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These low carb keto chicken nachos taste great as a taco salad to0! Making chips and taco shells out of cheese is the perfect vehicle for making Mexican dishes such as these. Either as nachos or a taco salad there is only 2.6g net carbs!

Low Carb Keto Chicken Nachos or Taco Salad

These low carb keto chicken nachos taste great as a taco salad to0! Making chips and taco shells out of cheese is the perfect vehicle for making Mexican dishes such as these. Either as nachos or a taco salad there is only 2.6g net carbs!

Course Snack
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword cheese chips, keto, taco shell
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 358 kcal
Author Denise

Ingredients

  • 1 cup cooked chicken breast, chopped
  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 2 green onions, diced
  • ¼ cup grape tomatoes, chopped

Lime Crema

  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ lime zest (zest only)
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed

Instructions

  1. Note recipe will make two plates of nachos with 8 chips each or two taco salads.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.

To make the lime crema

  1. In a bowl mix the sour cream, lime juice, garlic and zest. Refrigerate until ready to use. 

  2. Line a cookie tray with parchment paper or a silicone mat like this. 

To make the nacho chips

  1. Add mounds of cheddar cheese using 1 tablespoon full. to the cookie tray.  This recipe will make 16 chips from the 1 cup of cheese.  Bake for about 8 minutes or until the cheese gets nice and crispy.

To make the taco salad shells

  1. Add the cheese in 2 large circles on the cookie tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes until the cheese is nice and crispy but not burnt. Take it out of the oven and lay over a soup bowl. Shape into a taco salad shell and let cool.  This recipe will make 2 taco salad shells.

  2. When cheese has cooled add the toppings and then spoon a little lime crema on top!