Low Carb Tortillas Recipe (Keto Tortillas)
Low Carb Tortilla Recipe (Keto) – Ultra low carb tortillas you can make yourself using cauliflower and cheese! These tasty tortillas are sturdy enough to hold all your ketogenic taco toppings!
Low Carb Tortillas
Tacos are the perfect food, in my humble opinion.
Carbs, hot seasoned meat, cool veggie garnishes, sauce, and of course cheese and/or sour cream… What’s not to love?
Yet what if you can’t have grains in your diet, or are sticking with a low-carb meal plan? Are tacos off limits??? (God forbid.)
Although we do not follow a strict keto or low carb diet, we have plenty of friends that do, so it’s always nice to know how to accommodate them when they come over.
I was recently playing around with grain-free tortilla recipes for my daughter Ava. Her tummy doesn’t handle grains well, however, she still craves carby hand-held foods like any teenager.
After testing several recipes that avoid all her food intolerances, I decided to try making tortillas with cauliflower.
After all, you can make delicious grain-free rice and crackers with cauliflower. Why not tortillas.
Cauliflower Tortillas
With the addition of cheese, eggs, and spices this Low Carb Keto Tortilla Recipe came together beautifully.
The cauliflower tortillas are flexible, yet quite sturdy. They taste utterly delicious. Yet best of all, they fit neatly into a low-carb ketogenic diet.
Our Low Carb Keto Tortilla Recipe makes warm tantalizing tortillas with the texture of corn tortillas.
They can crush any carb craving without breaking your diet!
We prefer this Low Carb Keto Tortilla Recipe fresh out of the oven, as they are the most flexible and flavorful within the first hour or two of baking.
(I find most cauliflower recipes are not great make-aheads.)
What Ingredients You Will Need
- Raw Cauliflower (about 1/2 a large head)
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Large Eggs
- Salt
- Garlic Powder
- Onion Powder
How to Make Low Carb Tortillas
- Preheat your oven and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place the roughly chopped cauliflower in the food processor and grind it until the cauliflower is the size of crumbs.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients in the food processor and puree until all the ingredients create a smooth texture and the dough forms.
- Using a cookie scoop, portion out the tortilla dough on the baking sheets allowing enough room for you to roll out the tortillas.
- Cover the mounds you portioned out with wax paper and roll out the mounds into flat tortillas until they are about 4 to 4.5 inches in diameter.
- Remove the wax paper and bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on the baking sheets for three to five minutes before peeling off the parchment paper.
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Low Carb Keto Tortilla Recipe Tips
This is such a simple recipe. However, you will need a good quality food processor and rolling pin… Items I find some new cooks do not own. A blender, no matter powerful, cannot accomplish the same kind of grind.
Grind the cauliflower in the food processor until it looks like rice. Then pulse in all the other ingredients. This ensures an even mixture.
Use a scoop to portion out the “dough” onto a lined baking sheet. That way, all your tortillas are the same size and dimensions.
Then make sure to place wax paper over the dough before rolling it out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you shape and fry them like crispy taco shells?
I wouldn’t deep fry them. However, you could bake them into the shape you want… Either by using a taco shell oven rack, or using foil as a rack to form the shells.
Can I make each low-carb tortilla in a skillet?
Yes, you can shape the tortillas a fry them in a skillet over medium heat. Cook for 1-2 minutes per side.
Would this work with defrosted cauliflower rice?
Yes, it will as long as you make sure that it is well-drained and patted dry before adding it into the food processor.
How long do they stay fresh?
These tortillas are usually best within the hour of making them and they do not do well frozen, so I do not recommend making them ahead of time and storing them in the fridge.
Other Flour Substitutions
Some other flour substitutions you can try are almond flour tortillas, sunflower seed flour, or coconut flour.
What other recipes can you use with these tortillas?
If you use a bigger tortilla press, you can end up making burritos, quesadillas, wraps, enchiladas, tortilla chips, and fajitas. You can make the tortillas any size you like.
More Keto Recipes
- Keto Thai Larb Rolls
- Keto Creole Shrimp Stuffed Avocado
- Gluten-Free Almond Flour Crackers
- Keto Chicken Lasagna Cups
- Spinach Artichoke Egg Casserole
- Low Carb Steak Fajita Roll-Ups
Check out the printable recipe card below for nutritional information including calories, grams of carbs, protein, sodium, fiber, and vitamin percentages.
Low Carb Tortillas Recipe (Keto Tortillas)
Ingredients
- 16 ounces raw cauliflower (about 1/2 a large head)
- 6 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line several baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- Roughly chop the cauliflower and place it in the food processor. Pulse to grind the cauliflower into crumbs.
- Add all remaining ingredients. Puree until all the ingredients come together into a smooth texture.
- Use a 3-tablespoon cookie scoop to portion the mixture onto the baking sheets, leaving plenty of room to roll them out.
- Cover the mounds with a piece of wax paper. Roll the mounds out into circles until they are about 4- to 4 1/2-inches across. Remove the wax paper.
- Bake the tortillas for 12 minutes, until golden. Cool on the baking sheets for 3-5 minutes before peeling off the parchment paper.
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I want to cook better, but it has to be affordable , I do want to stick with keto! My son is diabetic & I want to lose weight I hope this finds you well! PLEASE help us thank you 😊
My whole family has been on a quest for the best low-carb tortillas recipe for the last few months. This was probably the nth found and it is by far the best! It’s easy to follow, requires only a few ingredients, and tastes amazing. If you need to find a low-carb tortilla recipe, I would highly recommend this one.
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This looks like a really promising recipe for low-carb tortillas, made simply, with just a few straightforward ingredients. I hope to try it… may need to invest in a food processor first! Two questions though:
– has anyone learned yet whether these tortillas will work well in a layered and baked casserole recipe, and
– would it be a problem to omit the salt for low-sodium dietary requirements?
Thanks for the recipe!
These tortillas were delicious and so easy to make! Making them again soon!
Great recipe! Love using these for tacos!!
Well that one is going on the todo list…
Hubby loves tacos and is really jonessing for some .
I haven’t made this yet. I am dairy free. Do you know if vegan cheese would work? Thank you for this!
Hi Maria,
I have not personally tried it with vegan cheese… Maybe someone from our community can chime in?
I made a 1/2 batch, (4) and they tasted very good! I pureed them well, i didnt need a roller, just pressed them out under a sheet of wax paper with my hand. I had to bake them longer to dry them up a little. The texture was nice, they held up to the filling pretty good. They tasted great! I will make these again!
These were perfect! I was impressed how well they held together for tacos.
I used frozen riced cauliflower, and in small batches put it in my vitamix to finely chop it. (I don’t have a food processor). It worked really well. I laid it on paper towels to defrost afterwards. Worked great!
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This looks so fun and delicious! I make corn tortillas in my tortilla press using two layers of plastic to press the tortilla between. Do you know if these can be flattened in a tortilla press? Thank you for your recipe!
Hi Kira,
It’s worth a try! Let me know if you give it a go. :)
DELECTABLE!!!
I’m on a pretty strict keto diet due to health issues. I made these tortillas tonight.
I rolled them too thin, so hubby and I opted for open faced tortillas. I topped each decadent tortilla with;
– Sliced Avocado.
– Shredded Red cabbage.
– Finely chopped red onion
– Marinated/ Broiled Tilapia [thousand island dressing/lemon/horseradish, sprinkle of cayenne]
– squeeze of fresh lime after plated.
Note: I was soooo impressed with the texture, flavour and ease of making these tortillas.
I’m now going to attempt to alter the ingredients of a ‘keto lasagne’ And use these tortillas in lieu of the usual pasta layer. It’ll obably be more like enchiladas.
I’ll report back how the dish worked out.
One things for sure. I’m a night grazer… These tortillas are now my go to snack :) Soooo tasty!!!
Did you use them in the lasagna?
Try adding a bag of crushed pork rinds…
can you shape and fry these to make them like crispy taco shells
Hi Alfred,
I wouldn’t deep fry them. However, you could bake them into the shape you want… Either using a taco shell oven rack, or by using foil as a rack to form the shells. Hope this helps! :)
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Yum!
Can u make tortillas .with low carb cloud bread.i cant eat any kind of flour even gluten free flours like almound.cassaca.paleo. cauliflower sometimes dosent go well either. It’s hard to find a recipe that i can eat tortillas..
Would this work with defrosted frozen cauliflower rice?
Hi Maralyn,
As long as it’s well-drained and patted dry, I don’t see why not. :)
Delicious. Where did you get the dough roller with the blue handle?
Hi Belinda!
That pastry roller came from a local kitchen store. You can also find them on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=aspiper-20&keywords=pastry roller&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=ac788644645e7eb8201c914acae89da9
Pampered Chef has one similar too!
https://www.pamperedchef.com/pws/karenwaugh/shop/Kitchen+Tools/Baking+Accessories/Baker%27s+Roller/1485