How to Make Appetizing Moms Taco Salad

Moms Taco Salad. Mom's Frito Taco Salad with Catalina Dressing. We have a family get together planned on Sunday at my sister-in-law's house and have been asked to bring a dish. I decided my Mom's Frito Taco Salad with Catalina Dressing recipe will be perfect.

This taco salad has simple ingredients, but when you put everything together it creates a really tasty. In a large bowl, combine lettuce, grated cheese, and olives. Prior to serving, add cooked ground beef /turkey and corn chips. You can have Moms Taco Salad using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Moms Taco Salad

1. Prepare 1 lbs of hamburger meat.
2. Prepare 1 packet of taco seasoning.
3. Prepare 1 of large can of dark red Kiney beans raised and drained.
4. It's 2-3 of large tomatoes cut up.
5. You need 1 bag of Mexican taco cheese (about 3 cups).
6. Prepare 1 head of lettuce.
7. You need 1 bottle of French dressing (or western dressing).
8. Prepare 1 bag of nacho cheese Doritos (crushed).

Drizzle salad dressing over salad mix and toss salad until the desired amount of dressing is used. In a sauté pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the ground meat and taco seasoning and cook until done, stirring around frequently to break up any large bits of meat. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Moms Taco Salad step by step

1. Brown hamburger meat (I used my instant pot).
2. Drain hamburger meat add taco seasoning packet following directions on package. Let hamburger meat cool I set it in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
3. Cut up tomatoes in bite size pieces, cut up all the lettuce.
4. Drain and rinse kidney beans.
5. Crush up bag of Doritos up a little.
6. Hamburger must be completely cool or it will melt the cheese you don’t want the cheese to melt..
7. In a big bowl add the meat, tomatoes, kidney beans, cheese..
8. If you are severing this right away Add the all lettuce, chips, and French dressing. If you are not severing this right away then wait to add the rest of the ingredients till you are ready to sever it. If you don’t it gets soggy.
9. You don’t have to use all of the dressing, I use about more than half of a bottle, it Depends on how dry or wet you want it..
10. You can also add Banana peppers, jalapeño peppers, hot sauce when making Single plates..
11. This is a eat the same day recipe, it don’t hold good for the next day, the chips and lettuce gets soggy. It a great dish for summer bbq or a meal all on its own..

How to Make Moms Taco Salad. Step-by-Step. cook beef/turkey, till completely done, drain off grease, add one of the packets of taco seasoning according to package directions. Add the other taco seasoning packet to the container of sour cream. My favorite dish to take to potlucks & picnics… & always a crowd pleaser! Taco salad just takes like summer, & it doesn't get any better than my mama's!