Low Carb Ground Beef Taquitos with Street Cauliflower Rice

The whole family will like this Mexican street-cart inspired meal! If your kids like spicy foods, you can include them in this recipe too. Keto taquitos are made with a decadent cheese sauce and ground beef filling. The filling is rolled up in a completely Keto “tortilla” shell, made entirely of cheese. Paired on the side is a scoop of cauliflower rice, styled after the popular Elotes you would normally purchase from a street cart. Instead of corn, riced cauliflower is cooked with paprika and lime juice. A special hot sauce mixture is drizzled throughout the rice before it’s topped with cotija cheese and plenty of chopped cilantro. If you don’t have cotija cheese available to you, the best substitution is to use grated parmesan cheese.

Make The Perfect Cheese Tortillas

Any time you want to make Keto tortillas, crackers, or crisps out of cheese, just follow this handful of tips to look like a Keto recipe expert. The next time you bake the cheese in your oven, watch the process. You’ll see the oven heat melt the cheese in its exact shape, then you’ll see the cheese bubble for several minutes. Once enough air has escaped, the cheese will release any fat and reduce to a darkened square or circle with many small air holes in it. When you see the edges turn darker than the centers, it’s time to remove your tray from the oven. Once the cheese hardens, you’ll have a crispy product that is strong enough to handle some fillings and any wandering fingers.

Re-Heating For Meal Prep

If you want to store this meal in meal prep containers, make sure both the taquitos and cauliflower rice are completely cooled before you do so. You’ll also want to soak up any excess fat on the taquitos with a paper towel. Any extra moisture trapped in your container is what’s going to ruin your taquitos during re-heating. When re-heating, separate the taquitos from the street rice. Heat the taquitos on a paper towel in a microwave. You’ll need to pay close attention to avoid over-heating the taquitos, which will start to melt your cheese tortillas.

Jessica L.