This is my favorite way of making taco salad, it has a lot of ingredients but you can adjust everything to your liking
You will need:
1 bag family size nacho cheese Doritos
2 cups of shredded cheese [your choice]
1 large or 2 small cucumbers
2 pounds of ground hamburger [i use ground chuck]
1 can diced chili tomatoes
2 avocados
shredded lettuce
diced tomato
chopped purple onion
4 cans of beans [i used ranch, chili, dark and light kidney. use whatever you like and however much or less you want]
1 bottle catalina dressing
begin cooking the 2 pounds of hamburger meat in a hot skillet until it has browned
add the can of chili tomatoes after the meat is browned, continue to cook. i drained the tomatoes before adding them
in the meantime... drain your beans and cut up your vegetables for the salad. i bought my tomatoes, lettuce and onion already chopped to save some time and trouble.
you can make this salad with whatever ingredients you prefer
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after the meat and tomatoes have fully cooked and been drained of the grease add both packages of taco seasoning
add water according to taco seasoning packet directions. simmer until water is cooked out
after water is cooked out add the beans to the meat and continue to cook on low until heated throughout
time to build the salad. using a large glass bowl begin with chips on the bottom
then add meat and beans..
pour some of the catalina dressing over the meat and chips.. enough to cover it. [i used two different bowls because this makes a lot of taco salad. half up your ingredients if you dont have a glass bowl big enough to hold everything at once]
next add about a cup of cheese, save the rest for the top of the salad. you can use whatever type of cheese you like. I would normally use cheddar but I wanted to try Velveeta pepper jack this time.
more catalina dressing... this stuff makes the salad taste really good.
layer the remaining ingredients on top of the mix. I put lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumber, avocado and olives.
serve in a glass bowl so that the layers can be seen. this dish is good hot or cold. store leftovers covered in the refrigerator.
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