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These simple Ground Turkey Taco Bowls come together with Cauliflower Spanish Rice and all of your favorite taco toppings! A wonderful and nutritious way to enjoy your tacos. You’ll love that these simple bowls come together in about 20 minutes and are loaded with flavor. This low-carb and Keto-Friendly variation of tacos is exactly what you want in your weeknight meal rotation!
Turkey Tacos for the win!
It should be quite apparent by now that my love for Tacos runs deep. Taco Tuesday is my favorite day of the week!
And while I love tortillas, I am definitely on board with taco bowls. As a nutritionist, I love taking my favorite foods and putting them in “bowl” form! Especially when they are on top of cauliflower rice. Cauliflower has quietly become one of my favorite ways to lighten things up without sacrificing flavor. It allows us to load up on fiber and stay fuller longer. As a mom of two teens, I also love making these bowls with regular white rice to help fuel them with more carbs! You can choose either variation here with success. I always keep a batch of rice in my fridge using my method of cooking rice just like pasta!
How to make Ground Turkey Taco Bowls with Cauliflower Spanish Rice
So let’s get this party started. First off you need to know a few things about this dinner: It’s lighter, it’s got a ton of flavor, and soooooo dang delicious.
I’ve been using my Cauliflower Spanish Rice as a base for so many dishes. A true weekly staple in our house. Add it to the bottom of this flavorful ground turkey, some fresh tomatoes and cilantro, and avocado to make the best taco bowl ever.
- We start by making the taco meat. This turkey taco meat is anything but ordinary. I’ve mixed up my favorite blend of spices, and added in some tomato paste and apple cider vinegar for the extra tang and flavor.
- While you are making the turkey, you can do the cauliflower rice at the same time.
- When both are done, simply add together and top with everything you love!
Recipe Adaptations:
- Turkey: I love to use ground turkey as a substitution for ground beef, but beef is also delicious. Feel free to change it up. Although I do have to mention, Costco sells 1.5lb packages of organic ground turkey for less than $8, which is an absolute steal! This makes ground turkey a weekly addition to our dinner rotation.
- Cauliflower Rice: You can use pre-riced frozen cauliflower rice to make this recipe extra easy. You can also use a different flavor of Cauliflower rice: my Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice is also so delicious! Finally, if not following a grain-free diet, feel free to use regular rice.
- Toppings: Whatever you want here! If dairy works for your body, feel free to add in some cheese.
- Kid friendly: The kids will eat all the fun stuff, but just wrap it up in a tortilla. They don’t really have any idea that the rice they eat is made from cauliflower. They just know it tastes delicious!
Happy Taco Tuesday, and enjoy fixing up these bowls to please everyone!
Ground Turkey Taco Bowls with Cauliflower Spanish Rice
Ingredients
For the Turkey Tacos:
- 2 tbsp avocado or olive oil
- 1.5 lbs ground turkey, or beef
- 1/3 cup chopped white onion
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 3 tsp cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chipotle powder, optional
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup chicken broth, may need an additional 1/4 cup
For the Cauliflower Rice:
- 1 large head of cauliflower*
- 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil
- ½ cup diced onion
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp salt, + more to taste
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- ¼ – ½ cup chicken or vegetable broth
- Fresh cilantro for garnish, optional
Instructions
For the taco meat:
- You can make the cauliflower rice while the taco meat is cooking, or cook the cauliflower rice ahead of time. Heat a large skillet to medium heat. Once hot, add oil and onion. Let cook for 2-3 minutes, then add in your ground turkey or beef. Continue to stir so the meat cooks evenly.
- While the meat is cooking, in a small bowl mix together all of your spices (chili powder through salt or chipotle powder). Once meat is no longer pink, add in your spices. Coat the meat with spices. Now mix in tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, and chicken broth. Bump up the heat just a tad and continue to mix everything until spices and liquid is evenly cooked. Reduce temperature to medium low. Let simmer for 3-5 minutes until most of the liquid is completely absorbed.
For the Cauliflower Spanish Rice:
- Cut your cauliflower in half and in half again. Remove stem and discard. Chop the head of the cauliflower into chunks (1-2 inch pieces). Place inside a food processor and pulse. You probably need to do this in 2-3 batches. Between each batch, remove and set aside.
- Heat up a large skillet to medium heat. Add onion and saute for 3 minutes, then add garlic and saute another 1-2 minutes.
- Add in riced cauliflower, salt, and cumin. Stir around the veggie mixture to coat.
- Add in tomato paste, then ¼ cup broth, and bump up heat to medium high. continue to stir around until the tomato paste dissolves in the mixture. If the mixture is too dry, add in more broth by the tablespoon. If the mixture is slightly wet, continue to cook until the liquid dissolves.
Assemble the taco bowls:
- Assemble the cauliflower rice on the bottom, then top with taco meat. Add in all of your favorite toppings: tomatoes, avocados, green onion, cilantro, salsa, lettuce, cheese, etc.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This meal is FANTASTIC! 🙂 Made it two nights in a row, it was so tasty. Man and child approved, also! Thank you!
Love to hear this, Tori! Thanks for stopping by.
Looks delish! How many servings would you say this recipe would be?
Hi Jessica, about 4 adult sized servings.
What are the serving sizes for the cauliflower rice and meat? This looks delicious!!
Hi Chrissy, about 1/2 cup meat with 3/4-1 cup cauliflower rice. Hope that helps!
This is one of the first recipes I tried during my first round of Whole30, and it’s one of my favorites! I generally hate cauliflower and this still didn’t do it for me plain, but mixed in with the meat and everything, it was great! I made mine into taco salads, tons of lettuce and fresh spinach, and added salsa. Only thing I’m not sure of is the vinegar in the meat, may cut that back a bit, it doesn’t seem to affect the taste much but does affect the smell.. Otherwise, delicious, and I’m about to go make it again!
So glad to hear, Jen!! This is how I do tacos all the time, LOVE IT!!
Would ground chicken work? …..and would I need to adjust cooking time or anything? Thank you, in advance!!
Sure! Ground beef or chicken! Cooking directions and spices would all be the same.
Helllo,
I am doing an elimination diet and im not able to have tomatoes, im wondering what i could possibly sub in for the tomato paste.
Thank you 🙂
Hi Vanessa, you can just leave it out altogether.
Made this night and it was amazing! Thank you so much for this delicious recipe. It’s definitely a keeper!
Great, glad you loved it Christina!
I’d like to know which Costco is selling 15 pounds of organic ground turkey for $8.00, because today I bought the 8-lb package of organic ground turkey at Costco for $17.25! The price of organic ground turkey aside, I cannot wait to try this recipe. It sounds delish!!
It’s 1.5 lbs of organic turkey for $8. I can’t believe you found 8lbs for $17.25!!! That’s a crazy low price.
LOLOL! Well that makes much more sense. My Costco had a coupon price on the organic ground turkey — $3.00 off — which makes it $14.25!! I love ground turkey and actually prefer it in chili.
I made the Taco Bowl for dinner tonight and it was amazeballs! I have never added AC vinegar and chicken broth to my taco meat and I absolutely loved the flavor. There was a tiny bit of a tang, but it was the perfect complement. The whole family loved it. I am definitely adding this to my go-to dinner roster.
Oh yay!! So glad you loved it! IT’s a favorite around here too 🙂
Same here with the chicken broth and ac vinegar, I hesitated adding it, but so glad I just followed the directions! It turned out so good! I actually cheated and added some corn chips and cheese for the kiddos because, well why not?! Haha. It was a hit, everyone at the table loved it! My daughter actually prefers cauliflower rice to real rice but she isn’t a fan of spanish anything unfortunately. All in all, I can say I’m glad to have leftovers for lunch today!
Great to hear Chelsea! Thanks for stopping by!
Made this tonight for son and Hubby…it was a big hit. I added black beans and my homemade salsa to the “sides”. They warmed up taco boats to eat with the meal. I will definitely make this again. I like having control over the amount of salt in the taco meat…you need very little or none with all the great spices. Thank you!
You are welcome! So glad you enjoyed it 🙂
So so delicious!!