Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, taco salad. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
A taco salad is a Tex-Mex dish that combines ingredients used in Tex-Mex tacos. The salad is served with a fried flour tortilla shell stuffed with shredded iceberg lettuce and topped with diced tomatoes, shredded Cheddar cheese, sour cream, guacamole. This Taco Salad is quick, flavorful, hearty, a total breeze to make and it's a dinner everyone can agree on both young and old alike!
Taco Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Taco Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook taco salad using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Taco Salad:
- Make ready 1 packages flour tortilla shells,(large or small ones)
- Get 2 lb ground beef, chuck or chicken Chunked or shredded for chicken
- Get 1 large onion, chopped
- Get 1 head lettuce, Shredded
- Make ready 3 tomatoes, dices small pieces
- Prepare 8 oz sour cream
- Take 2 can refried beans, or homemade works great
- Prepare 2 packages taco seasoning mix
- Get packages shredded cheese
- Get 1 guacamole (optional)
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1 vegetable oil
- Take Black beans optional
Swap in the veggies you have on hand or adjust the toppings to make something you really love. Put a twist on conventional taco salad recipe with this quick version using French dressing. What makes this taco salad so darn good is that it holds up to even the most elaborate restaurant So here's the very best dressing you can make for taco salad: a mixture of sour cream, salsa, lime juice. Taco salad is an easy, healthy salad recipe perfect for summer!
Instructions to make Taco Salad:
- On medium heat, brown beef or chicken until fully cooked, breaking beef up until crumbly.
- Heat enough oil to deep fry in deep pot to 350°F.
- Drain the meat and keep warm.
- Mix taco seasoning, water and beef or chicken and mix well and cook until mixture thickens. Set aside and keep warm.
- Take 1 flour tortilla and place in hot oil. With a slotted metal spoon, put down the center of tortilla and hold under oil. This will form the bowl. The sides will rise and while holding down the middle it will form.
- Fry a couple of minutes until browned to your liking.
- Drain cooked shells on cooling rack over paper towels to drain excess oil.
- Put meat in bottom of shell and top with lettuce, tomatoes, refried beans, sour cream and cheese. I like Guacamole in mine. and shredded cheese of your choice. I use the Mexican Taco blend or sharp cheddar.
It's loaded with crisp vegetables, seasoned ground beef, and taco classics such as homemade. This Taco Salad recipe is made with ground beef, chopped lettuce and all your favorite toppings, including nacho-flavored Doritos tortilla chips! This Taco Salad recipe is the absolute best! Taco salad is an easy light meal or side dish. It's a great crowd-pleaser, and an easy dish to bring to a potluck or other gathering.
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