Taco Salad
posted by anniebakes on May 19, 2010
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The other night the family had a craving for taco salads, so we whipped these up and can I say– they were super delicious!! Maybe not typical Mexican, but yummy just the same! And by looking at the picture can you guess what ingredient I forgot to add?? Being from the “dairy” state, it’s a miracle we ate these without this ingredient!
Here’s what I did to make these taco bowls in a non-fried variety:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray each large tortilla shell on both sides with Butter flavored non-cooking spray. Place 2 bowls at a time upside down on a baking sheet and then lay a tortilla over each one and kindda mold them downwards. Bake for 8-10 minutes, watching closely after 5 minutes so they don’t burn. Remove from the oven and let cool.
Taco Salad
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 pound hamburger meat (96% lean)
1 package pork chorizo meat
1/2 package low sodium taco seasoning**
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion-sliced
1 red pepper-sliced
1 yellow pepper-sliced
1 orange pepper-sliced
2 cloves garlic-diced
lettuce-shredded
sour cream or Ranch dressing
Shredded cheese
black olives-sliced
DIRECTIONS:
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown the hamburger and chorizo together, keep warm. In a small skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat and saute the vegetables until tender and a little browned, set aside.
To make the salads: put the lettuce in the bottom of the shell, followed by the meat, the cheese, the vegetables, the sour cream or Ranch dressing (we prefer the dressing) and top with the black olives.
**I use the lower sodium because there’s more sodium in the chorizo and I only used a half packet, because the flavoring in the chorizo is so good!
I love how you made those tortilla bowls! I would have never thought of doing that. And coming from a Wisconsin girl I have to say no way would we be forgetting the cheese in this house. Blasphemy I tell ya! That looks so good Anne. I love taco salad!
Looks so delicious!
I love that you baked the tortilla instead of frying it
Oh I love me some taco salad. everytime I make tacos for patrick i made a salad for myself! I do almost the exact same thing as you. guess great minds think alike! Hope your having an awesome day! Oh- my giveaway ends next week- have you seen it? Make sure to enter if not because I think the cupcake stationary is screaming your name girl! the link is below! http://kitchenbelleicious.blogspot.com/2010/05/giveaway-you-wont-believe-your-eyes.html
Thank you for the idea! I have been running out of things to make for dinners and I'm sure my family will be thankful for the change. Also, thanks for the tip on making the bowls
I've been craving taco salad lately, just too lazy to buy all the ingredients and chop everything up! Thanks for the picture fix!!
Looks Delish (even without the cheese)
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My husband love taco salad! I'll have to try making my own bowls.
What a great way to do the tortilla bowl without frying!!