How to Prepare Perfect Mason Jar Taco Salad

Mason Jar Taco Salad. Begin layering your ingredients into the jar, starting with the heaviest ingredients first. Start by filling the jar up with your seasoned taco meat. Then pour beans on top, and layer corn on top.

Divide the avocado/lime mixture on top, gently spreading out. Then, divide the cumin roasted veggies, followed by the chicken. You may need to lightly pack everything in to get it all to fit. You can have Mason Jar Taco Salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mason Jar Taco Salad

1. You need of salad dressing of choice.
2. You need of diced tomatoes.
3. You need of diced onion.
4. It's of corn kernels.
5. It's of black beans, cooked and cooled or rinsed from a can.
6. You need of ground beef, cooked and seasoned then cooled (Could also use half a grilled chicken breast, diced or for veggie, just increase black beans to 3/4 cup).
7. You need of shredded cheese (some good varieties for this salad are cheddar, colby jack or pepper jack).
8. It's of leafy greens (for this I used a mix of romaine and spring mix).
9. You need of tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips.
10. Prepare of Wide mouthed quart size mason jar with lid.

Transfer salads into bowls; toss to combine. If desired, serve with tortilla chips. Top each salad jar evenly with the remaining ingredients as shown from bottom-up: cherry tomatoes, jalapeño, corn, rice, meat and finally your lettuce. When you're ready to eat, carefully pour all of your salad ingredients into a big bowl, stir, and Enjoy!

Mason Jar Taco Salad step by step

1. This is a very simple meal to put together. You just layer all ingredients in the order listed..
2. Start by pouring the dressing into the bottom of the mason jar. For the sriracha ranch, simply whisk in some sriracha sauce into ranch dressing to taste. Then start with the sturdier ingredients that will be ok sitting in the dressing for a bit...the tomatoes and then the onions..
3. Next put in the corn followed by black beans. If making this a vegetarian taco salad, then skip to step 5..
4. Add the cooled ground beef into the jar, or if using diced chicken, add now..
5. Place in the cheese next..
6. Add in the leafy greens. Make sure to pack them in gently..
7. Lastly add the tortillas strips on top of the lettuce. Place lid on the mason jar and refrigerate until ready to eat..
8. Once ready to eat, just dump everything into a bowl and give a quick toss. You could eat straight from the jar, but I prefer to use a separate bowl..

The dressing always goes in the mason jar first. Layers of lettuce, tomatoes, beans and more go into this Taco Salad in a Jar. With Spring and Summer quickly approaching, it's nice to have lunch ready to go. We love heading to the park and beach when the weather is nice. Add turkey and season with salt and taco seasoning.