5 from 36 votes
Taco Salad Recipe
This Taco Salad Recipe layers butter lettuce with corn, ripe avocado, seasoned ground meat, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, black olives, and cilantro. The combination of fresh vegetables and warm taco-seasoned meat creates a colorful salad with varied textures and flavors. Crunchy Doritos garnish the edges, adding a salty crunch and completing the dish.
Prep Time
20 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Calories:
589 kcal
Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
- 6 oz. butter lettuce 1 whole plastic container of the prewashed stuff
- 2/3 cup corn rinsed well!, canned, sweet
- 1 large avocado ripe
- 1 lb. ground meat prepared with an Old El Paso taco seasoning packet...use the directions on the package!, warm, for taco meat
- 8 tomato quartered, Campari
- 1 cup cheddar cheese grated
- 2/3 cup black olives sliced
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped
- Nacho Doritos
Instructions
- Pile the entire container of lettuce onto a serving platter. Line ingredients for salad overtop lettuce in any order you'd like. According to this picture, I did corn, avocado, meat, tomatoes, cheese, olives, and then topped the whole thing with chopped cilantro.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Tuck Doritos chips around the edges of the platter and serve!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
589kcal
(29%)
Carbohydrates
21g
(7%)
Protein
31g
(62%)
Fat
44g
(68%)
Saturated Fat
16g
(80%)
Cholesterol
110mg
(37%)
Sodium
620mg
(26%)
Potassium
1327mg
(28%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
3983IU
(80%)
Vitamin C
42mg
(47%)
Calcium
281mg
(28%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 589
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 589kcal | 29% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 44g | 68% |
| Saturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Cholesterol | 110mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 620mg | 26% |
| Potassium | 1327mg | 28% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 3983IU | 80% |
| Vitamin C | 42mg | 47% |
| Calcium | 281mg | 28% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.