If you love easy and classic salads, then you have to make my Doritos Taco Salad. Filled with your favorite taco ingredients and perfect for a crowd, this recipe is absolutely delicious.
I love salad recipes of multiple different types, pasta, lettuce, fruit, dessert, etc. They are a staple recipe that I bring to a lot of gatherings all year long.
This Doritos Taco Salad is one of my all-year-long salads. Everyone flocks to this dish and it’s always one that someone brings to a gathering.
This is also a recipe that we love to make at home just to eat on our own as a main dish or a side to another Mexican-style meal.
What I love most about this is that it is done in no time. Quick recipes are some of my favorite and if they taste amazing even better and that is exactly what this recipe is!
You can make this recipe as spicy or as mild as you’d like by changing out the salsa to your favorite flavor. We also use our own seasoning alongside taco seasoning for the meat to have even more flavor.
Some of my other favorite salad recipes that we have on our site include: Broccoli Pasta Salad, Cheddar Bacon Ranch Potato Salad and Tropical Cheesecake Salad.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- This can easily be doubled to serve a larger crowd.
- You can find all the ingredients at your local grocery store.
- Mix up the ingredients to your liking.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE BELOW):
Lean ground beef
Taco seasoning
Garlic powder
Ground cumin
Onion powder
Water
Salsa
Romaine hearts
Doritos
Colby Jack cheese
Black beans
Grape tomatoes
Scallions
Black olives
Catalina dressing, for serving
Sour cream, for garnish, optional
Cilantro, for garnish, optional
HOW TO MAKE DORITOS TACO SALAD:
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown the ground beef, breaking it up into crumbles, 8-10 minutes.
- Add the taco seasoning, garlic powder, and onion powder, stir until the seasoning is coating the meat and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the water and salsa, stir it in and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- While you are cooking the ground beef, prepare the rest of your ingredients.
- In a large bowl, add the romaine, crushed Doritos, cheese, black beans, tomatoes, scallions, black olives, and the meat mixture.
- Pour the Catalina dressing on top and toss the salad to combine everything.
- Add more dressing if needed to your preference. Garnish with sour cream and fresh chopped cilantro.
WHAT KIND OF DORITOS SHOULD I USE?
We like to use Nacho Cheese Doritos for this recipe, but you can use any of your favorite flavors of Doritos and it should taste just fine! You can also use tortilla chips in a pinch.
I DON’T LIKE BLACK BEANS, WHAT CAN I SUBSTITUTE?
If you are not a fan of black beans some good substitutes include red kidney beans or pinto beans, or you can omit them altogether if you are just not a bean lover.
CAN I USE OTHER MEATS?
Yes! We regularly use what we have on hand and that includes ground beef, ground chicken, or ground turkey and they all taste great.
So use your favorite ground meat for this recipe, it shouldn’t change the flavor too much.
HOW TO STORE:
This can be stored in the refrigerator where it will last for up to 2 days, the chips will get a little soggy but it still tastes great.
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- Use your favorite Doritos flavor, we use nacho cheese.
- Tortilla chips can be used in a pinch.
- Swap out any of the ingredients you do not like.
- Double this recipe to serve more people.
- You can use other meats, see my tips above.
- If you use ground beef use a leaner one, at least 85/15.
- Iceberg lettuce can be substituted for romaine.
Love a good salad recipe that works all year long and that no one will turn down? Then you need to make this Doritos Taco Salad ASAP!
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Doritos Taco Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 ounce packet taco seasoning
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup salsa
- 3 romaine hearts chopped into small pieces
- 2 cups crushed nacho cheese Doritos
- 1 ½ cups shredded Colby Jack cheese
- 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 pint grape tomatoes cut in half
- 3 scallions thinly sliced
- ¼ cup sliced black olives
- 1 ½ cups Catalina dressing for serving
- sour cream for garnish, optional
- fresh chopped cilantro for garnish, optional
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, brown the ground beef, breaking it up into crumbles, 8-10 minutes.
- Add the taco seasoning, garlic powder, and onion powder, stir until the seasoning is coating the meat and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the water and salsa, stir it in and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- While you are cooking the ground beef, prepare the rest of your ingredients.
- In a large bowl, add the romaine, crushed Doritos, cheese, black beans, tomatoes, scallions, black olives, and the meat mixture.
- Pour the Catalina dressing on top and toss the salad to combine everything.
- Add more dressing if needed to your preference. Garnish with sour cream and fresh chopped cilantro.
Notes
- Use your favorite Doritos flavor, we use nacho cheese.
- Tortilla chips can be used in a pinch.
- Swap out any of the ingredients you do not like.
- Double this recipe to serve more people.
- You can use other meats, see my tips above.
- If you use ground beef use a leaner one, at least 85/15.
- Iceberg lettuce can be substituted for romaine.
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