This is simply the BEST low carb taco meat you will EVER taste! Keto Super Taco Meat lives up to it’s name–it really is a different kind of keto taco meat! Check it out, along with enough recipes for the keto taco meat to last all week! Get your meal prep on!

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Keto Taco Meat

Forget Taco Tuesday! Why just one day for taco tastiness, when you can have a whole fabulous week of taco glory? From now on, it’s Taco Week!

Keep reading for some amazing taco-inspired keto dishes made with Keto Super Taco Meat.

If you’re an Instant Pot fan, like I am, I also included the same recipe adapted to the Instant Pot! 

This is the best taco meat you’ll ever taste! Really. I’m one of those people who just can’t leave a good thing alone. Ask my family. Sometimes it’s completely disastrous.

Related: Browse our Keto Dinner Recipes!

If I was an artist, well, I wouldn’t be one…because I’m the person who is just so excited about every beautiful stroke of the brush and I decide to keep adding them, well after perfection has already been reached (if I were a person who could reach perfection in the first place, LOL).

Keto Diet Tacos, Order Up!

In the case of this Keto Super Taco Meat and all its accompanying meals, I’m superbly ecstatic with my cooking efforts. I was going for a specific taste and hit my taste-target right on with no going overboard.

Easy, yes. Exciting? No.

That’s why I love this Keto Super Taco Meat. It’s a fancied-up version of the basic ground beef taco meat, still super easy, and is useful in several recipe applications–some will be familiar–but ketofied.

(I can’t believe my spellcheck didn’t just correct me. Ha!)

Get ready for this awesome keto taco meat recipe for instant pot! Or make it a keto skillet taco meat--we have both options at Keen for Keto! AND you'll get several recipes for using taco meat in the same place! Win-win! #ketotacos #ketogroundbeefrecipes

What about tortillas and toppings? Grab some ideas and try some of these keto diet tacos!

Keto Taco Meat Recipes FAQ’s

Does taco meat have carbs?

Taco meat can be as basic as you want. Ground beef, spices, and salt are really the only ingredients you need for a very basic keto taco meat with the least carbs. This Super Keto Taco Meat is super flavorful with just a few more ingredients and STILL only has 4 carbs in one cup!

Can you eat tacos on a low carb diet?

Yes!! Honestly, I don’t know how successful I would be on the keto diet without my keto tacos. I normally use lettuce for a healthy keto tortilla replacement, but there are so many low carb tortilla options out there! I’ll link you to a gluten free tortilla with just 6g net carbs below the recipe.

What if I want my keto taco meat spicier?

If you’ve never used poblano peppers and you’re worried about heat, I promise they are not spicy. I’m a weakling when it comes to spicy foods. An acquaintance I know is fond of saying, “Eating should not be painful!”

Poblano peppers are barely spicier than bell peppers. Just a tiny tingle on the tongue.

If you’re laughing at me right now, go ahead and sub in those jalapeno peppers in this easy taco meat or whatever tongue-torturing produce you normally use. I’ll just be over here admiring you from afar.

My goal is to someday work my way up to your level of greatness. Truly, I think that our society’s sugar addiction has diminished our taste for real flavor, including spicy heat.

When we stop relying on sugar’s sweetness for our primary source of taste, we open ourselves up to all the other amazing flavors of foods.

Spice goals, people. Until then, it’s poblanos for me. 
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Related: Keto Sweet Pork (Instant Pot or Slow Cooker!)

How to make Keto Ground Beef Tacos

Time needed: 25 minutes

Now to the good stuff! How do you make this extra special keto taco meat? (For more detailed instructions, skip down to the recipe.)

  1. Saute the onion and poblano pepper

    For this step, you’ll first decide whether to make your low carb taco meat in a skillet or Instant Pot. For the Instant Pot taco meat, you can use the saute function to saute the onion and pepper.

  2. Add ground beef and toast spices

    Add the ground beef to the skillet. Cook until browned and then add spices and toast them. When toasting the spices, make a little well in the middle of the meat so the spices can get direct heat from the bottom of the skillet. If using an Instant Pot, you’ll toast the spices first and then add the ground beef.

  3. Cook the taco ground beef

    If using an Instant Pot, add water and close and seal lid. Cook for 40 minutes and allow to slow release 5-10 minutes before releasing the remaining pressure.

  4. Add remaining ingredients to keto taco meat recipe

    Add the rest of the ingredients to the ground beef and stir.

  5. Enjoy!

    Use your keto taco meat for the recipes in this post or store for later. You may refrigerate this meat up to 5 days or freeze for a few months. Thaw completely before use.

Try this Keto Taco Casserole with a yummy cabbage base! Or this Keto Ground Beef Stroganoff Casserole with Cabbage.

Notes and Tips for Super Ground Beef Keto Taco Meat Recipe

  • You can use a different low carb taco meat recipe for these taco themed recipes, but the flavors complement each other and really work well in those recipes. The recipes just might not taste the same without it. It’s pretty special.
  • You can make a huge batch and eat it all week with these recipes and never get tired of it. ALL of these recipes are easy and simple, too.
  • If you do plan to use Keto Super Taco Meat for all of these recipes, be sure to double it (or triple it if you like more meat in your recipes). It makes about 5 1/2 cups per batch, so keep that in mind when choosing which of these recipes to make.
  • This recipe calls for keto mayonnaise. Most mayonnaise from the store contains sugar and vegetable oils (yes, even the olive oil and avocado oil varieties, sadly). If you’re looking for a clean keto version, try this easy 2-Minute Keto Olive Oil Mayonnaise. You’ll be surprised how easy (and fun!) it is to make your own mayo!

How about an easy Mexican-inspired side dish? Try this Tomato Cotija Salad with Tomatillo Dressing!

Get ready for this awesome keto taco meat recipe for instant pot! Or make it a keto skillet taco meat--we have both options at Keen for Keto! AND you'll get several recipes for using taco meat in the same place! Win-win! #ketotacos #ketogroundbeefrecipes

Ready for some pressure cooker ground beef tacos? Let’s get started!

Get ready for this awesome keto taco meat recipe for instant pot! Or make it a keto skillet taco meat--we have both options at Keen for Keto! AND you'll get several recipes for using taco meat in the same place! Win-win! #ketotacos #ketogroundbeefrecipes

Keto Taco Meat Recipe (ground beef)

Yield: 5.5 cups
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Keto Super Taco Meat is the last taco meat recipe you will ever need. Say goodbye to your old boring taco meat recipes. We also include an easy taco recipe for lettuce tacos, as well as several other yummy Mexican recipes to use up your new best taco meat recipe!

Instructions

Skillet directions:

  1. Heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and pepper, and sauté until the onion begins to become transparent, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add ground beef and garlic. Cook until ground beef is browned, breaking it apart into crumbles as you cook.
  3. Move ground beef and onions to the sides of the skillet and add cumin seeds, oregano, and chili powder all at once to the center and toast for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir all ingredients together.
  4. Add beef base paste, mayonnaise, tomato paste, vinegar, and salt and pepper. Stir until heated through. Add water if you prefer yours thinner.

Instant Pot Directions:

  1. Add onion, pepper, garlic, and olive oil to the Instant Pot.
  2. Press the “sauté” button and sauté until onion begins to be transparent and slightly golden. Be sure to stir at least every two minutes, as the sauté temperature on the Instant Pot is rather high. Add a tablespoon of water from time to time if it begins to stick to the bottom. Do NOT allow food to stick to the bottom of the pressure cooker pot. It burns and then the pot won’t pressurize (speaking from experience--this is why we don’t add the mayo and tomato paste till later).
  3. Add the oregano, chili powder, and cumin to the pot and stir constantly for two minutes, toasting the spices.
  4. Add 1/2 cup water and stir.
  5. Add the ground beef and beef paste to the pot, secure the lid, turn the pressure valve to “sealed” and cook for 40 minutes at high pressure.
  6. Naturally release pressure for 5-10 minutes and then quick release (or allow to slow release till pressure is released if you prefer).
  7. Open lid and push “cancel.” Break ground beef into crumbles.
  8. Press the “sauté” button and add mayonnaise, tomato paste, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Stir thoroughly for 2-3 minutes till heated through. Remove from Instant Pot and use in your recipes, refrigerate for a week, or freeze!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 5.5 Serving Size: 1 cup
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 421Total Fat: 34gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 338mgCarbohydrates: 5gNet Carbohydrates: 4gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 25g

Keto Super Taco Meat Recipes!

And here's what you've been looking for to use this keto taco meat recipe! The list of recipes to use with your new batch of keto taco meat. Enjoy!

Get ready for this awesome keto taco meat recipe for instant pot! Or make it a keto skillet taco meat--we have both options at Keen for Keto! AND you'll get several recipes for using taco meat in the same place! Win-win! #ketotacos #ketogroundbeefrecipes

Looking for a ground beef casserole? Try this Keto Tamale Pie!

Taco Week at Keen for Keto! A week's worth of low carb, gluten free, (healthy) fat full recipes to use your Keto Super Taco Meat! #keto #ketodiet #yum #ketogenic #mexican #lowcarb #glutenfree #fitness #keenforketo #keenforketofood

Everything on Keen for Keto is gluten free, low carb, high in (healthy) fats, and full of fresh vegetables.

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14 Comments

  1. Shawn August 28, 2018 at 2:35 pm - Reply

    Love these recipes keep them coming! That taco meat is amazing!

  2. Jenn August 28, 2018 at 2:36 pm - Reply

    Thanks! What a nice compliment! I’m glad my recipes are working well for your family. ?

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  5. Mimi October 14, 2019 at 5:45 pm - Reply

    Hi,

    I made this today in my instant pot and it was very tasty! Thank you!! My only question was for step #4, it said to add water and stir, how much water was I supposed to use? I added 1 cup since the instructions for the beef broth paste said to add 1 cup for 1 tsp. I used 1.34lb ground beef, was mine possibly more liquidy because of the less meat? or was I not supposed to add water?

    • Margaret December 30, 2020 at 8:42 am - Reply

      Hi, did you get an answer about amount of water? I have same question. Thanks, MGS

      • Jenn January 14, 2021 at 8:53 am - Reply

        Sorry friends! It’s 1/2 cup water. I fixed the recipe card. Thank you both for catching that mistake! Enjoy your tacos!

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  11. 카지노사이트 July 19, 2021 at 10:17 am - Reply

    Your blog has provided useful information for the work. All the tips in the post are great. Thanks for sharing. keep blogging!

    • Jenn August 16, 2021 at 12:30 pm - Reply

      No problem!

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