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🔥 Keto Pork Belly Rib Candy Tacos 🔥
These tacos are the ultimate Labor Day keto recipe — sticky, glazed pork belly “rib candy” bites turned into mouthwatering tacos with a crunchy slaw and homemade keto tortillas.
Ingredients
Pork Belly Rib Candy
1.5 lbs sliced pork belly (Walmart pack)
1 tbsp olive oil
Dry rub: 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper
½ cup sugar-free BBQ sauce
Keto Slaw
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 cup shredded green cabbage
¼ cup mayo
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
½ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp salt & pepper
Keto Tortillas (makes 6 small)
1 cup cottage cheese
2 eggs
⅓ cup almond flour
2 tbsp psyllium husk powder
½ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Pork Belly Rib Candy
Cut pork belly slices into 1–1.5 inch pieces. Toss in olive oil and dry rub.
Oven: Bake on a wire rack at 300°F for 50–60 min until tender.
Air Fryer: 300°F for 20–25 min until tender.
Brush with BBQ sauce. Increase oven to 425°F (or air fryer to 400°F) and cook 5–7 min until sticky and caramelized.
Rest 3–5 minutes before serving.
Slaw
Mix mayo, vinegar, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
Toss with shredded cabbage. Chill until ready to use.
Tortillas
Blend all tortilla ingredients until smooth.
Cook thin rounds in a nonstick skillet 1–2 min per side.
Stack between parchment until ready to serve.
Assemble Tacos
Warm tortilla → add slaw → top with pork belly bites → finish with cilantro, avocado, cotija cheese, or chipotle mayo drizzle.
Macros (per taco with slaw + tortilla + pork belly + BBQ sauce)
Calories: ~370
Fat: ~31g
Protein: ~16g
Net Carbs: ~5g
👉 Perfect for Labor Day, Taco Tuesday, or any BBQ night.
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Disclaimer:
Macros are estimated using ChatGPT and are not guaranteed to be accurate. Values can vary based on ingredients, brands, and measurements. Please calculate your own macros if precision is important.
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🔥 Keto Pork Belly Rib Candy Tacos 🔥
These tacos are the ultimate Labor Day keto recipe — sticky, glazed pork belly “rib candy” bites turned into mouthwatering tacos with a crunchy slaw and homemade keto tortillas.
Ingredients
Pork Belly Rib Candy
1.5 lbs sliced pork belly (Walmart pack)
1 tbsp olive oil
Dry rub: 1 tbsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp black pepper
½ cup sugar-free BBQ sauce
Keto Slaw
1 cup shredded red cabbage
1 cup shredded green cabbage
¼ cup mayo
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
½ tsp garlic powder
¼ tsp salt & pepper
Keto Tortillas (makes 6 small)
1 cup cottage cheese
2 eggs
⅓ cup almond flour
2 tbsp psyllium husk powder
½ tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Pork Belly Rib Candy
Cut pork belly slices into 1–1.5 inch pieces. Toss in olive oil and dry rub.
Oven: Bake on a wire rack at 300°F for 50–60 min until tender.
Air Fryer: 300°F for 20–25 min until tender.
Brush with BBQ sauce. Increase oven to 425°F (or air fryer to 400°F) and cook 5–7 min until sticky and caramelized.
Rest 3–5 minutes before serving.
Slaw
Mix mayo, vinegar, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
Toss with shredded cabbage. Chill until ready to use.
Tortillas
Blend all tortilla ingredients until smooth.
Cook thin rounds in a nonstick skillet 1–2 min per side.
Stack between parchment until ready to serve.
Assemble Tacos
Warm tortilla → add slaw → top with pork belly bites → finish with cilantro, avocado, cotija cheese, or chipotle mayo drizzle.
Macros (per taco with slaw + tortilla + pork belly + BBQ sauce)
Calories: ~370
Fat: ~31g
Protein: ~16g
Net Carbs: ~5g
👉 Perfect for Labor Day, Taco Tuesday, or any BBQ night.
👍 If you love recipes like this, hit like & subscribe — it helps me make even more keto comfort food videos!
#keto #ketorecipes #porkbelly #bbq #tacos
Check out my website: daveskitchenmarket.com
For business inquiries: mademecookit@gmail.com
Disclaimer:
Macros are estimated using ChatGPT and are not guaranteed to be accurate. Values can vary based on ingredients, brands, and measurements. Please calculate your own macros if precision is important.
🍳 Get my High Protein Low Carb cookbook — 15 recipes, instant download:
dkmkt.com/products/high-protein-low-carb-the-cooking-with-dave-cookbook





![The Weight Loss Marry Me Chicken (Ive Made It 7 Times)
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Ive made Marry Me Chicken seven different ways over three years — the original, keto, crockpot, steak, pork, fajitas, even tortellini. This is the final version: the sauce rebuilt so it actually has protein in it, the chicken seared so it cant dry out, and the whole plate lands at 51g of protein for ~520 calories. The classic runs ~780 calories with half the protein. Same dish. Twice the reason to eat it.
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MACROS (per serving, makes 4):
~520 calories | 51g protein | ~8g net carbs | ~29g fat
Classic marry me chicken: ~780 calories | ~26g protein
THE CHICKEN:
2 large chicken breasts (about 1.5 lbs), halved into 4 cutlets, pounded to 1/2 inch. Salt both sides and rest 15 minutes (this mini-brine is the juiciness insurance). Dredge in 1/4 cup almond flour + 1/4 cup grated parmesan mixed. Sear in 2 tbsp of the sun-dried tomato jar oil + 1 tbsp butter over medium-high, 3–4 minutes per side until golden and crusted. Set aside — slightly underdone is correct, they finish in the sauce.
THE PROTEIN SAUCE (the whole trick):
In the same pan on medium: 4 minced garlic cloves + 1/2 cup chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, 60 seconds. Add 3/4 cup chicken broth, scrape up every browned bit, simmer 2 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1 tsp Italian seasoning, 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, and 1/4 tsp xanthan gum (optional, keeps it silky).
THEN KILL THE HEAT. Wait for the bubbling to stop. Stir in 1 cup full-fat cottage cheese that youve blended completely smooth, then 1/2 cup fresh-grated parmesan in three additions. Off the heat is the whole trick — boiling splits cottage cheese into grainy curds, and dumped parmesan clumps. Off-heat and incremental = glossy restaurant sauce with ~15g of protein in the sauce alone.
FINISH: Chicken and its juices back in the pan on LOW, 3–4 minutes, spooning sauce over — steaming, never boiling. Torn basil on top. Serve over cauliflower mash, zucchini noodles, or my cabbage fettuccine.
CANT FIND COTTAGE CHEESE? I tested the substitutes in my last video — the winner works in this sauce too: [link to pizza bowl video]
REHEATING LEFTOVERS: 50% microwave power in 45–60 second bursts, stir between, splash of water or milk first, stop at steaming. Full power boils the edges and the sauce goes grainy. Keeps 3 days.
The original Marry Me Chicken video (1.1M views): [link]
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