Taco Stuffed Avocados. The perfect low carb taco! These avocados are loaded up with the BEST taco meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and a dollop of sour cream. Perfect for an easy lunch or light dinner.
An avocado is the perfect substitute for a taco shell! Not only can you enjoy the taco toppings, but you get to enjoy the avocado and can even scoop some out for a little guacamole!
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How To Stuff An Avocado
This is such an easy dish to make. All that’s needed is to slice the avocado in half, remove the pit, use a spoon to scoop out a little of the avocado to create a larger crater. And make sure you save the avocado to make some guacamole!
Then just load up the avocado halves with your taco toppings of choice! Although I recommend following the recipe below for the BEST taco meat made with a homemade taco seasoning. Or you can use these recipes for some Slow cooker sweet barbacoa, Mexican brisket, or carnitas to stuff the avocados with also.
These taco stuffed avocados are perfect as a lunch or a light dinner. Low carb friendly. And the best part? My kids loved them!
How Many Carbs Are In These Taco Stuffed Avocados?
When looking at the carbs that are included in this recipe we need to keep in mind that we need to consider NET CARBS. Meaning we take the total amount of carbs in the avocado and subtract the fiber. Which leaves us with 3 g net carbs.
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Taco Stuffed Avocados. The perfect low carb Taco! These avocados are loaded up with the BEST taco meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and a dollop of sour cream. Perfect for an easy lunch or light dinner.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon Chili Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¾ teaspoon Cumin
- ½ teaspoon Dried Oregano
- ¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Onion Powder
- 4 ounces tomato sauce
- 3 avocados halved
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup cherry tomatoes sliced
- ¼ cup lettuce shredded
Additional toppings:
- cilantro
- sour cream
Instructions
- Add the ground beef to a medium size sauce pan. Cook over medium heat until browned.
- Drain the grease and add the seasonings and the tomato sauce. Stir to combine. Cook for about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove the pit from the halved avocados. Load the crater left from the pit with the taco meat. Top with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, cilantro and sour cream.
- If you want to make a larger area in the avocado for the toppings, spoon out some of the avocado and set aside to make guacamole! Then fill with toppings.
Notes
Serve with some Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 410
- Protein: 26 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg
Taco Stuffed Avocados first appeared on The Recipe Critic
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Jean zeigler says
Love it
Karen says
How much carbs
Serene says
21 g
Melody says
Looks delicious. How many grams of fat per serving? Thanks!
Serene says
Myfitnesspal shows 21 grams of fat. Most of which is the fats from the avocado.
Ronnie says
Avocados are GOOD fats…..they help to burn the fat on your body.
TeAnn says
There’s 21 gm of carbs?
Serene says
I just put the recipes into myfitnesspal.com and use the information that they provide. Looking up the ingredients separately though I’m fairly sure that it’s lower since it looks like 1 avocado is only 14 g and the serving size is for 1/2 of an avocado.
Wendy W Croom says
So how is that low carb? That’s about 2/3 of my daily allowance. But never mind. These look awesome.
Serene says
After some more research on avocados (again, I’m not a low carb food blogger, I’m just a huge taco fan!) these would be the carbs, but this is different than the NET carbs. To get that we need to subtract the fiber from the avocados. Which means the NET carbs would be about 3 g.
Kelly Nelson says
Is the serving size a whole avocado or half?
Serene says
The serving size is set for half an avocado. I just put the recipes into myfitnesspal.com and use the information that they provide. Looking up the ingredients separately though I’m fairly sure that it’s lower since it looks like 1 avocado is only 14 g and the serving size is for 1/2 of an avocado.
Debbie says
Isn’t 21 carbs kind of high for 1/2 of a stuffed avacado?
Serene says
I believe it is! I just put the recipes into myfitnesspal.com and use the information that they provide. Looking up the ingredients separately though I’m fairly sure that it’s lower since it looks like 1 avocado is only 14 g and the serving size is for 1/2 of an avocado.
LaNeese says
No questions
Just a compliment.
This is going on my family’s low-carb menu ASAP!!!
I don’t know why I hadn’t thought of it…
There are many different types of carbs and it can be hard to decipher….
I get it…
Albeit barely….
….SO much protein and SO MANY healthy fats…
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Serene says
Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy 🙂
Toni says
So do you leave the avacado in its skin and eat with a fork or do you peal the skin and eat with your hands
Serene says
Hi Toni! I leave the skin on the avocado and use it kind of as a bowl. I eat it with a spoon or fork and just scoop some of the avocado with each bite of the filling. Enjoy!
Jazmine says
21 g of fats isn’t so high when you are talking about avocado anyways, it’s a good fat not bad! Love this, so going to make tomorrow
Dorothy says
Never thought of doing this. Will substitute ground turkey, looking forward to trying this. Thanks.
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Kitty says
Calories are higher than I want , it will come close to pushing me over
Serene says
Just keep in mind where the calories are coming from. Avocado is a wonderful healthy source to enjoy 🙂
Debbie S says
Can you freeze the leftovers??? Also do you have a recipe for guacamole??
Serene says
You can freeze the taco meat of course! Not the avocados or other fresh ingredients. And I do have a recipe for guacamole 🙂 Here’s the link: https://houseofyumm.com/homemade-guacamole/
lynda fahey says
Sounds wonderful…however someone should learn how to spell avocado!
Serene says
Haha. You win for being the first to point that out! Got it fixed 🙂 Thanks.
trish says
Genius! Thanks for sharing. So versatile too.
Serene says
Absolutely! You can easily change this up 🙂
Courtney says
These look amazing and perfect for a low carb lifestyle since net carbs in an avocado are super low. High nutrition, low carb and all in a taco, thanks for sharing. Clean fats and fiber.
Lauren says
I love this idea!! I am new to keto, and there is no way I could stick to it if I had to give up tacos! Theses are great and super easy!
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Kathy says
I know what I am going to have to eat today.I know that I am going to live it
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Serene says
Thanks Kathy 🙂
Kelly says
Hey Serene, can you clarify – is this recipe 3 net carbs per serving? Thanks!
Serene says
Yes. 3 Net carbs.
Crissy says
I loved this! I used taco seasoning and water instead of tomato sauce. I served this with rice and beans for dinner, we love carbs! Great recipe, avocados are the best!
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