You'll love this taco salad recipe as a summer side dish to bring to a barbecue or picnic with family and friends.
Course Main Course, Salad, Salad / Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword taco salad
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 555kcal
Author Carrie Ypma
Ingredients
1poundGround Beef
1Medium Onionchopped
1packet taco seasoning1.25 oz
2 - 9ozpackages romaine lettuce
1red pepperchopped
1can black beansdrained and rinsed
1cupshredded sharp cheddar cheese
1cupgrape tomatoes
16ozCatalina or french dressing
2cupscrushed nacho chips
Instructions
In a large skillet, brown the ground beef with chopped onion over medium heat. Drain the grease.
Add taco seasoning and water per instructions on the packet. Bring the taco seasoning to a boil, then lower the heat to simmer for 5 minutes. Set aside and allow the taco meat to thoroughly cool.
Put romaine lettuce in a large bowl. Add chopped red pepper, black beans, crushed nacho chips, half of the shredded cheese, half of the grape tomatoes and all of the taco meat.
Pour Catalina dressing over the classic taco salad and toss to coat.
Top with the remaining shredded cheese and grape tomatoes. Chill until you're ready to serve. Enjoy!