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Taco Salad

Taco Salad

Fresh garden grown cilantro brings this salad to it’s height!

The credit for the taco seasoning and the meat mixture goes to LadyJPee of http://www.Eatingetc.blogspot.com

Ingredients

1-½ pound ground venison (may use ground beef or turkey also)
3 Tablespoons of "Eating Etc." Taco Seasoning blend (or store bought taco seasoning packet)
cup water with 1 tsp. better than broth vegetable paste OR just ⅔ cup water
½ cup thick and chunky salsa (I use Ortega)
1 can kidney beans
Homemade Tortilla Shells or Tortilla Chips
Chopped romaine lettuce
Chopped red onion
Chopped black olives (I did not use these this time)
Grated cheese (Cheddar, Colby,or mozzarella)
Sour Cream
Snipped fresh cilantro
Salsa

Directions

Brown meat. Add seasoning packet and water/broth. Simmer for 15 minutes. Add kidney beans (with lilquid) and 1/2 cup salsa. Cook until beans and salsa are warmed thru.

To assemble:
If making tortilla bowls, spray tortilla with cooking spray, lay over ovenproof bowl on top of cookie sheet and bake until crisped. About 5 – 7 minutes.

In tortilla bowl assemble meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, sour cream, salsa and cilantro. Enjoy!

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