole warm with a dollop of the crème fraîche or sour cream, guacamole and a green salad.
Make your own Tex-mex seasoning
Don't be scared to recreate the flavors of Texas and Mexico right in the comfort of your own kitchen. Making your own Tex-Mex seasoning blend kicks sugar out the door and puts you in the driver’s seat. And, since variety is the spice of life, play around a little! Switch in hot smoked paprika or smoked salt. Grind up dried specialty peppers, or chop up a chipotle in adobo sauce. Taste as you go and you can't go wrong! Your Tex-Mex experience will be elevated to the next level.
How to vary this dish
This casserole can be varied in a million and one ways. You can wrap it up in our low-carb tortillas, fill a crunchy keto taco shell or serve it burrito style. The whole neighborhood will want to spend Taco Tuesdays at your place.
If you're not so much into the southern spice mood, substitute the Tex-Mex flavors (seasoning, jalapeños and guacamole) for pesto, or add garlic powder, basil, salt and black pepper. Top it with shredded mozzarella, sliced fresh tomatoes and a generous amount of grated parmesan cheese and you'll have an Italian version that's to die for.
If you feel like flirting with Indian cuisine you can substitute the ground beef for ground pork or ground chicken and season it with curry powder and Garam masala.
How to store this casserole
This dish can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator a day before you plan on serving it. Remove from the fridge about 30 minutes before reheating. Placing a cold baking dish straight from the fridge into a hot oven can cause your casserole dish to crack. Reheat in the oven at 300°F (150°C) until thoroughly warm.
241 comments
I’ve never tried the original one but I found this one a bit salty
Thank you! We will get that corrected.
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Yes, just a heads up that ground turkey is lower fat and higher protein.
You could if you wanted to, but there are so many amazing keto recipes out there, there is no need to limit yourself to just 1.
They include all of the ingredients in the For Serving except for the guacamole which is listed as being optional.
Yes, omitting the butter would affect the fat count. As far as draining the meat, that's totally personal preference. Some people use leaner ground beef and there's no excess grease to drain.
That depends on how much your dish reduces down as it bakes. The recipe as written makes 4 servings.
recipes with similar flavors from different websites that we like better.
Made some changes to recipe: used edam cheese(dont have access to monterey jack in europe), added little bit of scorpion chili sauce for extra hotness and used regular onion with creme fraiche.
Does the listing include everything in the meal as shown? So in this case the casserole plus everything listed under "for serving," - the salad and sour cream? What about items marked "optional," like the guacamole here? Are optional items included in the nutritional count, or excluded?
The nutrition information includes everything except for the (optional) items. It does include the other "for serving" ingredients.
Step 3 says to add the crushed tomatoes.