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Low Carb Flax Tortillas

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It’s not often that I go around the blogosphere screaming from the rooftops about how amazing a recipe is. Heck, I won’t even do it now – I just want you to know that if you’re looking for an awesome tortilla recipe that’s really easy to do, then TRY THIS RECIPE.

I know many of you have been using the other tortilla recipe on the site, but the dough starts to get a little tough to work with unless you work very fast. As the boiling broth cools, the dough starts to cling together, making it harder to roll as you go. These, on the other hand, can be rolled at your own pace. Better yet, I even ordered a Cast Iron Tortilla Press off of Amazon to start making these even faster and easier. Who’s ready to see some keto friendly Mexican food, enchiladas, quesadillas, and chimichangas? Me too!

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The spices I used in the tortilla was just my personal option. Psyllium husk and flax together don’t taste of much, so you can pretty much add whatever you’d like to the mix. Cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, garlic, onion – anything you want! If you have any sundried tomatoes on hand, you could make a rosemary sundried tomato flax tortilla. How amazing does that sound?

If you try some funky, or just delicious tortillas with your own spice mixes leave a comment below to tell me how they turned out and what you did with them!

Yields 5 Low Carb Flax Tortillas

The Preparation

  • 1 cup golden flaxseed meal
  • 2 tablespoons psyllium husk powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum
  • 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 18 tablespoons water
  • 1 tablespoon coconut flour, for rolling
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, for frying

The Execution

1. Add 1 cup Golden Flax Seed Meal, 2 tbsp. Psyllium Husk Powder, 1/4 tsp. Xanthan Gum, and 1/2 tsp. Curry Powder (or spices of your choice) in a mixing bowl.

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2. Mix all of the dry ingredients together well, making sure all of the powders are evenly distributed.

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3. Add 2 tsp. Olive Oil and 1 cup + 2 tbsp. Filtered Water to the mixture. Mix this well until a solid ball forms out of the mixture.

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4. Leave this uncovered for 1 hour on the countertop so all liquid can be soaked up properly by the flax. Once finished, measure out portions of tortillas and get a silpat ready. If using a tortilla press, measure out 5 portions, if rolling by hand, measure 3-4 portions out.

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5. With each portion, press it against the silpat using your hand.

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6. Sprinkle ~1/2 tsp. coconut flour over tortilla and rolling pin, roll out the dough as thin as you can get it without tearing it.

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7. Using a large round object, for me it was the lid of a pan, cut out your tortilla and seperate it from the excess dough. Take excess dough and save it to roll out more tortillas.

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8. You should be left with a completely round tortilla. Repeat the process for each tortilla.

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9. In a pan over medium-high heat, add 1 tsp. olive oil.

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10. Once oil is hot, add tortilla and fry to browning of your choosing.

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11. OPTIONAL (But really, when is frying bacon actually optional?): Fry up some bacon.

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12. OPTIONAL: Add mushrooms, green pepper, and red cabbage to bacon fat and let it soak up all the fats.

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13. Serve! Feel free to add fillings of your choice!

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This makes a total of 5 servings of Low Carb Flax Tortillas. Each serving comes out to be 202 calories, 16.2g fats, 1.3g net carbs, and 4g protein.

NUTRITION CALORIES FAT CARBS FIBER NET CARBS PROTEIN
1 cup golden flaxseed meal 555 43.9 30 28.4 1.6 19
2 tablespoon psyllium husk powder 112 0 25.6 22.4 3.2 0
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum 4 0 0.9 0.9 0 0
1/2 teaspoon curry powder 3 0.1 0.6 0.6 0 0.2
2 teaspoon olive oil 80 9 0 0 0 0
18 tablespoon water 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 tablespoon coconut flour 20 1.2 3.3 2.3 1 1
2 tablespoon olive oil 239 27 0 0 0 0
Totals 1013 81.2 60.5 54.6 5.9 20.2
Per Serving (/5) 203 16.2 12.1 10.9 1.2 4

Low Carb Flax Tortillas

This makes a total of 5 servings of Low Carb Flax Tortillas. Each serving comes out to be 202 calories, 16.2g fats, 1.3g net carbs, and 4g protein.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 5 servings
Calories 202 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup golden flaxseed meal
  • 2 tablespoon psyllium husk powder
  • ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
  • ½ teaspoon curry powder
  • 2 teaspoon olive oil
  • 18 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon coconut flour for rolling
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil for frying

Instructions
 

  • Add golden flax seed meal, psyllium husk powder, xanthan gum, and curry powder (or spices of your choice) in a mixing bowl.
  • Mix all of the dry ingredients together well, making sure all of the powders are evenly distributed.
  • Add olive oil and water to the mixture. Mix this well until a solid ball forms out of the mixture.
  • Leave this uncovered for 1 hour on the countertop so all liquid can be soaked up properly by the flax. Once finished, measure out portions of tortillas and get a silpat ready.
  • With each portion, press it against the silpat using your hand.
  • Sprinkle a small amount of coconut flour over tortilla and rolling pin, roll out the dough as thin as you can get it without tearing it.
  • Using a large round object, for me it was the lid of a pan, cut out your tortilla and separate it from the excess dough. Take the excess dough and save it to roll out more tortillas.
  • You should be left with a completely round tortilla. Repeat the process for each tortilla.
  • In a pan over medium-high heat, add a little olive oil.
  • Once oil is hot, add tortilla and fry to browning of your choosing.
  • Serve! Feel free to add fillings of your choice!

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Nutrition

Calories: 202kcalCarbohydrates: 1.3gProtein: 4gFat: 16.2g
Keyword dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian

Comments

  1. Do you think it would be possible to replace both the xanthan gum & psyllium husk by gluten? (I have gluten readily available, but not xanthan gum or psyllium)

    • Pierre,

      I’m really not sure about that as most of my food typically stays away from gluten. If you are not doing gluten free, I am sure you could use vital wheat gluten or something similar to recreate a tortilla.

  2. John Gustavsson says

    Hi Craig.

    First of all thanks for an amazing blog, every recipe I’ve tried has turned out amazing 🙂 I was going to try this tomorrow, I just wonder if one could substitute flax seed meal with psyllium husk or something else? It’s hard to find flax seed where I live

    • Hey John,

      First thanks for all the kind words – I’m really glad that the recipes you’ve tried have been good 🙂 Unfortunately, you can’t really replace flax with anything else in this recipe. There’s a different tortilla recipe linked to at the top which uses coconut flour. I hear adding the 1/4 tsp. Xanthan Gum to that one makes it a bit easier to work with. So if you’d like, you could give that one a try instead!

  3. Wenchypoo says

    I work with the Amazing Bread in just about all configurations, and I have a tip for working with sticky dough:

    1. Use an ice cream scoop, and
    2. use a tortilla press–less mess, and you can work faster

    First, buy parchment paper rounds the same diameter as your press–saves cleanup. Center a piece of the paper on the bottom plate of your press, then gather 2-3 ice cream scoopers’ worth of dough in your hand, and form a ball–or just apply it directly to the center of the papered plate. Cover it with another piece of parchment round, then squeeze. Now pick up the bottom paper with the dough on it, and place it on a baking sheet (paper and all), or you may dump the tortilla onto a skillet and cook as you have been doing.

    For baking: You can fit about 4 (staggered) on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 mins., turning at the halfway point.

    Parchment rounds (in several sizes) can be found at Amazon.

    • That sounds good! My tortilla press should be here tomorrow and I just have regular parchment but if I run into problems, I will buy the rounds to see how much it helps. The dough for this isn’t too sticky to the touch, to be honest. I don’t think you’d need an ice cream scoop as tearing it with your hands doesn’t leave residue. But the tortilla press is something I am definitely interested in trying.

      Thanks for the feedback and tips!

  4. Wenchypoo says

    Also–for those allergic to xanthan gum (which is derived from corn), try subbing a pinch of psyllium for the gum. Guar gum also works, but that is derived from beans, and could be an allergic problem for others.

  5. Very excited to do this recipe! I love that it has a LOT less carb and work than the coconut flour version. I also do not have psyllium on hand but have xanthan gum — could I use 1 tbsp xanthan instead of 2 tbsp psyllium (the reverse of 2x psyllium per xanthan)? I absolutely adore tacos and most of the toppings I love (sour cream, avocado) are high fat so it’d be perfect with this tortilla on hand!

    • Stacy, glad to hear you’re excited! I don’t recommend using xanthan as a replacement for psyllium but you could give it a try. I’ve not found any subs for psyllium so you may be better off either ordering it or finding it in a store. Some walgreens or walmarts carry it in their pharmacy section as a fiber supplement 🙂

      • Oh, it’s not hard to find it. I work in a natural foods market so we sell it at my work. I just didn’t want to have to spend the extra money!

        • Perfect then Stacy! I think it’s one of the lesser expensive ingredients on LC, so I don’t mind spending the money for it 😉

  6. Hi Craig. Thanks for all the wonderful recipes. Any idea if you can turn these into tortilla chips by frying them a little longer? Will they crisp up?

    • Hey Katrina, sorry I missed your comment. You should be able to fry these but I’m not sure how crispy they’d get. You might have better luck putting them in the oven to be honest 🙂

  7. I had no problem rolling this out between two pieces of parchment paper, which saved me both carbs and a dirty rolling pin! It was very easy to cut it with the lid of the pan and fry it afterwards; my very thin tortillas did not tear nor did I have any other issues – I got six total!

    • Sounds great Stacy! How’d you end up liking them?

      • They were fine; not like the white tortillas obviously, but it gave me something easy to make and use for tacos!

        • Yeah, if I could fine a white tortilla that was low carb and gluten free, that will be the day! I love these though, they do the job and they do taste good – I am glad you liked them!

  8. How do you think these would fare in the freezer? Looking to make some GF tortillas to wrap up homemade burritos with and freeze for a quick snack, am worried about re-heating.

    Worst case scenario I will need to experiment and report back on whether these work or not 🙂

  9. flott!

  10. Hi Craig, I just recently discovered your website and I’m very impressed by your creative recipes and also really appreciate how you detail the carb breakdown. These tortillas turned out amazing for me! I used the curry powder mix you suggested and flavour was great. I was able to roll out the dough very thinly so got 9 tortilla in total (I think mine might have been a bit smaller in diameter also)!!

    I cooked one of them for a bit longer (by accident) and it got a very crisp and firm. I had a nibble and the taste reminded me of tortilla chips. It was so good that I actually put a couple of the tortillas back in the pan to cook longer and made tortilla chips with those. They crisped up even further when they cooled and were absolutely amazing. So thank you for giving me two fabulous recipes out of one!!!

    Just a final question please. I’m in Ireland so used to weighing all my ingredients. Do you happen to know what weight your cup of flax meal is? I checked the internet for the conversion but found huge discrepancies ranging from 104g to 160g!!

    • Really happy to hear that Sarah! They sound great 🙂

      As for flax, I don’t have my scale with me at the moment so I am going to go based on the nutrition information on my package. It says that 2 tbsp. is 13g so that would mean that 1 cup is 104g. I’ll reconfirm this later when I have my scales with me.

    • I haven’t made these yet but definitely will! I, too, was going to comment about making chips with them. In Texas, we have restaurants called Mexican Inn. Their chips are like Frito’s and they use the trimmings left over from making their own corn tortillas. They cut them into strips about 3/4″ wide and fry them up to serve with salsa and queso. They are wonderful and when I saw the photo with the lid cutting the tortilla, and all of those trimmings around the edge, I knew I would have to try making “chips” like Mexican Inn with those trimmings!

      • Reminds me of a Frito pie my mom used to make when I was a kid. Next time I make these I’ll see about frying them up into chips – thanks for the idea!

    • Elaine Markley says

      I prefer a crispy taco shell, so this sounds really good that it crisps up! Think I’ll have it with leftover ribeye steak and guacamole!

  11. Thanks Craig, much appreciated! Just tucking into one of your tortillas now for my tea…. So tasty! Thanks again, Sarah

  12. WHY DO THESE KNOCK ME OUT OF KETOSIS?! had only one man sigh

  13. Heather Norris says

    Thank You Craig!!! These are so good. I’m from central California.. We can’t live without Mexican food!! SO MUCH of it is off limits that has been my biggest struggle. I made tacos with these last week and made an enchilada casserole with them tonight..I actually use a silicon mat, rolling pen and pan lid and it’s all good….. I can’t wait to dig into your other recipes! Definitely my go to site for keto ideas!! Thanks again!

  14. My husband is leery of Psyllium Husk Powder – does it cause diarrhea/gas/bloating? Or is this not enough (spread among 4-5 tortillas) to cause a problem? I have an electric tortilla press – just portion these out and proceed as a normal flour tortilla?

    • It can sometimes cause stomach issues, but usually you wouldn’t find that in these. It depends how sensitive he is to psyllium, though (it’s similar to metamucil). Yes, they’ll be a little harder to work with than a traditional tortilla, but they should be able to be made on a press as I did them.

  15. Seraphina Chew Shujun says

    Craig, this looks great but is xanthan gum absolutely necessary?? <- actually I just saw the answer in the comments below! Will try it out and let you know how it goes. Dreaming about stuffing this with guac and shredded cheese… or pulled beef… or cream cheese with salmon and roasted garlic.

  16. Reminds me of a Frito pie my mom used to make when I was a kid. Next time I make these I’ll see about frying them up into chips – thanks for the idea!

  17. Oh no! I want to make these tortillas for tonight but just noticed this calls for golden flaxseed and I only have regular. I read there isn’t much difference nutritionally but will regular flaxseed instead of golden change the texture or flavor? I don’t want to waste a cup of my regular flaxseed & find the dough is impossible to work with or won’t taste good.
    If I use regular flaxseed, should I grind it first?????
    Please help! Thank you.

    • Sorry for the bit of a late reply here Laura. Typically normal flaxseed meal will work just fine. They absorb the same way, they’re just different color.

      • I did find golden flax seed and I ground them in my coffee grinder. These tortillas turned out perfect. The dough is really easy to work with between a silpat & parchment paper. They are delicious! I will be making these often! I also thought of using them as a pizza crust by swapping out curry powder for some onion and garlic powder. Another successful recipe off of this site! 🙂

  18. Hi, Craig. I’ve recently embraced the low carb/keto lifestyle and wanted to express my thanks for your low carb flax tortilla recipe! I made them for lunch today with radishes, sweet mini peppers and bok choy sautéed in butter. I used garlic and cumin as the seasoning but look forward to curry for the next batch. I couldn’t believe how simple they were to make and oh, how delicious!

    • Sounds awesome Sherry! You can definitely use whatever spices you want in there – and cumin sounds like an awesome one. I tend to like a bit of powerful spice in there to get rid of the flax-y taste. Glad you liked them!

  19. Sounds delicious!

  20. My dough is still a little sticky after the hour. It doesn’t look as firm as yours, is it supposed to be some sticky? Cause your picture looks crazy firm. Thanks

  21. I don’t have xanthan gum, but I do have guar gum. Can I use that as a substitution, or do I need to get xanthan gum?

  22. Hi Craig, do you think I can cook these then freeze them? I’d love to have a large batch so I can have them on hand when I need them. I’ve made the other Tortilla recipe and they seemed to freeze and reheat just fine. Thanks!

  23. This is my first Ruled Me cooking adventure….had to dodgy it up with half linseed and half pumpkin seed. Everything else was as per the recipe. So delicious….loaded it with salad, chicken larb and cream cheese….definitely doing these again!!!!

  24. heatherlynnie says

    Craig, I just wanted to let you know that since I began low carb eating 6 months ago, I’ve tried lots of bread recipes, and this is the first one I actually LIKED. These tortillas taste really good! I was able to get 6 from the recipe by rolling them thin between 2 Silpats, and for those who don’t want to use xanthan gum, I subbed arrowroot and it worked great. I found that your tip to allow the dough to rest for an hour is absolutely necessary. The longer it sat, the easier it was to work with. I put garlic salt, onion powder, and cayenne in mine, and filled them with seasoned ground beef, sour cream, lettuce, avocado, and Monterey jack cheese. Delicious! Thanks so much!

  25. Kaitlin Young says

    How well do these store or freeze?

    • They store well in the fridge. Just place a paper towel or parchment between each “layer” as they can get stuck together. I haven’t tried feezing them, but I imagine quite well, too. Just dry fry them in a pan when you want to use them.

  26. Michele Sellers says

    This sounds good. I will have to order some psyllium husk powder, as I don’t currently have any. Thanks.

  27. Karen Hulseman (KarenIsReading says

    Thank you so much for sharing!! I’m going to try these next weekend and ordered a press. I was wondering about the sticky to the press. This is great tips.

  28. Hi, Not sure what I did wrong, followed instructions, measured out all ingredients, but could not get mixture to form a ball. It was soggy & sticky. Even after an hour did not change. Tried to roll out, but stuck to parchment paper, could not get it off the paper. Tried a silpat, still did not work, Also did sprinkle with coconut flour before trying to roll out,ended up throwing everything in trash. Any suggestions?

    • It should be very similar to how the pictures look. Possible use less water and adjust the amount added as you go. Did you use psyllium husk powder (vs. the full psyllium husk itself)? I know some people have confused this in the past and had bad results.

  29. I am making these right now, excited to try them…i decided to use the curry but the dough tasted like it needed something so I added some salt and pepper. Let you know how they turn out. I will serve carne picada inside them with bells, onions and served with salsa and sour cream.

  30. I just made these and decided I couldn’t wait to try, made an egg burrito. They had a great flavor! I did add salt and pepper and mine weren’t near as pretty as yours. I did have to add extra coconut flour to flour them. I loved them though…ugly or not. 😉

    • You can use a tortilla press (off Amazon) with parchment paper in between the press to help with it. I actually got one and it makes life a LOT easier, especially if you like these. Plus, you won’t need any extra coconut flour 🙂

  31. Just made these. Turned out great. Did not use xgum but 1/2 tsp of psyllium powder instead. I rolled out the tortilla between 2 large plastic freezer bags and no coconut flour needed. Could roll out very thin and no sticking. Found advice on amazon when looking at reviews of tortilla press. These will help with getting recommended daily flax and fat. I am low carb vegan.

  32. charmie14 says

    One thing I love to eat for a meal is a crispy corn tortilla filled with avocado slices w/lemon, greens and cheese. Sometimes just the avocado w/lemon and greens. I used organic corn tortillas and am happy to give these a try as my corn tortilla substitute. I would get my corn tortillas crispy in a dry pan before filling them. Sure hope this works as well, but, would not object to frying them in order to have a crispy “tortilla”. Also, I’ll try to make some sort of a tortilla using almond meal or flour. Curious, now, if that would work. Thanks for the recipe(s). All of the recipes look great and the pictures make it all the more inviting to jump in and give them a try.

  33. Rachel S says

    do these keep in the fridge well? and for how long?

  34. seriously good recipe – replaced the xantham with 3 x pure wheat gluten – great give in the tortilla – even managed bubbled surface like a roti / naan. Also rolled in almond flour as taste preferred to coconut.

  35. Natalie Jackson says

    These sound great! Do you happen to know a good replacement for psyllium husk by chance?

  36. Eunice Luster says

    This looks delicious! What is alternative to coconut flour, or anything coconut if someone has an allergy?

  37. Tammy Lee Guest says

    I am planning to make a bunch of these. Tired of the high priced Joseph’s lavash bread. Would you store these in the refrigerator or just in a ziploc in the cupboard? I know that coconut tortillas get hard in the fridge so I have to keep them in the cupboard.

  38. Jill Carney Street says

    What size are the tortillas? I want to buy a press and they come in sizes from 6-8 inch

    • I’ve used a 6 inch press with these and had good success. It would work with an 8 inch press, though, as well. You may just need to adjust macros for the amount of tortillas that you make.

  39. Is it suppose to be mushy on the inside? Maybe I didn’t roll them thin enough?

    • Usually they’re a little bit mushy, but I use a tortilla press to make sure I get mine very thin. After a run through a pan, they usually harden up some and don’t have the mushy texture.

  40. Rachel Elaine Coloura says

    I am not a fan of curry Can I use something else? Thanks

  41. Rachael Carreiro says

    Do these tortillas get crunchy when you fry them? Could i use this as tortilla chips?

  42. Tina Walter says

    Great flavor on these thanks for recipe. Has anyone tried freezing? I wanted to make some ahead for quick lunches.

  43. Thank you! I love these and make them all the time now, soooo good!

  44. Thanks for the recipe, they’re great! I used one as a pizza base tonight. Would have liked it to be crispier and hold up firmer but it tasted delicious. Obviously I omitted the curry powder and used onion and garlic powder, dried crushed chillies and oregano. I got 6 and a 1/3 tortillas as my saucepan lid wasn’t very big! It’s made me want to get a proper press. One thing I wondered about, I only have whole flax so I used those to make meal. When I measured a cup from it, once mixed, it looked nowhere near as solid a dough as yours so I just kept adding more until I got what looked like the same result. Is the flax meal measured packed?

    • I just scoop my flaxseed meal out and don’t pack it down. It does take a long time to absorb all the water, though. Sometimes I let it sit for a little bit extra time.

    • FYI-Use a coffee grinder and in small batches grind you flax seed to flax meal. Could try using small cup on Magic Bullet in small batches, might work.

  45. Could you PLEASE be more specific on sizes? Is the silpat a smaller one so the lid is 5″ or 6″ …or is the silpat an 13″ wide so the lid is 8-10″??? We have no clue to relative sizing as you neglect to say. The closest measurement found is in comments of using a 6″ tortilla press, but then you said you roll out with rolling pin too. Thickness to cook time would be vastly different for a 5 pieces of dough rolled to each be a 5″ tortilla or an 8″ tortilla. Thank you.

    • Hello – I’d estimate that each tortilla is about 5-6 inches. I used to use a tortilla press for these and get the same amount as I did with a pan lid. You can cut them to whatever size you want, though. You’d just need to alter the macros slightly.

  46. plus_size_swag says

    I just made these. Even without the curry powder and xanthan gum they are fantastic. I got 5 large soft wraps out of this recipe. I used pam instead of oil. So filling, am no longer craving bread. 5 stars

    • Really happy to hear! I love making larger ones and turning them into a wrap for lunch.

    • I was wondering about the xanthum gum. I’ve made flat bread with a recipe similar to this and it was great! It doesnt call for xanthum gun and works. So i was hoping to try this without it. Also I was thinking Cumin powder instead of curry powder. Give it the Mexican spice flavor.

      • I found the xanthan helps it stick together slightly better but I’ve made it without the xanthan before as well and done fine. As far as the spices, you can use whichever spices you like to change the flavor profile of the tortillas.

  47. After a dozen plus successful Ruled.me recipes, this one was a complete fail for me. The dough was so sticky that I couldn’t work with it. I added enough coconut flour to at least get it to roll thin, but then my finished tortillas tasted like coconut. Personally, I think I’ll try a different recipe next time.

    • I’m really sorry to hear and surprised it’s at this recipe – it’s one of my personal favorites since it’s so easy to make. If the dough was sticky, I’m not sure it was left for long enough to soak up the excess water. When I go back to the dough after resting, it’s usually formed into a pretty firm, pliable ball. That said, I do mainly use a tortilla press to do these, but they should work using a rolling pin and 2 pieces of parchment. We have another recipe for tortillas that people tend to like as well. You can find it here: https://www.ruled.me/low-ca

  48. It sounds time consuming! Are there any such things sold “fresh and sealed” that I can buy to avoid making them? My job is demanding of “any type of hours” go so yes, I am looking for expediant, quick recipes and my family LOVES tacos!

    • There are pre-made low carb tortillas but they do usually have some sort of wheat in them so we typically recommend to avoid them. In a pinch, they can work into your carb limit if you are not bothered about eating 100% clean foods.

  49. Bree Graham says

    Hi! These look great. Can I use flax flour instead of meal? https://uploads.disquscdn.c

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