Taco Salad Recipe

I make this same recipe but I don't cook the dressing in the hamburger mixture and I omit the chili beans. I mix everything up (hamburger cooled) and pour the dressing over the salad fixings and combine - I also use crushed nacho cheese Dorito's instead of tortilla chips.

Omgoodness, we ate too much of this! First of all, we browned the the beef with onion and used homemade taco seasoning (Taco Seasoning I) from this site. We omitted the beans. We did add water to simmer the meat. Then we had chopped green onions, chopped tomatoes, shredded cheese, bagged, shredded lettuce, salsa and sour cream to build our taco salad. We had fritos instead of tortilla chips. I sat out the Catalina dressing so that everyone could control the amount. We used fat free sour cream, cheese and catalina dressing. We tried to make this as healthy as possible. This was delicious!

I made this for a cookout this past weekend and everyone loved it. I did make a few changes. I browned the hamburg and added the taco seasoning as directed on the package. Then let it cool. I added in Catalina dressing, about 3/4 of the bottle, to the salad not in with the meat. I used kidney beans, added some red onion, and crushed Doritos (instead of plain tortilla chips) over the top so they didn't get too soggy mixed in. I also left out the salsa and sour cream. Definitely will make it again. FYI- the salad fills a 13x9 aluminum pan.

Really enjoyed this. I made some substitutions to healthy it up just a bit. Used ground turkey, half a packet of reduced sodium taco seasoning, and maybe 1/3 of the bottle of dressing instead of the whole thing. I didn’t add water. I threw in some black olives because I had them on hand. I also used Greek yogurt instead of sour cream. Oh, and I used Catalina dressing. Very good, and I was surprised by the Catalina dressing - it added just a bit of a tang that was really yummy!

I've made taco salad before but decided to try this one because it seemed a little different with the addition of french dressing. I gave it three stars because I did make some changes. As written I would probably only give it one star. I only used 1/2 a bottle of French dressing. If I had use the whole bottle it would have been WAYYYY too much. The french dressing gives the recipe an odd sweetness. I used mild salsa because it's what I had on hand. It would have been MUCH better with medium or hot salsa. Let's see, I used black beans instead of chili beans, torn spinach and bibb lettuce instead of iceberg. I never use iceberg lettuce on ANYTHING because there are better choices out there with higher nutritional values! I layered the salad versus tossing it all together (crumbled tortilla chips, torn lettuce, meat/bean mixture, shredded cheese, salsa, chopped tomatoes, sour cream). I will stick with my original taco recipe as my family likes it better.

I combined the beef, beans, and taco seasoning with some chopped onions and a little water and brown that up. I used1/2 catalina and 1/2 thousand island dressing. To keep it from wilting, I had the lettuce on the cutting board, shredded cheddar cheese on the side, chopped up tomatoes in another bowl, and broken up Doritos in another bowl. Then I have a "mix" bowl handy and keep all ingredients separate..my family makes up their own individual taco salad in the mix bowl and transfers it to their plates. That way, when the meal is over and if there are left-overs I can store everything in separate containers and the chips and lettuce don't get soft.

I doubled this recipe to serve 8 people as a dinner main. I'm glad I did, everyone went for 2nd's and then we ran out. it was delicious. I used Famous Taco Seasoning recipe in place of store bought taco seasoning and omitted the flour, My daughter has Celiac, and can't have any gluten, I only used 1/4 the French dressing and let everyone put on more if they wanted to. I also used sweet yellow tomato and a pinch of chili flakes for some heat in place of pepper sauce because that's what I had on hand. I also left everything separate from the meat mixture and tossed each individual serving as I plated it to keep things from getting soggy. I will definitely make this again. Probably on a regular basis.

Finally found the recipe that my mother used growing up that she got out of a magazine, or at the very least almost identical! The only changes she made was that she used Frito's instead of Doritos chips because they held up better under the moisture so they stayed crunchy long enough to finish eating and she used a drained can of kidney beans instead of chili beans. I do think she added the salad dressing cold or room temp to the lettuce mixture and maybe used half the amount called for here. Then waited until right before serving to add the chips. But overall this is most definitely the closest recipe I have found to hers! We loved it! O think it was in good housekeeping or something, I don't remember. She was always getting simple, yummy recipes from her magazines and playing with them lol.

Love this recipe, my mother used to make this for us when we were kids back in the 1980's. I make it for my family now as well :) The only thing that I do different is technique wise.. I set it up like a taco bar, so individuals can put the meat on with or without beans, choose their own dressing, and they can go with Dorito Nacho Flav, or plain yummy tortillas, whatever floats their boat :) The great thing about this recipe is it is sooo versatile! Everyone can walk away happy!

Delicious. I added a half of a small chopped onion to the ground beef while browning. I also roasted three ears of corn, knifed off the cobb and added to the salad. I noticed the dressing was a little watery, next time I wont add as much water, the dressing alone should be enough. Otherwise, loved it.

This recipe is amazing! We have made it several times. However, this last time, we decided to leave out the lettuce and chips from the rest and add as needed to each serving. This allows for fresh lettuce and crunchy chips for left overs!!!

Omitted the dressing, and used medium spiced chili beans.

Bro, I’m never skipping this one again.

Very good. Nice for a change of pace. Gotta try new things!

tasted amazing must try again

Nothing worse than warm lettuce! This would be good if the lettuce was added later as the final topping.

Even my friends were shocked at how tasty it was.

What I like to use for dressing on the salad is sour cream thinned with lime juice. It’s perfect, and my family really likes it.

I've made this a few times now. Very easy and so good. Only change I made was I added some frozen corn. I add it to the meat mixture to warm it up but not cook the corn too much. This has become our favorite meal

I DIDN'T use French dressing. I just made the taco meat as directed on the seasoning packet. I made a dressing using salsa mixed with ranch dressing. It was delicious! We didn't use sour cream either.