Easy and delicious recipe for grain-free enchiladas, the perfect Mexican-inspired dish for those avoiding carbs for weight or health reasons.
I first met Tara, creator of this recipe and author of the cookbook Essential Gluten-Free Recipes, in yoga class well over 20 years ago.
She was pregnant at the time and we struck up a conversation about a local birthing center that offers women a fantastic natural birth experience as well as holistic prenatal care (this is where I delivered all of my children).
A natural opportunity to talk to Tara about traditional cooking and the travels and teachings of Dr. Weston A. Price presented itself when her child began to experience a challenge with food allergies.
One time, I brought some homemade chicken broth to her house when a tummy bug was making the rounds.
Tara has been hooked on traditional cooking ever since witnessing firsthand the healing power of traditional foods, and in the ensuing years, has become a successful speaker and writer known in alternative circles as the Healthy Habit Coach.
I’ve been re-reading through Tara’s awesome gluten-free cookbook in recent days (the pictures are amazing!) and found this wonderful recipe for Paleo enchiladas to share with you.
Grain-free Enchiladas
Easy and delicious recipe for grain-free enchiladas, the perfect Mexican-inspired dish for those avoiding carbs for weight or health reasons.
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- 2 Tbsp ghee or coconut oil
- 1/2 pound grassfed ground beef or ground turkey
- 2 handfuls chopped vegetables
- salsa
- raw cheese grated
- garlic minced
- onion chopped
- fresh greens finely chopped
- sour cream
Instructions
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Sauté garlic and onions in a bit of cooking fat until golden.
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Add ground meat and brown. Add chopped veggies of choice if desired.
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To prepare the Paleo tortillas, heat a small skillet and add cooking fat. In a bowl, beat the eggs well.
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Pour a very thin layer of egg into the skillet and cover briefly. In less than a minute, remove egg tortilla and place on a covered dish. Repeat until all the egg is used up and you have 2-4 tortillas ready.
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Wrap the ground meat mixture in the egg tortillas and top with chopped greens, cheese or shredded carrots, salsa, and a dollop of sour cream or coconut yogurt.
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Serve your delicious creation and enjoy!
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Refrigerate leftovers and re-warm as needed.
Recipe Notes
Substitute coconut yogurt for sour cream and grated carrot for the raw cheese if a dairy-free option is desired.
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And if you can’t eggs???
These aren’t grain free if they use corn or flour tortillas…
The recipe is for “egg tortillas”, not regular grain or corn ones. “Yield: 2-4 tortillas” written at the top of the recipe is referring to the egg tortillas.
Is that what you meant?
Looks great! Thank you so much.
Great recipe, we make Mexican food a lot in our house, and my son loves enchiladas. I usually eat them without the corn tortilla since I’m on GAPS, but he eats the corn (it’s the only time practically that we do eat corn in our house, and it’s always sprouted organic). My son has become very tired of eggs, but I think this is a great way to disguise it, especially with the delicious sauce I make. Thanks Sarah, Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🙂
Would you post a recipe for the sauce you use on the paleo enchilada, pease?
Love this recipe 🙂 Adding it to my list to try!
Thanks for the recipe, trying this tonight with some homemade enchilada sauce!
I have always loved chile rellenos but have not been able to eat the deep fat breaded kind! This is such a nice idea, we will love trying this! You are a nonstop, great, interesting, fund of
healthful ideas.
Thanks for being you
Jean
Thank you Jean 🙂 I just post stuff that I find interesting, fun and thought provoking and hope there are a bunch of other folks who think so too!