Seasoned ground beef with lettuce, tomatoes, chips for crunch and a creamy dressing to top it off. This Taco Salad that I grew up on is the best!
I’ve seen variations of this taco salad floating around and recently I was just craving it. My Mom made this version for us growing up and I loved it. I called her to make sure that I remembered the ingredients correctly. Everyone in my family approved even though they normally don’t love salads as the main dish for dinner. Winner!
MY LATEST VIDEOSI love being able to make the meals I grew up on for my family and having them equally love them as much as I did. It doesn’t always happen. That’s just the honest truth – things that I think my family will love, they don’t. I don’t share those recipes here. I file those away as ones not to make again. You win some, you lose some.
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Taco Salad Recipe
An easy to make salad that your whole family will love!
- approx 8 c. of romaine or iceberg lettuce, chopped
- 1 lb ground beef or turkey, browned
- package of taco seasoning
- 2 tomatoes, chopped
- 1½ c shredded cheese (more if you want it extra cheesy)
- 2 cups of Fritos
- 1 small can sliced olives (optional)
- 1 small bottle Catalina Dressing
- In a skillet, brown beef or turkey and drain. Set aside and cool while preparing the other ingredients.
- In a large bowl, combine lettuce, grated cheese, and olives.
- Prior to serving, add cooked ground beef /turkey and corn chips.
- Combine with other ingredients.
- Drizzle salad dressing over salad mix and toss salad until the desired amount of dressing is used.
we had taco salad for cinco de mayo our family recipe is very similar to yours of course the basics are the same. sometimes we use chicken or turkey, but usually ground beef. Of course all the add ins go without saying some go on the side some go in the salad (picky eaters)! The best part is the dressing we use russian dressing it is similar to catalina but not as sweet? I don’t know I like the russian better? tried both. we like to have this dinner in the summer or when we need something lite or something to feed a lot of people as the salad grows as you make it!
This is exactly the same as my mom’s taco salad! Some people are skeptical to try it but it is so yummy!
Hey cous! I didn’t know that this was a family favorite and that your mom made it…I discovered it back in college and have loved it ever since. We use tortilla chips instead of corn chips and add green pepper and green onions in our version. So glad it brings back good memories and is being passed on. Love you!! XOXO
that taco salad looks amazing!! Plus my husband would love it too!
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