Beef Enchiladas

[Mesa_John]

 

The wife and I are fanatics about Mexican Food and we simply refuse to give up on it.  Also, over the last three decades, we have learned to cook our own.  We just have to be creative on carnivore, so here is how we make extremely low carb, Beef enchiladas, perfect for the Carnivore diet.

The only carb is see in this whole recipe is 1 gram in the Sharp Cheddar Cheese, 1/2 a gram in the Garlic Powder and 1/2 a gram in the Cumin.  So 2 grams total and the sauce serves two-three people.... so very, very little carb, maybe less than 2 grams for the whole plate.  (By the way, zero carb in the dried chili's.)

1. Make your own Enchilada Sauce, because we have not been able to find zero carb Enchilada Sauce and homemade is better.  Start out with a bag of dried chili's and toast them in a dry Iron Skillet for 5 minutes.  Then put them in hot water for 30 minutes, and into the blender with salt, garlic powder and cumin.  (very small amount of garlic and cumin).  Once blended, strain the sauce and pour in a skillet to simmer.

2. For two plates, crack three eggs and whip, adding about a 1/4 cup of water to make it more runny.  Thinly coat a large skillet with butter, leaving very little oil and pour 1/2 the eggs in... (This is the one place I have to use a non-stick skillet).  Rotate the pan handle, allowing the egg to flow all around the pan, making something that looks like a crepe...... very thin.  You have to flip and cook the other side, or you can cheat like I do and have an oven cook the top with the broiler.

3. Brown a pound of hamburger meat and salt to taste.

4. Now you can build your enchilada.  Lightly coat an oven safe plate with melted butter and place the egg crepe on the plate.  On the crepe place your hamburger and a little sharp cheddar cheese and then drizzle some of the enchilada sauce on the inside and roll up.  Drizzle the outside with more sauce and put a little cheese on top and put the plate in an oven on 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

5. We put a dish towel on the table, as a hot plate is about to come out of the oven.

 

If you called this a splurge or a meal on a cheat day...... you are cheating very little.  I need this meal once a week.

I suppose you should stay away from this recipe if you have determined that chili's and/or enchilada sauce mess with your body.  I was eating EVERY chili and hot peppers since I was a child and my body loves it.  By the way, chili's are rich in vitamins and minerals - a good source of Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Vitamin E, Phosphorus, Calcium, Potassium, Zinc and Selenium.

PS. If you wanted zero carb enchiladas, just eliminate the cheese, garlic and cumin.   They will still be darn good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Geezy]

Ok now you’re talkin. I grew up on Mexican food and figured it was gone forever but you may have given me new hope. For someone in maintenance mode like me those few carbs is no big deal. I can’t deal with tomatoes anymore but like you I grew up on peppers and chilies and I will admit that they are my one “fruit” indulgence on occasion.

I don’t know if you have them in your area but one of the stores we have in our area, Brookshires, has Egglife Wraps that are similar to a four tortilla. To be honest they are a poor substitute for a good tortilla but they aren’t bad either. I make my breakfast tacos with them. 


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Edited February 18 by Geezy

[Idunno]

I’ve done planned cheat days of taco bowls (no shells just salad) with beef and taco seasoning, shredded cheese, lettuce tomato raw onion and hot sauce 

definitely not carnivore but it felt like a small victory for me with Type 1 Diabetes (I can’t do taco shells or tortillas)

but I guess my point is that if you have a cheat day it helps to plan in advance because things can get hairy if you decide to just show up at the grocery store and get creative right then and there

cause I’ve done that too and came home with 2 bags of caramel corn and just really over did it 

[Geezy]

I’ve done planned cheat days of taco bowls (no shells just salad) with beef and taco seasoning, shredded cheese, lettuce tomato raw onion and hot sauce 
definitely not carnivore but it felt like a small victory for me with Type 1 Diabetes (I can’t do taco shells or tortillas)
but I guess my point is that if you have a cheat day it helps to plan in advance because things can get hairy if you decide to just show up at the grocery store and get creative right then and there
cause I’ve done that too and came home with 2 bags of caramel corn and just really over did it 

It’s all about progress not perfection. Taking small steps will still get you there.
Eliminating the grains is a good first step and I don’t know if I’d call it so much cheating as just taking a break. After all you are eating whole foods and not junk so that ain’t bad.
There may come a time when you decide that those foods provide no nutritional benefit to you and decide to stop but until then do what works best for you.


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[Idunno]

It’s a great effort and everything but those are not enchiladas. Man just face it an enchilada is loaded with carbs.

you were just craving the enchilada sauce and beef, but let’s be real you were craving real enchiladas wrapped with carbs

in your photos the sauce looks a little overcooked and it just does not look quite right but kudos on the attempt 

Edited Monday at 08:08 PM by Idunno

[Mesa_John]

1 hour ago, Idunno said:

It’s a great effort and everything but those are not enchiladas. Man just face it an enchilada is loaded with carbs.

you were just craving the enchilada sauce and beef, but let’s be real you were craving real enchiladas wrapped with carbs

in your photos the sauce looks a little overcooked and it just does not look quite right but kudos on the attempt 

The only carbs in an enchilada are the tortilla, unless you buy grocery store sauce.

Oh no, the sauce is not over-cooked.  That's the color of real, dried chilis and the sauce was very "earthy", like I love and can commonly be found in New Mexico restaurants that serve real, authentic food.

And no... I was not craving the Carbs.  What I crave is that Enchilada Sauce, the peppered ground beef that has Cheddar sprinkled on it.  I could have heaped the ground beef on a plate, sprinkled Cheddar and poured that Enchilada Sauce on it and been very, very happy.  I just like it rolled in an Egg Crepe and heated in the oven on a plate, as it "eats" like an enchilada.

 

[Mesa_John]

Since I just smoked a Brisket.... How about Brisket Enchiladas!!!!

 

 

[Idunno]

How are you making egg crepes?

its possible I just don’t know authentic Mexican food. Your photos give me carb cravings and it needs beans and enchilada shells

in my opinion you’re more in Spicy Breakfast Burrito land, it’s a spicy breakfast burrito in the shape of enchiladas

[Mesa_John]

26 minutes ago, Idunno said:

How are you making egg crepes?

its possible I just don’t know authentic Mexican food. Your photos give me carb cravings and it needs beans and enchilada shells

in my opinion you’re more in Spicy Breakfast Burrito land, it’s a spicy breakfast burrito in the shape of enchiladas

You need to read post #1.... explanation there of how it is all made.

The only difference between Carnivore Enchiladas and normal Enchiladas is the corn tortilla delete for the egg crepe. 

 

 

[Orweller]

I am but a simpleton who buys the enchilada powder (has a few carbs) and throw it unceremoniously into by ground beef. Then I eat it without much fanfare. It's why I will and never have been, a "foodie". But that's not a flex, it's my admission of jealousy. I just hate every minute of cooking, a blessing and a curse.  

[Orweller]

On 2/17/2025 at 8:01 PM, Mesa_John said:

 

The wife and I are fanatics about Mexican Food and we simply refuse to give up on it.  Also, over the last three decades, we have learned to cook our own.  We just have to be creative on carnivore, so here is how we make extremely low carb, Beef enchiladas, perfect for the Carnivore diet.

The only carb is see in this whole recipe is 1 gram in the Sharp Cheddar Cheese, 1/2 a gram in the Garlic Powder and 1/2 a gram in the Cumin.  So 2 grams total and the sauce serves two-three people.... so very, very little carb, maybe less than 2 grams for the whole plate.  (By the way, zero carb in the dried chili's.)

1. Make your own Enchilada Sauce, because we have not been able to find zero carb Enchilada Sauce and homemade is better.  Start out with a bag of dried chili's and toast them in a dry Iron Skillet for 5 minutes.  Then put them in hot water for 30 minutes, and into the blender with salt, garlic powder and cumin.  (very small amount of garlic and cumin).  Once blended, strain the sauce and pour in a skillet to simmer.

2. For two plates, crack three eggs and whip, adding about a 1/4 cup of water to make it more runny.  Thinly coat a large skillet with butter, leaving very little oil and pour 1/2 the eggs in... (This is the one place I have to use a non-stick skillet).  Rotate the pan handle, allowing the egg to flow all around the pan, making something that looks like a crepe...... very thin.  You have to flip and cook the other side, or you can cheat like I do and have an oven cook the top with the broiler.

3. Brown a pound of hamburger meat and salt to taste.

4. Now you can build your enchilada.  Lightly coat an oven safe plate with melted butter and place the egg crepe on the plate.  On the crepe place your hamburger and a little sharp cheddar cheese and then drizzle some of the enchilada sauce on the inside and roll up.  Drizzle the outside with more sauce and put a little cheese on top and put the plate in an oven on 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

5. We put a dish towel on the table, as a hot plate is about to come out of the oven.

 

If you called this a splurge or a meal on a cheat day...... you are cheating very little.  I need this meal once a week.

I suppose you should stay away from this recipe if you have determined that chili's and/or enchilada sauce mess with your body.  I was eating EVERY chili and hot peppers since I was a child and my body loves it.  By the way, chili's are rich in vitamins and minerals - a good source of Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin B12, Vitamin E, Phosphorus, Calcium, Potassium, Zinc and Selenium.

PS. If you wanted zero carb enchiladas, just eliminate the cheese, garlic and cumin.   They will still be darn good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wish I had the patience to conjure up such a majestic dinner. I say that as I am eating fried spam, feeling so much less sophisticated lol. 

[Mesa_John]

Funny, but when the wife and I conjure up something fancy to prep and cook.... we finish our meal, look at each other and say... "A Ribeye would have been better."  

 

[Orweller]

2 hours ago, Mesa_John said:

Funny, but when the wife and I conjure up something fancy to prep and cook.... we finish our meal, look at each other and say... "A Ribeye would have been better."  

 

A ribeye would definitely be easier lol 

[Idunno]

Butter is the best flavoring 

think of a nice hot ribeye dipped in melted butter

[Geezy]

Breakfast tacos using Egglife Wraps.
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[Mesa_John]

Yummy.... might have to try those wraps.