Taco Salad


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 302.5
  • Total Fat: 20.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 71.0 mg
  • Sodium: 685.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g
  • Protein: 20.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Taco Salad calories by ingredient


Introduction

A good dinner, when you're in a hurry! A good dinner, when you're in a hurry!
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    Iceberg Lettuce (salad), 1 head, medium (6" dia)
    Onions, raw, 1 cup, chopped
    Green Peppers (bell peppers), 1 cup, chopped
    Red Ripe Tomatoes, 2 medium whole (2-3/5" dia)
    1 Tablespoon Fresh Cilantro
    Ground beef, lean, 1 #
    *Sargento Reduced Fat Mexican Cheese, 8 oz
    *Old El Paso Taco Seasoning, 1 packet
    Water, tap, 3/4 cup (or whatever the taco
    seasoning calls for)
    Salsa, 1 cup
    Sour Cream, reduced fat, .75 cup
    Tostidos Baked Tortilla Chips (reduced fat) (not included in nutritional information)

Directions

Break up lettuce and put in large bowl. Chop onions, green pepper, tomatoes and cilantro and mix in with the lettuce.

Fry the hamburger and drain. Put in the taco seasoning and water and cook until thickened.

Dish up the lettuce and put hamburger mixture on top. Layer cheese, salsa and sour cream.

Break up some baked tostidos and use as garnish.

For mine I use 2 cup lettuce mixture, 1/2 cup ground beef w/seasoning, 1/4 cup cheese, 2 tablespoons salsa, 1 tablespoon sour cream, 8 tortilla chips.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user VANSI1K.

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Great - 1/14/21


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    Sounds great! - 12/8/18


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    Very Good
    Tasty! - 10/11/17


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    One of my favorites! - 3/17/11


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    Incredible!
    delicious - 6/6/10


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    Very Good
    I added fresh parlsey instead of cilantro.My mom won't eat cilantro.Also added some garlic.Very good. - 1/12/09


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    I am going to put this in my cookbook and make it tomorrow for dinner. Sounds great.. THanks..
    anyone know about a recipe for taco soup     - 1/12/09


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    I could eat this (at least) once a week! Thanks for sharing! I might tweak it using only 1/2 the taco mix, with ground turkey, and no salsa (just on the table for those who want it) and plain yogurt for the sour cream. mmm... my mouth is watering! LOL!! - 1/12/09


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    high in fat! - 1/12/09


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    Very Good
    I make thi dish quite often and everyone loves. I have a few variations though. Try using ground turkey instead of beef, Use lower sodium taco seasoning and cruch up your chips ( you can use much less without even realizing it). Even without the variations it is a very good recipe. - 1/4/09


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    sounds good - 12/22/08


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    Incredible!
    Loved it! I left out the green pepper too but & it was still delicious! - 7/28/08


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    Very Good
    It was really good, I left out the green peppers and added jalepeno's, I used green onion stem and all. My family loved it. - 7/24/08


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    This hit the spot. Didn't fill like diet at all love it - 7/19/08


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    Incredible!
    I make this quite often and have lately started leaving the chips off altogether and it is still really yummy - 7/11/08


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    Very Good
    i love taco salad, it is quick and light and fast right up my ally - 8/4/07


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    Very Good
    It was very good, I left some things out my family doesn't like, but still very good! - 7/23/07


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    Very Good
    Made this but with a homeade salsa instead and no green pepper. Yummo! - 7/2/07


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    Incredible!
    My family loves this. We use Baked Nacho Cheese Doritoes instead of Tostitoes. No salsa or sour cream but we do add black olives. - 6/4/07


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    Incredible!
    Delicious! Used 1/2 cup cilantro, no green pepper and sauteed the onion and a clove of garlic with the meat. - 6/3/07


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    Incredible!
    I've been making this same taco salad for over 20 years. I love it. - 5/27/07