Easy Low Carb Pizza

Learn the secret of a great quick and easy low carb pizza that is tasty and will satisfy your pizza craving while you're on a low carb or keto diet.

Introduction

Many people are following lower carbohydrate diets like Adkins or Keto diets. If you are one of those people, low carb or keto-friendly pizza is high on your wish list.

Many suggestions are floating around in the low-carb/keto diet community for pizza crust. Hamburger crusts very disgusting, cream cheese/ egg concoctions with many steps that are highly prized by the inventors and followers but are also odd and disgusting. There are the various "wonderful" various cauliflower concoctions, all bad.

All these crust substitutes are labeled as "easy" for some odd reason. You need to accept that pizza just won’t be quite the same, but we can make it something good for what it is.

My Rating

A strong four especially compared to the competition.

🍕The Crust

For the crust, use low-carb tortillas or Flatout Flatbread, which are only about 6 net carbs for a larger size with either. Plus, they taste good, are cheap, available at our local market, and have a long shelf life in the fridge.

The Big Secret to Make This Work

The trick is not just to slap the sauce and goodies on the flatbread or tortilla. You need to brown them a little in a bit of oil, which will help keep them from becoming mush.  It is that simple.

🥣The Sauce

I generally use a jar sauce. I'm not particularly eager to do that, but we are only using a couple of tablespoons per pizza, and if you are selective, it will be fine. You can make your own and freeze baggies of small amounts if you are going to do this over and over.

🖊️Notes

Timing: With a little planning, this can easily be done under 20 minutes from the start of eating.  I had everything already in baggies, so that is why it went so fast. But even without that, about 30 minutes is all it takes.

Do I need a pizza stone?

No, without the pizza stone, use a large ½ sheet pan sprayed with PAM. But the stone will help crisp up the crust more, and it great to have around for heating standard pizza.

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🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

Preheat oven to 425° convection or 450° conventional with the pizza stone on a center rack.

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 teaspoons of oil. Brown low-carb flatbread/tortilla on both sides slightly. You are just firming it up to keep it from falling apart with the sauce and ingredients.

Spoon on 2 tablespoons premade pizza sauce on the crust and spread. I add another ingredient in the following order: sausage, onion, 12 pieces of pepperoni, green pepper, mozzarella, and top off with your last 6 pieces of pepperoni.

Transfer to the pizza stone. This will cook rapidly for about 10 minutes.

Pizza Variation: Four Cheese White Chicken Pizza

Just a change in toppings: Eliminate Italian sausage, green pepper, pepperoni, and pizza sauce.

New ingredient:
1 tablespoon butter
½ tsp garlic powder
½ cup diced chicken
1-2 oz each of feta, white cheddar, mozzarella, and shredded parmesan
1 Plum tomato - thin sliced  (about ¼ inch)
Instructions:
1) Melt 1 tablespoon butter and add ½ tsp garlic powder. Spread over the crust like sauce.
2) Now add the topping: ½ cup of diced chicken, thinly sliced plum tomato (about ¼ inch), 2 oz each of feta, white cheddar, mozzarella, and shredded parmesan.

📖Full Recipe

Editor's note: This was originally published on January 5, 2010. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.