This low carb Mexican chili meatloaf is based n my mother’s chili. It’s a delicious change from everyday meatloaf and is grain free. Each serving has only 3.9g net carbs and it’s very easy to make!
You might also like my low carb meatloaf stuffed portobello mushrooms!
Meatloaf is a fairly regular dish around our house. I usually make my Turkey Veggie Meatloaf because it’s very healthy and full of veggies. But today I wanted to make something different. I also wanted to keep it gluten free because I just don’t do well with wheat (breadcrumbs in this case). So I decided to try to make my meatloaf as I do my chili. That is use the same ingredients that I put in my chili, into my low carb Mexican Chili Meatloaf. It was a success and nice twist from my usual meatloaf.
When I make my chili, I use onions, green peppers, garlic, ground beef and lot of seasonings. So that’s what I did here. I minced the onion, pepper and garlic in my mini food processor so there wouldn’t be big chunks of veggies in the meatloaf. To that I added the spices and a bit of the salsa as well as egg and almond flour. In my traditional meatloaf I use breadcrumbs but I wanted to keep this gluten free so the almond flour works great. Lastly I took the rest of the salsa and spread it all over the meatloaf and baked. Below is this loaf o’ meat.
I decided to add cheddar cheese and placed it back in the oven for 5 minutes to melt. Everything’s better with cheddar, right?
Low Carb Mexican Chili Meatloaf
I garnished this with some green onions just for color but I do like onions on my chili so why not. You could even top with sour cream or more salsa if you wish. This was very moist and tasty. I forgot to mention that I used both pork and beef in this recipe because I think the pork gives it more flavor. Well I hope you like this little twist on your everyday meatloaf. I know my family did, so enjoy! The nutritional information for 1 piece of meatloaf is:
516 cals / 34.7g fat / 6.1g carbs / 2.2g fiber / 43 g protein = 3.9g net carbs
Mexican Chili Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1/2 cup minced onion
- 1/2 cup green pepper finely chopped
- 3 small coves garlic
- 1/3 cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon oregano
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup cheddar cheese optional
- 2 green onion sliced for garnish (optional)
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Place foil on a cookie sheet, spray with cooking spray and set aside.
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In a food processor add your onion, garlic and green peppers and process until they are finely minced. Can also do this by hand if you wish but pieces should be very small.
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Add this to your beef and pork, along with the egg, almond flour, spices and 1/4 cup of salsa.
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Form into an oval loaf and place on your cookie sheet.
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Use remaining salsa (1/4 cup) and spread evenly over meatloaf.
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Bake for 1/2 hour.
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Sprinkle cheese if using and bake another 5 minutes.
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Garnish with green onions if using and serve with extra salsa or sour cream if you wish.
Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom
I love the flavor you incorporated into this meatloaf–so tasty!
Denise
Thanks Kristen!
Caroline
You know I have never made meatloaf, in fact not sure I’ve really had it. I keep thinking I should and this one is definitely tempting!
Denise
Well meatloaf is a staple in this house. We all like, it’s easy to make and fairly cheap. 🙂 I’m sure you could come up with a wonderful twist!
Cathy
What a great twist on meatloaf! I love the flavor profile!
Cathy
Denise
Thanks Cathy, it was nice for change.
Analida's Ethnic Spoon
I could go for a couple slices of this for dinner!
Denise
Thanks Analida!
Harper
Wow, this looks delicious! I’ll have to try this soon.
Denise
Thank you Harper!
Sharon
Ok, I’m getting ready to make this right now. But… 2 lbs of meat for 4 servings? Is that really correct? My “normal” meatloaf is 1 lb for 4 people so I just don’t wanna mess this up…. Yikes!
Denise
Hi Sharon,
I was over estimating. We are big eaters. 😉 I would go with what you said. You can get 8 servings out of this. Hope you like it!
Marcella Rice
How many carbs etc in this meatloaf recipe?
Denise
Hi Marcella, here is the nurtional information for 1 piece (out of 6) 402 cals /47.1g fat / 3.1g carbs / 0.9g fiber / 28.3g protein = 2.2g net carbs
Hope that helps!
Neal
The nutritional calculations must be off. Based on the listed grams of fat, protein, carbs – the total cal of these added together is more than 403 Cal per serving. So either the total cals are off, or the grams of each macro are off. For example 47.1 g fat * 9 cal per g = 424 cal.. which is more that the total listed per serving and does not include the other macros.
Denise
Hi Neal, this is totally off. I use the Loseit app for all of my recipes and it wasn’t even in my list so I’m guessing that since this is an older recipe I must have used something else to do the calculations. Even so I have yet to find a calculator that 100% accurate. That is why I try to do everything with the same app so at least all of my recipes would be consistent. So thank you for catching that. I have redid the calculations and here they are for you.
1 serving = 516 cals / 34.7g fat / 6.1g carbs / 2.2g fiber / 43 G protein = 3.9g net carbs