I will be sharing some keto recipes that call for low carb tortillas in the near future, so I thought I’d share my take on a popular version making the blog rounds. They’re a little hard to work with, but I’ve got a little trick that will help you make near-perfect tortillas every time.

Yields 10 servings of low carb tortillas.
The Preparation
- 1 cup coconut flour
- 4 tablespoons psyllium husk powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups chicken broth, boiling
The Execution
1. Put all dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.

2. Add butter, coconut oil, or lard. I used a combination of butter and coconut oil here. Mix thoroughly.

3. Pour hot broth over all, then stir with a spoon until all the butter is melted and ingredients are well incorporated. (Alternately, this can be done in a food processor)

4. Shape dough into a log shape. Cut into 8 equal parts. (By using my method to make them all the same shape/size you will end up with 10)

5. Grease a griddle, cast iron skillet, or frying pan lightly with butter or coconut oil, then heat to medium heat. Shape each part into a ball. On a sheet of parchment paper, take each ball and roll out as well as you can. If necessary, use a piece of parchment paper on top of the dough, as well. If the dough tears, it is easily fixed. Just keep working with it. Your goal is to get it spread out evenly.

6. Now here comes the cool part. Take a medium-sized pan lid and set it on top of the dough, like so:

7. Give it a little twist, then lift the lid up. Carefully remove dough around circle. Set that extra dough aside. These pieces will combine to make the other two tortillas for a total of 10.

8. There you have it! Perfect shape, perfect size! Lift parchment and place tortilla over hand, then peel parchment with other hand.

9. Put the tortilla on griddle and cook until bottom begins to brown.

10. Carefully flip, using a spatula if necessary, and cook other side. Remove from pan and set aside. Repeat with remaining dough.
Quesadillas
11. To make quesadillas, place one tortilla on griddle over medium heat. Put about 1/3 cup grated cheese on top of tortilla.

12. Add some cooked chicken, either cut into cubes or shredded. (I like to heat my chicken in a little bit of Frank’s hot sauce first)

13. Then top with a little more cheese. This helps hold the quesadilla together when you flip it. Top with second tortilla, let cheese melt for a minute, then flip.

14. Cook until cheese is melted, then remove from pan. Cut into equal pieces with a pizza cutter or knife and serve with salsa, sour cream, and/or guacamole. MmmmMmmm!

15. Save leftover tortillas to make some burritos with.
Since the recipe is for 10 tortillas, the macros per tortilla breaks down like this: 132.3Calories, 11.74g Fat, 2.1g Net Carbs, and 2.06g Protein.
This makes a total of 10 servings of Best Low Carb Tortillas. Each serving comes out to be 139 calories, 11.2g fats, 2.6g net carbs, and 2.1g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 1 cup coconut flour | 320 | 18.7 | 53.3 | 37.3 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 tablespoon psyllium husk powder | 224 | 0 | 51.2 | 44.8 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 1/4 teaspoon cumin | 2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1/2 cup butter | 814 | 92.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 |
| 2 cup chicken broth | 30 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Totals | 1395 | 112 | 108.1 | 82.5 | 25.6 | 20.5 |
| Per Serving (/10) | 139 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 2 |

Best Low Carb Tortillas
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut flour
- 4 tablespoon psyllium husk powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ½ cup butter softened
- 2 cup chicken broth boiling
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients. Put all dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
- Add butter, coconut oil, or lard. I used a combination of butter and coconut oil here. Mix thoroughly. Pour hot broth over all, then stir with a spoon until all the butter is melted and ingredients are well incorporated. (Alternately, this can be done in a food processor.)
- Shape dough into a log shape. Cut into equal parts that amount to slightly less than serving size amounts. As you shape tortillas in the following directions, you will use the leftover dough to form more tortillas. (For clarification, please read through instructions first.)
- Grease a griddle, cast iron skillet, or frying pan lightly with butter or coconut oil, then heat to medium heat. Shape each part into a ball. On a sheet of parchment paper, take each ball and roll out as well as you can. If necessary, use a piece of parchment paper on top of the dough. If the dough tears, it is easily fixed. Just keep working with it. Your goal is to get it spread out evenly. Don't worry how it looks. Take a medium sized pan lid and set it on top of the dough, as pictured.
- Give it a little twist, then lift the lid up. Carefully remove dough around the outside of the circle. Set that extra dough aside. These pieces will combine later to make the other tortillas. Typically, if you start with 4 parts, you will end up with 5 tortillas (or 8 parts and 10 tortillas, etc). This is where the leftover dough (outside the circle) makes more tortillas.
- There you have it! Perfect shape, perfect size! Lift parchment with circle on it, flip, and place tortilla over hand. Peel parchment with other hand.
- Put the tortilla on griddle and cook until bottom begins to brown. Carefully flip, using a spatula if necessary, and cook other side. Remove from pan and set aside. Repeat with remaining dough.
- These work well for any recipe using tortillas. To make quesadillas, simply put grated cheese and diced, cooked chicken between two tortillas and toast on griddle. Cut into even sections using a pizza cutter.

Hey there! I had a question, mine came out very soft in the middle, kind of like it wasn’t cooked all the way. I tried to leave it for longer but the outside burned, even on low heat. Am I doing something wrong?
It may be that too much liquid was added to the batter. I will be re-writing the recipe to add liquid little by little until you have a nice dough you can work with. Depending on the grain size of the psyllium, it can change the final product.
Thanks!! I’ll give it another try!
Thanks so much Jen! I’m a big fan of these as the low-carb tortillas at the grocery store are huge when it comes to the carb counts (at least in my eyes). Glad you liked them so much 🙂
You could add more seasoning to it, but it should be relatively bland. Usually i put a lot of flavor/herbs/spices into the filling so the tortilla acts more like a vessel.
Thank you! I’ve heard they do pretty good in the freezer, though just separate them with parchment paper between each “layer”. Dry-fry them in a pan to re-heat them and get some crispiness.
Sure thing!
You could top casseroles with it and use it as a little crumble over the top 🙂
I usually season the food I put inside of it well, but I definitely agree. Salt to taste as well as whatever spices you want in there to taste is always up to the preference of the cook 🙂
I am allergic to coconut. Can you offer a substitution for the coconut flour? I have all the other ingredients, and I’m ready to try this. 🙂
I would personally try out the flaxseed tortillas (they’re on the website) if you’re allergic to coconut. It’s a vital ingredient in this recipe.
Would these press properly in a tortilla press? I know the press works fine for corn mesa tortillas but given my food allergies I would need something like this for a tortilla.
I tried this recipe, if you expect anything like a tortilla, forget it. Neither the taste or texture is anywhere close.
I thought the texture was quite close to a real tortilla, but you’re using completely different ingredients so the taste will never be the same.
I’m trying out low carb and my only complaint is that some things can’t be bought at normal grocery stores. Since my husband is under way I can make these with out any fuss.
I’m so glad that you will be giving these a shot! I agree that some things can be hard to find, but the good news is that most of the basics are getting pretty easy to locate these days. 🙂
These turned out to be far too grainy (texture-wise) for me, but I’m assuming it is because then only psyllium husk I had on hand was Konysl. It looked like it should play the part based on the ingredients label and the texture, but perhaps I was wrong. I also suppose I made some other mistake a long the way.
What’s most likely – that Konysl is to blame, that I prepared them wrong, or that I need to not be finnicky with my low carb foods?
As always, thanks for your great site!
Hi Kiel, sometimes lower carb foods can take a little adjustment to get used to because they are structurally different from their counterparts. It’s also true that sometimes the brands used will make a difference in the finished product. It’s hard for me to know exactly what’s going on here without having been there, but I can try my best to help you troubleshoot. If you feel confident about following the recipe it might be a little from column A and a little from column C too. 🙂
Can you freeze them? I usually do tortillas for dinner when I’m short on time, so being able to have them ready to go would be great!
Yes, you should be able to freeze and reheat!
I just tried these and they came out beautifully. I was wondering if they can be frozen uncooked? I would like to freeze them rolled out with parchment paper between them and just cook them one at a time. Will that mess with the texture or something?
I have been drinking protein with Coconut Milk to supplement my meals. Seems like it is off limits because the protein would be too much in a day? 20 to 25 mg per serving. Please advice on the freezing and the protein drinks.
I love this recipe and will try it next time with Almond flour. Thanks for all of the great information.
Just noticed that this recipe calls for psyllium powder… would husk work instead? Or would it be better to try and blitz them to a powder? thanks!
I would try and find the powder if possible. I picked up mine at the local vitamin shoppe. It does need to be a powder. 🙂
I haven’t tried freezing them uncooked, but I imagine they’re work just fine. It shouldn’t mess the texture up as I’ve done similarly with different ingredients before. For protein drinks – just make sure it fits in your macros. 20-25g protein in 1 sitting is fine as long as your macros are correct throughout the rest of the day.
Hi Jade, you will need to make a powder. The type used in this recipe is ground super finely.
You would need a spice grinder to powder up the husks.
I made the and they were delicious!!! I baked them over the oven rack to make hard taco shells and filled them with carne asada. Today I used left over tortillas for a pizza crust. So many options. I did add more spices because it smelled sweet from the coconut flour. The taste and texture are amazing.
That’s a great idea Monica!
I rarely comment on recipes but this was really good (honestly, way better than i hoped for) so I felt like i needed to! so im making butter chicken tonight and really just salivating over photos of naan bread and longing for some. i came across this recipe, had everything on hand (i only had husk so i just used a coffee grinder to make it into powder) i halved the recipe and LOADED up with indian spices. ALL of the spices lol and lots of salt too. I used homemade chicken broth (just happened to have made some last night). I didnt bother rolling into a log I just eyeballed it and made 7 small tortillas because i kept them fatter. they stayed chewy in the middle (crisp outside- fried in bacon fat!) similar to a naan bread and they are neon red from all the spices i added. delicious. just wanted to say kudos! first time cooking with husk!
Thanks Chelsey! Those sound amazing btw.
I’ve been having a really bad acne flare up, so I decided to go gluten free. And it’s been one of the hardest things to give up because like Oprah “I LOVE BREAD”! I’ve tried many gluten free and paleo recipes…but nothing really came close to the consistency of real bread. And then I tried this recipe….and I was floored. I love this pita/tortilla bread!!!! It’s so good. Just had it with my eggs this morning! Finally, I can eat “bread” again! Thank you for this delicious recipe! 🙂
Would ghee be acceptable instead of the butter, coconut oil or grass-fed lard?
Sure! You can make it with any kind of liquefied fat.
I just made these jewels! they are great! no eggs, finally! Also, I had a tortilla press that I brought from Mexico, roll the dough into golf ball size, put in the middle of plastic bag covering the tortilla press and voila, I had taquito size tortillas I got 24 of them!!
That sounds awesome, I think I need to try that!
Quick question: since this recipe is referenced in the the Keto Gyros recipe to use as pita (rolling them thicker for pita rather than tortilla) should a person also add 1 t Baking Soda as well, so that they puff up like Pita?
Thanks!
Hi Mel, did you ever try this with the baking soda?
I did. It made no difference as far as I could tell. They seemed to break apart a lot actually, at least for Gyros. Now I just use Joseph’s Brand Pita – Wal-Mart carries them in the Deli – 5 net carbs each; or low carb Mission Brand Tortillas – also Wal-Mart – some sizes as low as 3 net carbs each.
Hi Mel, I haven’t tried adding baking soda yet so I’m not sure how it would turn out…please let me know if it comes out well with baking soda! 🙂
Hello,
Just wondering if I can freeze these tortillas.
thanks
My husband and I really liked them- especially with the gyro recipe, but they were a bit coconutty for our taste when considering using them in other kinds of recipes. I used half butter and half a “neutral tasting” coconut oil (though it’s not the MOST neutral tasting I’ve ever had). Can these be made with almond flour instead? I figured I’d ask more experienced Keto cooks before I try and wind up wasting an afternoon, ha ha. 😊
I’m not sure…I think you might have to reduce to moisture in the recipe to make it work with almond flour. Hopefully someone else has tried it!
This was AMAZING! I had made a flax tortilla recipe before that was a fail so was hesitant to make these. Your instructions were wonderfully detailed and once I got the hang of it they were easy to make. It was time consuming and they got harder to roll as I went so that’s good to know you can use a tortilla press on them. These are wonderfully flexible and tasty!
This will be my go to for fajitas and other things. Before I was using almond flour ones from natural grocers but they add starches to it which bother me if I eat them very often.
I hope you enjoyed them Janeth!
These are AMAZING! I was skeptical because finding something keto friendly, gluten-free, AND tastes good is nearly impossible from my experience. Thank You so much for this recipe.
We made keto tacos. Yum!!!
How do we store these? Freezer friendly? Refrigerate? Or store in container on counter? https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Your tacos look delicious!
F– Dude crumbly are you kidding? What a waste of time. again— F–
Really? Mine turned out GREAT. Sorry to hear yours didn’t. Boo.
Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy them – you’re one of the first of many that it hasn’t turned out well for. Are you sure that you followed the recipe correctly?
These were not really that hard to make, and that idea about using a pan lid… BRILLIANT. I made 10 and my husband started scarfing on them a little early which made me mad. After all, I’m the one on the Keto diet, not him… he can have his 37 carb tortillas! At the end of the meal, we decided to put a little butter on the tortilla and dip it in Mrs. Butterworth’s syrup. OH YES! Next time, I’m gonna leave out the cumin and garlic and chili powder – these suckers will make great pancakes! Soft, fluffy and YUMMY!
Haha, well at least the recipe makes enough to share a few. Sometimes I just batch make these and freeze them and they do really well. I kind of dislike having to go through the process to make them each time so I usually do a double or triple batch. The dessert versions sound awesome!
Why does everyone put so much coconut in everything Keto??? 🙁 My sister is deathly allergic to coconut. Is there something else that can be used?
Hey Len,
We have a keto flour substitutions guide that will help you figure out how to replace the coconut flour in the low carb and keto recipes you find moving forward:
https://www.ruled.me/keto-f…
Unfortunately, I have yet to try using different flours for this specific recipe so you may have to follow the recommendations in the keto flour substitutions guide and experiment from there.
You can also try making these low-carb tortillas instead:
https://www.ruled.me/low-ca…
Instead of sprinkling coconut flour on the rolling pin to help roll out the dough, you can try putting the dough between two pieces of parchment paper or wax paper.
I hope this helps!
Hey Len,
We have a keto flour substitutions guide that will help you figure out how to replace the coconut flour in the low carb and keto recipes you find moving forward:
https://www.ruled.me/keto-flour-substitutions/
Unfortunately, I have yet to try using different flours for this specific recipe so you may have to follow the recommendations in the keto flour substitutions guide and experiment from there.
You can also try making these low-carb tortillas instead:
https://www.ruled.me/low-carb-flax-tortillas/
Instead of sprinkling coconut flour on the rolling pin to help roll out the dough, you can try putting the dough between two pieces of parchment paper or wax paper.
I hope this helps!
So I should have read the comments before starting. I looked to what I could substitute for the psyllium as I did not have any and found elsewhere on the website that xantham gum 1:1. It didn’t do well. I also should have slowly put in the hot broth as I had really sticky dough.
I added in extra coconut flour until it got a little better consistency. They seemed to turn out ok and are the best that I have tasted in my hunt for a good torilla. I use these as alternates to pasta in my lasagna which is on the menu for Tuesday. Fingers crossed!.
Thanks for all the recipes. I promote it to everyone doing keto as the flavours are amazing! Keep up the great work!
I’m not sure where you saw that xanthan gum can replace psyllium at a 1:1 ratio. In small quantities it might work out okay, but with larger quantities (like in this recipe) it might turn out a bit strange. I’m really glad that you liked them, but really interested to know how they compare if you are able to get your hands on psyllium. I hope that they work ou twell in your lasagna!
Great recipe! I added 1/4 tsp xantham gum which made them more elastic. This addition might even work well to substitute psyllium husk for flaxseed meal. Worth a try.
I can see a lot of uses with this recipe, naan bread, wraps of any kind, picnic bread, hot dog wrap, cheese triangles. Since this bread holds together so well, it can take the abuse of packing along for a hike.
Great ideas! Thanks for the feedback