Taco Salad Recipe

This easy taco salad is super flavorful with colorful veggies, our go-to beef taco meat and topped with an easy cilantro lime dressing. Enjoy, taco lovers!

Prep 15

Cook 10

Total 25

Fat 32

Carbs 13

Protein 18

Yield

Ingredients

Cilantro Lime Dressing

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro finely minced
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoon avocado oil
1 teaspoon honey
½ teaspoon ground cumin
¼ teaspoon salt

Taco Meat

1 tablespoon olive oil
1- lb. ground beef
3-4 tablespoons taco seasoning depending on flavor preference
2 tablespoons tomato paste
3/4 cup water

Salad

4 cups tortilla chips
6-8 cups chopped romaine lettuce
¼ large red onion thinly sliced
1 cup sweet corn
1 pint cherry tomatoes halved
4 tablespoons sliced black olives
½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 large avocado diced

Optional Toppings

Salsa
Chopped cilantro
Greek yogurt
Sliced Jalapeño

Instructions

Begin by placing all the ingredients for the dressing into a mason jar. Cover the jar and shake until ingredients are combined. Set aside.
Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium/high heat. When the olive oil is fragrant, add the ground beef into the pan.
Break the ground beef up with a spatula until it is broken up into small pieces. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until it starts to brown.
When the beef begins to brown*, add taco seasoning, tomato paste, and water to the pan and mix until all of the ingredients are combined. Bring to a boil.
Once boiling, turn the heat to low and let the simmer for 5-7 minutes in order to thicken the sauce.
Remove meat from heat. Set aside.
Divide tortilla chips into 4 large salad bowls. Then, divide the romaine lettuce, red onion, corn, cherry tomatoes, black olives, shredded cheese, and cooked taco meat into each bowl.
Drizzle the dressing over the ingredients, and toss until everything is coated.
Top with avocado and other optional toppings. Enjoy!

Tips & Notes

Taco seasoning: this taco salad recipe calls for our homemade taco seasoning, which we keep on hand at all times. If you don’t want to make our homemade beef taco seasoning, option to use a taco seasoning packet purchased from a grocery store.
*Option to dump the meat grease before adding the taco seasoning. We prefer to keep the grease because it adds great flavor to the taco salad.

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