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Chicken Tacos with Low-Carb Protein Tortillas

Chicken Tacos with Low-Carb Protein Tortillas

Are you ever stuck for diner or lunch ideas? We’ve got you covered, with these Chicken Tacos with Low Carb Protein Tortillas! If we tell you a secret, make sure not to tell anybody.. Ready? These are only 115kcal per tortilla… 

 Ingredients

1/4 cup liquid egg whites
1/4 cup hemp seeds
2 tbsp milk (any you like)
2 tbsp pea protein powder
1 tbsp of psyllium husks
1 tsp green-chile powder
Sea salt to taste

Topping ingredients

Refried beans with Chipotle
Pulled chicken breast
Chopped tomato
Sour cream
Lettuce
Grated cheese

Directions

1. First, mix all your tortilla ingredients together. Use a fork because you want to end up with a textured and hearty kind of tortilla but if you want your tortillas to be nice and smooth, blitz the stuff in either a food processor or with a handheld blender.

2. Turn the heat under your non-stick pan to HOT and add some coconut oil or low-cal cooking spray to it. PLEASE (and this is very important) – PLEASE – make sure you’re using a PROPERLY non-stick pan. You won’t be able to make these if your pan has a tendency to get things to stuck on it. The reason you MUST use a nonstick pan is because you’re cooking the tortillas on high heat and doing it quickly so you can’t afford for anything to stick. If something sticks, that’s it. You might as well throw the towel onto the floor and walk out of the kitchen (after turning off the hob).

3. Once your pan is sizzling hot, spoon about 1/8 cup of the tortilla mix on the centre of the pan and quickly spread it around with a spatula. If, for whatever reason, your mixture is WAY too thick, gloopy, and unspreadable, add a bit more egg whites to it so you get to a more spreadable consistency. I suggest making small-ish as opposed to gigantic tortillas because they’re easier to flip.

4. When your first tortilla has cooked though (and you’ll be able to tell because, well, it’ll look cooked) flip it. It won’t take very long at all.

5. Move on to make the other two tortillas.

Macros per tortilla, out of three (without the toppings as these are up to you): 115kcals, 11g protein, 4g carbs (out of which 3 is fibre so net carbs = 1g!) and 6g fat.

Note:

The way this pulled chicken breast is made is by boiling the chicken breasts for 8 minutes (or until they’re cooked through). Then let them cool and take them apart with a fork. This is great if you’re mixing your chicken with sauces or using it for tacos. It’s also probably the easiest – and healthiest – way to cook chicken since you’re not adding anything to it. Obviously we don’t recommend just boiling the chicken and munching it solo because that’s a bit, well… ridiculously bland. If you’re using your chicken in sauces and tacos though – or  in salads even – boiling it first is fantastic though!

 

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