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This Keto Cheeseburger Casserole has all the flavors of a juicy burger without the carbs! Your whole family will love this low carb cheeseburger casserole and you’ll love how simple it is to make!
Okay, friends, I have a good one for you today!
You know how sometimes you just really need a big, fat, juicy bacon cheeseburger? Happens to me daily, if we’re being honest.
I’m back on the low carb bandwagon again and one of those burger cravings hit. Of course, my bacon cheeseburger salad is always nice, but I’m getting a little sick of salad and wanted something filling and loaded with protein.
Enter this keto cheeseburger casserole. Oh, did I mention the bacon? Because obviously we added bacon. (Update: We recently started drizzling this with our smash burger sauce and omg. The best.)
This is now one of my new favorite low carb ground beef recipes. So filling, pretty simple to throw together, and a definite crowd pleaser.
This hamburger casserole recipe has been such a hit that I created this keto taco casserole too. Always love a Mexican spin on food!
I’ve also made a buffalo chicken casserole based off of this recipe! It’s just a winning combo.
Low Carb Cheeseburger Casserole Ingredients:
Beef – We’re using lean beef, but you can buy a fattier beef and just drain the excess grease. This would also work well with ground turkey.
Bacon – Dice it and fry it up. You could always leave this out if you avoid pork or want a lower fat recipe, but we love the bacon here.
Sauce – This low carb bacon cheeseburger casserole gets a creamy sauce made from cream cheese, reduced or no sugar added ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and seasoned salt.
Egg – Seems weird in a cheeseburger casserole, but the egg holds everything together and adds extra protein and helps keep you full. This low carb casserole could also be considered a quiche, if you want to get technical.
Cheese – We sprinkle plenty of shredded cheddar over the top.
What Readers are Saying!
“This is one of the best low carb recipes I have ever found. Thank you!!! My husband and I both crave it all the time. I found it a month ago and I’ve already made it like 5 times. Crazy- I know. We just love it that much.” – Whitney
Does this keto hamburger casserole taste like eggs?
I’ve actually had a lot of people ask if this tasted egg-y and I really don’t think it does at all. There are just 4 eggs in the whole casserole, so that’s less than one egg per serving.
The eggs really just serve to hold everything together.
Serving Suggestions:
Give this a try with some diced red onion and pickles on top! Just note that any additional toppings you add will impact the carb count of this recipe.
This goes great with a side of cauliflower rice or a nice green salad topped with your favorite dressing. We like this homemade keto ranch dressing.
Is ketchup keto friendly?
Most ketchup is loaded with sugar, so you’ll want to be sure to read the labels. We use Heinz No Sugar Added Ketchup. It’s low in carbs and uses sucralose as the sweetener.
My kids actually prefer it to regular ketchup!
More Low Carb Recipes:
- Keto Breakfast Casserole
- Egg Roll in a Bowl
- Keto Spaghetti
- Air Fryer Frozen Broccoli
- Chicken Drumsticks
Low Carb Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound bacon
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons no sugar added ketchup
- 1 tablespoon yellow mustard
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 8 ounces shredded cheddar
- 1 teaspoon fresh dill
Instructions
- Dice the bacon into small pieces and place in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring often, until crisp. Remove bacon from pan and set aside on a paper towel lined plate. Drain grease from pan.
- Add the ground beef, onion, and garlic to the skillet and cook until browned, crumbling as it cooks. Once beef is browned and cooked through, drain fat.
- Add the cream cheese, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and seasoned salt to the skillet and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until combined.
- Spread the beef mixture into a greased 8×8 baking dish. Top with the cooked bacon.
- Crack the eggs into a medium bowl and whisk together with the heavy cream, hot sauce, and pepper.
- Pour the egg mixture over the beef and bacon.
- Top with the cheddar cheese.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until set and golden on top. Let cool 15 minutes before sprinkling with dill and serving.
Melinda Savage says
Sounds delicious
Lisa R says
Love it, but please be more specific about how much cream cheese. Four tablespoons is not intuitive for something sold in a brick with 8 markings, like a stick of butter. Maybe it’s me, but I see 4 tablespoons and think it’s half of a brick, when it’s really more like half of that. Half a brick is way too much. BTW, I like to garnish with chopped dill pickles or no sugar added pickle relish and green onions. Thanks for your recipes!
Karly says
Hi Lisa! 4 tablespoons is 2 ounces. Hope that helps!
And the dill pickles sound like a great addition!
Cindy says
Wow was loving it until I saw the fat and saturated fat grams?
Karly says
You can use lean beef and cut down the bacon or use turkey bacon to help, if you like. But it’s a keto dish and keto is generally higher in fat. 🙂
Deanna says
I loved this recipe so much! Deffinately will be making again… Thankyou!!
Karly says
Thank you for commenting and rating! We are so glad you liked it!
Debbie Closs says
I’m going to try this , I have just started keto .
Karly says
Hi Debbie! Hope you love the casserole and keto works out for you! We have loads more keto/low carb recipes over on our sister site, thatlowcarblife.com. 🙂
Jen Y says
Can I substitute sour cream or milk instead of the heavy cream?
Karly says
I would use milk. Sour cream would probably work, but I haven’t tried that.
Penni Fischer says
Oh, I missed the stars- sorry.
Penni Fischer says
This is so yummy! I shared it with my mom (she is not big on low carb) and she loved it too! Thanks so much for sharing.
Karly says
Thanks so much, Penni! So glad you two enjoyed the recipe!
Martha Kreider says
It was just Ok, definitely needs more spice as it was very bland, My honey put Famous Dave’s Spicey Relishon top for extra flavor
Tim Duckett says
This is an amazing dish!!
Karly says
Thanks, Tim!
Serena Morris says
Can this be made without ketchup? I’m on a special plan and ketchup isn’t allowed for the first two weeks
Karly says
Yep! It may change the flavor a bit, but not significantly.
Leo says
Can this be done in Air Frier?
Karly says
I’m not sure how well it would work. Haven’t tried it.
Barbara says
I can’t see where you have said how many servings you have to an 8X8 casserole dish. Could you please tell me servings? Thank you very much.
Karly says
Hi Barbara! There are 6 servings. 🙂
Jenna Robinson says
I absolutely loved this! I’ve made it 4 times so far. It’s my new quick go to meal
Karly says
Yay! Love hearing that! 🙂
Debra Cole says
looks so good