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Mad Creations Keto Chicken Taco on a black plate
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Keto Chicken Taco

The best looking Keto Taco on earth! A taco shell made completely of chicken, then coated in pork rinds and fried. Genius!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
Diet: Gluten Free
Recipe Category: Low Carb
Servings: 5 serves
Calories: 371kcal
Author: Megan Ellam

Ingredients

Taco Shells Crumb

Frying

  • 400 g duck fat or lard enough for deep frying

Filling

  • Guacamole
  • Salsa
  • Iceberg
  • Sour cream
  • Hot sauce
  • You can add some chilli con queso, or grated cheese, whatever toppings you love with your tacos

Taco Base

  • 1 egg
  • 55 g shredded cheese
  • 500 g chicken breast roughly chopped

Egg Wash

Instructions

CRUMB

  • Place pork rinds into a food processor or mixer
  • Pulse until you have crumbs. TM - Mix 5 seconds/speed 6. Transfer to large bowl.
    * Alternatively crush with a rolling pin in a bag
  • Place the chicken and egg into the food processor or mixer; mix until chicken is ground and starts to form a ball. Set aside.

EGG WASH

  • Whisk all egg wash ingredients in separate bowl.

CONSTRUCTION

  • Divide the chicken mixture into 5 equal balls. Place a ball of mixture between a split ziplock sandwich bag, and gently flatten into a round in a tortilla press (or use press between bench top and the underside of a large plate)
  • Baste both sides of flattened chicken with egg wash and sprinkle with with pork rinds pressing firmly.
  • Half fold the flattened chicken to form taco shape and place a wedge between to hold the shape. (I used an ice cream mould but even a ball of baking paper or aluminium foil would work).  Freeze for 60 minutes.
  • Bring oil to high temperature. Remove wedge from taco shell and gently fry in batches. Careful to not overcrowd the saucepan. Fry until lightly golden and cooked through. Fill tacos with fillings and serve

Notes

INGREDIENTS
  1. I love Pork King Good pork rinds. I am kind of obsessed and they need to get an Australian distributor.
NUTRITIONAL INFO NOTE
• I have calculated the Nutritional Label as raw and unfilled. As you can fill this with whatever will change the outcome, and of course, using different fats, and temperatures would affect the absorbency of added fats. There is definitely more fat in the “Naked Taco” but the average Net Carbs are still incredibly low at only 0.55 grams.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH
Fill tacos with guacamole, Pico de Gallo, shredded lettuce or cabbage, sour cream and hot sauce. Unlike a traditional taco, the shell is made with protein.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serve | Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 49g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 200mg | Sodium: 889mg | Potassium: 406mg | Vitamin A: 195IU | Vitamin C: 1.4mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1.3mg | Net Carbs: 1g