Whenever I want a hearty salad for dinner, I make a taco salad. Packed with tons of veggies, beans, and cheese, taco salads are divine and filling. This vegetarian version is served layered in a glass dish, almost like a trifle. The presentation is mouth-watering and the salad is delicious. The dressing is an interesting mix of guacamole, sour cream, and chili powder. Serve this salad with your favorite tortilla chips and cold Coronas. If you want the recipe, read more.
From Better Homes and Garden magazine
Ingredients
1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
4 cups shredded iceberg lettuce
1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
1-1/2 cups shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
1/4 cup sliced pitted ripe olives
1/4 cup sliced green onion
1 6-ounce carton frozen avocado dip, thawed
1/2 cup dairy sour cream
1 4-ounce can chopped green chili peppers, drained
1 tablespoon milk
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
Chopped tomato (optional)
2 cups coarsely crushed tortilla chips
Directions
- In a 2-1/2-quart glass salad bowl layer black beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, olives, and onion.
- For dressing, in a medium bowl stir together avocado dip, sour cream, chili peppers, milk, garlic, and chili powder. Spread over the top of the salad. If desired, sprinkle with chopped tomato.
- Before serving, toss salad together and serve over crushed tortilla chips.
Serves 4
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J Taylor
yummy yummy!
1I love a good taco salad!
2The definition of a taco is a flour or corn tortilla (soft, there is no other kind under that name)with meat over it (VERY little veggies if any)and then rolled if the amount of meat allows it. You can have salad and tacos, but if you are having a 'taco salad', then you really just had salad.
3
This looks so good!
4so maybe there are no taco salads in traditional mexican food, however, there is a "new" dish that is called a "taco salad." Like it or not, it is a real dish.
I might try this, but I'd do a lot of variations: no cheese and instead of dressing I think I'd just top it off with real guacamole, vegan sour cream, and hot salsa.
5You can have salad and tacos, but if you are having a 'taco salad', then you really just had salad.
6mmmmmmmmmm!!
7!azúcar!
Ame
this is the whole point of cultures coming together, there are new recipies created. example - taco salad.
8The best "taco salad" is at Dos Coyotes....the Adobe Salad...yummmmm.
9well yes, a taco salad is a salad. It is type of salad, like ceasar salad or a greek salad. why does the idea of taco salad bother you, gabiushka? just curious.
10For the dressing, I love to mix 1 part spicy and chunky salsa with 1 part Catalina salad dressing. NUM!
11Ok if you ask. I am a bit extreme and I think it is an offense to mexican gastronomy.
12Wow. This looks amazing.
13I'm going to a Mexican restaurant tonight, so maybe they'll have something like this on the menu. I sure hope so after looking at that picture.
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I LOVE TACO SALAD!
15Now I'm realllly hungry! *drool*
16mexican food is so yumy!
17yum - and vegetarian too? it's a winner!
18mmmm, love taco salads!!
19Not for me...
20mmmm!
21Anything with avocado is awesome so this must be good.
SM
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