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It should go without saying that when eating keto-friendly at Taco Bell, that means ordering a bowl and skipping the flour tortilla, taco shell, beans, and rice.
Duff orders a handful of items from the dollar menu: the chicken quesadilla melt, minus the shell, has less than 1 carb per serving; and the beefy Frito burrito (in a bowl, without the Fritos, tortilla and rice), has 3 carbs.
The burrito supreme, without tortilla or beans, costs under $5 even if you upgrade to steak, and contains 5 net carbs. The grilled chicken version costs the same and has 1 less carb. The fresco taco meanwhile, when ordered with either chicken or beef, is 2 net carbs.
When ordering the grilled steak taco, the only thing that has to be taken off is the tortilla, leaving you with 3 net carbs, which Duff believes to be way better value than the chicken taco, which is the same price but has 4 net carbs. "Ordering keto at Taco Bell, I've got to say, the steak taco, the bowl anyways, has got to be up there in the top three choices," he says.
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His favorite item, however, is the chicken power bowl. "There's got to be at least a pound of food in here," he says. "There's guacamole, pico de gallo, chicken, sour cream, avocado ranch dressing, and a ton of lettuce... this whole thing is 5 net carbs."
It's worth noting that a number of the signature dressings at Taco Bell are low-carb, including the spicy ranch, avocado ranch and creamy jalapeo sauce, all of which have just 1 net carb per serving, and the creamy chipotle, which has zero. If you like hot sauce with your order, that is just 1 carb per serving (although the sweet chilli sauce has a whopping 8 carbs per serving), and Duff also recommends the shredded cheddar or three cheeses, as these also only have 1 net carb each.