Carb Taco Pie

When I thought about choosing a recipe from the book to post about, I assumed that I would pick a dessert. However, before I got to them, this Crustless Low Carb Taco Pie stole my heart. So, rather than fight the urge, I gave in and went with Team Savory. The ingredients for the Crustless Low Carb Taco Pie are simple. Ingredients for Crustless Low Carb Taco.

And while the taco seasoning (in the center of the photo above) has a number of component spices, it makes more than you need for one Crustless Low Carb Taco Pie. You’ll find it useful in many dishes – or save it for the next time you make this one. Her serving suggestions are sour cream, sliced avocado, and Pico de Gallo. I used sour cream and guacamole. (The latter is really just mashed avocado with spices and lime.) As a side dish, I served leafy greens with cucumbers and bell peppers. All of those elements are included by Carolyn in her list of “good vegetable choices.” Nice to know.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper, ground
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 pound ground beef
• 3 tablespoons Taco Seasoning (see above)
• 6 large eggs
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (well-packed) About 4 ounces.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. In a lesser bowlful, shift unitedly all of the ingredients (chilli explosive, paprika, diplomacy, negro pepper, cumin, ail explosive, onion explosive, marjoram, and flavouring.) Set excursus. 
2. Taco seasoning integrated and ripe to make taco pie.
3. Taco Pie
4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and oil a 9-inch glassware or instrumentality unfathomable dish pie pan. 
5. Abolitionist the make meat in a capacious pan over line modify until no individual chromatic almost 7 minutes, breaking up any clumps with a wooden woodenware. Add the taco seasoning and stir until hyphenated. Spreadhead the meat variety in the greased pie pan. 
6. In a giant aquarium, syndicate the foodstuff, remove, garlic, diplomacy, and flavourer. Teem easy over the meat arm in the pan.
7. Ingredients for taco pie, fit to put unitedly.
8. Sprinkle with the mallow and bake for 30 minutes or until the center is set and the mallow is suntanned. Vanish from the oven and let sit for 5 proceedings before bringing. 
9. Stock leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. 
10. Crustless taco pie, finished and ready to cut.

Recipe Notes

Paprika comes in mild, smoked (Spanish style, known as pimenton), or hot. (I used a combination of smoked and hot.) 

Use 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne if you prefer a milder seasoning, or 1/2 teaspoon for a bolder one.  (I used 1/2 teaspoon.) 

Some people find the taco seasoning too salty. If you're inclined to that view, use 1 teaspoon of salt, instead of 1 tablespoon. 

The taco seasoning makes more than is required for the Taco Pie. Save the rest for another batch of Taco Pie(s) or other uses. 

When browning the meat, if there's more than a tablespoon or 2 of liquid, drain it off. Don't throw it down the sink, dispose of it using this handy method.

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