Low Carb Shredded Beef Enchiladas Rojas
Are you ready to put some love in your Keto cooking? Are you ready to sit down to a dinner with homemade tortillas, slow-roasted shredded beef, and scratch-made enchilada sauce? You can do this! Don let the prep and cooking times listed scare you; much of this time is for chilling dough or leaving the beef to cook in your crockpot or slow cooker. Very little of the time requires your labor, leaving more than enough energy for you to choose a perfect pairing side dish from the Carb Manager recipe library. Another important note to mention is the roja enchilada sauce is a simple but traditional-style sauce. This means it is spicy and made almost entirely from hot Mexican peppers! You can add or remove ingredients to adjust the heat level at your discretion. You may also choose a pre-made enchilada sauce from your grocery store, but you will need to use your discretion here as well to accurately calculate your nutrition. If you like spicy food, you ve come to the right recipe! Jessica L. To keep your carbohydrates low, some changes had to be made to traditional-style enchiladas for a Keto-friendly meal. Most noticeably, the tortillas are different. You may compare these Keto enchiladas to something more like a chimichanga. To make your Fathead dough taste as close to a tortilla as possible, the trick is to press the dough as thin as you can without it tearing. This way, you have plenty of room for the shredded beef filling and have that chewy texture a proper tortilla has. You can add on other Mexican-inspired ingredients to enjoy with your enchiladas that are Keto-friendly as well. Sour cream, Keto guacamole, fresh avocado, cilantro, lime juice, or even a queso sauce are all delicious add-ons are all are Keto-friendly! While many may have their own personal take on an enchilada sauce, there are a couple key components that every good enchilada roja should have.Start with dried peppers. Guajillo is one of the most common, but you may include arbol, ancho, or pasilla. Remember, dried peppers can naturally have a stronger spice level, and the smaller the pepper the hotter it will be. Remove seeds and stems from the peppers to avoid making your sauce inedible from too much spice. Toasting the peppers is also important to develop more flavor for your sauce. From here, you can get creative with what flavors your include in your blender. Many traditional enchilada sauces will also include tomatoes, but adding tomatoes can be tricky when you are counting your carbohydrates closely. You may wish to thin out or make your sauce milder by adding greek yogurt, sour cream, lime juice, or a broth into your blender. Authentic? Almost! Keto and delicious? Absolutely!
