Tinas Taco Salad Recipes

Steps:

• Brown the hamburger with the taco seasoning, saving some of the seasoning for the dressing.
• Mix together the kidney beans, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and olives in a large bowl.
• Whisk together Thousand Island dressing, salsa, seasoning, and sugar in a small plastic storage container.
• Combine the salad and meat.
• Pour the crushed Doritos over the salad.
• When serving, pour the dressing over the salad AFTER it has been put on the plate. Otherwise, the Doritos will get soggy after a while.

Steps:

• In a medium saute pan over medium high heat, cook onions in 1 to 2 tablespoons water until softened and cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes. Cook covered, stirring once or twice, add more water if necessary to keep onions from burning. Add chicken meat, and cook until crumbly and golden, about 7 to 9 minutes. Add citrus juice, zest, and taco seasoning mix, stir until well combined. Taste and adjust seasonings. Set aside to cool.
• Arrange lettuce on large platter with remaining ingredients. Top with chicken, garnish with baked chips and jalapenos.

Steps:

• Set a skillet over medium-high heat and add a little oil. Add the ground beef and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain off any oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Evenly distribute the lettuce among the chip cups. Top each with some ground beef, cheese, salsa, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes and cilantro.

Steps:

• Brown and drain the ground beef. Set aside on a paper towel to continue draining and cooling.
• Dressing: Mix the can of undrained chili beans, the thousand island dressing and the taco seasoning in a bowl. Stir well and set it to the side. (Makes a mean dip for that open bag of tortilla chips you have sitting there! You are cooking dinner, you must be slightly hungry!)
• Obtain a LARGE bowl. In that bowl place the following: 1 head of torn lettuce, the shredded cheese, chopped tomatoes and olives.
• Put the hamburger on top of the salad mixings.
• Find a small child, or a small child at heart and place a slit in the chip bag to avoid a disastrous explosion. Have child smush chips to small pieces. I am sure that "smush" is a highly scientific culinary term! DO NOT MAKE CHIP POWDER, just small pieces. Dump the chips on top of the lettuce mixture.
• Pour the DRESSING on top of lettuce mixture.
• Mix well and enjoy. This is where you add the avocado if you are so inclined.
• Leftovers may be stored in airtight container in the fridge in order to create a congealed "taco salad mess" the next day. Not pretty but quite tasty.

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat and saute ground beef, diced onion, salt, and pepper together until ground beef is browned and no longer pink and onions are tender, about 10 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and taco seasoning to the meat. Stir to coat and allow to simmer for 1 minute to thicken. Set aside to cool while you prep the salad.
• Add kidney beans, crushed chips, lettuce, tomatoes, Cheddar cheese, and dressing to a large bowl. Top with meat mixture and toss gently to evenly combine. Serve immediately.