16 Best Taco Salad Recipes - A Fresh Take on a Mexican Classic
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For a quick and tasty meal, nothing beats a taco salad. We’ve rounded up our favorite recipes for all the different ways you can prepare this Mexican classic. From classic beef to veggie-packed options and healthy skinny versions, there are 16 of the best taco salad recipes so you’ll never be bored!
With all the crunchy, flavor-packed ingredients in taco salad, you’ll want to make it a regular part of your dinner rotation. Try one of the delicious recipes today and enjoy a tasty and satisfying meal!
Culinary Hill
Dorito Taco Salad
A taco salad with beef, cheese, lots of fresh veggies, and Doritos! Enjoy Dorito Taco Salad again or try it for the first time. You'll love it either way!
3
419
31
30 min
TOTAL TIME
335
CALORIES
$1.32
PER SERVING
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Sammi Brondo
Easy Ground Beef Taco Salad
Enjoy a tasty taco salad with all the flavors of your favorite tacos, made with ground beef and ready in less than 30 minutes!
13
30 min
TOTAL TIME
1013
CALORIES
$3.90
PER SERVING
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Well Plated
Skinny Taco Salad
The best easy taco salad with beans, ground turkey, crispy tortillas, and yogurt dressing is a healthy version of everyone's favorite salad.
47
39,292
1,337
25 min
TOTAL TIME
1090
CALORIES
$5.03
PER SERVING
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Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Black Bean Taco Salad
Black Bean Taco Salad Recipe - lighter version of the classic taco salad. Packed with vegetables and black beans in place of chicken for protein. The dressing is simply irresistible!
16
250.8k
474.0
10 min
TOTAL TIME
359
CALORIES
$0.99
PER SERVING
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Cooking For My Soul
Beef Taco Salad with Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Make this delicious Beef Taco Salad for dinner, and drizzle with my homemade Chipotle Ranch Dressing. This is the best taco salad I have ever tried! And it is so easy to make too.
2
181
25 min
TOTAL TIME
815
CALORIES
$4.13
PER SERVING
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Averie Cooks
Loaded Chicken Taco Salad with Creamy Lime-Cilantro Dressing
Loaded Chicken Taco Salad — Fast, EASY, fresh and fabulous! All your favorite taco flavors in one big kickin' salad that everyone will LOVE! Juicy taco seasoned chicken, tomatoes, corn, black beans, shredded cheese, and more with homemade creamy lime cilantro dressing to top it all!
25
7,530
318
15 min
TOTAL TIME
1177
CALORIES
$3.36
PER SERVING
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Cooklist AI
Taco Fiesta Salad Bowls
Taco Fiesta Salad Bowls are perfect make-ahead lunches! These vibrant and delicious salads feature taco-spiced beef, fresh lettuce, zesty cheese, black beans, corn, cherry tomatoes, and a generous spoonful of salsa.
4
25 min
TOTAL TIME
716
CALORIES
$3.09
PER SERVING
Ingredients
Directions
9 STEPS
1
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ground beef with salt and pepper, and cook until browned, breaking up the meat as it cooks, about 5 minutes.
2
Stir in the taco seasoning and water, then reduce the heat to a low simmer. Cook for about 5 more minutes or until the liquid has mostly evaporated and the meat is cooked through. Set aside to cool.
3
Assemble the salads: Divide the lettuce between four storage containers, placing it to one side.
4
Next, layer black beans, fresh corn, and halved cherry tomatoes on top of the lettuce.
5
Once the meat is completely cooled, spoon it into each container on the opposite side of the lettuce.
6
Sprinkle the grated sharp cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese evenly over the top of each bowl.
7
Add 1/4 cup of salsa to each container on top of the taco meat.
8
Seal each container with a lid and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
9
When ready to eat, shake or stir the salad bowl to combine all the ingredients and enjoy!
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30 Days Thirty Handmade Days
Mom's Taco Salad
There are a lot of yummy variations of this but my Mom’s Taco Salad is the absolute BEST!
261
34
15 min
TOTAL TIME
1682
CALORIES
$10.89
PER SERVING
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Kristine's Kitchen
Meal Prep Taco Salad Lunch Bowls
Meal Prep Taco Salad Lunch Bowls that you can make ahead! These easy taco salads are filled with taco beef, lettuce, cheese, black beans, corn and salsa!
4
57,550
158
25 min
TOTAL TIME
781
CALORIES
$3.27
PER SERVING
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Cilantro and Citronella
Taco Salad with Lentils
This Taco Salad with Lentils is a healthy, delicious, and vegan-friendly meal that packs a flavorful punch!
64
4
15 min
TOTAL TIME
906
CALORIES
$3.88
PER SERVING
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My life cookbook
Keto Taco Salad Recipe
This delicious keto taco salad if full of seasoned ground beef and a variety of healthy salad topping to create a healthy and filling low carb dinner.
6
15 min
TOTAL TIME
299
CALORIES
$1.06
PER SERVING
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Whisk It Real Gud
Easy Skirt Steak Taco Salad Recipe
We've been making this easy taco skirt steak salad all summer long. This beef steak salad is always a big hit at parties. It's made with cumin-seasoned skirt steak, cheese, Pico de Gallo, crisp lettuce, black beans, and avocados. Topped with store bought cilantro lime dressing. Seriously so good! F...
13
6,585
13
14 min
TOTAL TIME
758
CALORIES
$4.07
PER SERVING
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Peas and Crayons
Vegetarian Taco Salad
This Vegetarian Taco Salad is an amazing way to load up on veggies with all the flavor and crunch of your favorite tacos!
3
357
25 min
TOTAL TIME
938
CALORIES
$2.48
PER SERVING
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Taste of Home
Catalina Taco Salad
This quick and easy taco salad is popular with the teen campers at the youth camp my husband directs. Our daughter has requested it two years in a row for her birthday dinner. —Kay Curtis, Guthrie, Oklahoma
11
533
318
25 min
TOTAL TIME
514
CALORIES
$1.79
PER SERVING
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Garnished Plate
Grilled Chicken Taco Salad
Use your leftover grilled chicken thighs and leftover corn salsa on top of fresh crisp romaine lettuce for the easiest entree dinner salad you can make!
5
575
15 min
TOTAL TIME
194
CALORIES
$1.35
PER SERVING
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Tastes Better from Scratch
Taco Salad
This healthy Taco Salad recipe has seasoned ground beef, lettuce, beans, corn, and all of your favorite toppings served in a crunchy tortilla bowl, and ready in less than 30 minutes.
8
4,455
125
25 min
TOTAL TIME
667
CALORIES
$3.29
PER SERVING
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Budget Bytes
Turkey Taco Salad
This Turkey Taco Salad is an easy, light, and fresh dinner that's flexible enough to feed all your family members, no matter how picky!
11
935
48
30 min
TOTAL TIME
869
CALORIES
$3.69
PER SERVING
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