Name: Easy Ground Beef Taco Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef; 1 envelope reduced-sodium taco seasoning; 3/4 cup water; 1 medium head iceberg lettuce, torn (about 8 cups); 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese; 2 cups broken nacho-flavored tortilla chips; 1/4 cup Catalina salad dressing

Every time I have to bring a dish to a party, friends ask for my taco salad. Even players on my son's football team ask for it. —Lori Buntrock, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

Easy Ground Beef Taco Salad

beef

taco seasoning

water

iceberg lettuce, torn (about 8 cups)

cheddar cheese

tortilla chips

Catalina salad dressing

We make this all the time and it’s really good. I add an onion, green peppers, tomatoes, and kidney beans, making it even more filling and diverse.

When I make my Taco Salad, I add tomatoes, olives, green chiles, and other taco "toppings". But I wanted to make it as written and it's amazing! Funny how sometimes recipes with just a few simple ingredients can be the best!! Didn't miss any of those extras! Perfect as is!!

We really liked this. It was so easy to make. I did change the dressing to one I remembered from another taco salad so that I wouldn't have to buy a salad dressing we don't use. I just added some taco seasoning to some mayonnaise and thinned it with a little milk. All of this is to taste. I make my own taco seasoning to cut down on the salt and it works great in both the meat and the dressing.

I have made this as written several times for my family and they love it! Today my two year old tried it and ate the whole serving in his bowl. What a great dinner- easy and quick!

I add diced tomatoes, diced bell pepper and a drained can of kidney or black beans when I am fixing this for "fancy".  If you like it a little spicier, hold back some of the taco seasonings and mix them into the dressing...I use Thousand Island if I'm out of the other two.  Also, try Cool Ranch Taco Chips!

I made this for dinner and substituted Morning Star Crumbles for the ground beef.I added small white beans and mandarin oranges.  Thanks, Lori for the quick and easy recipe.

Wow--this recipe is so easy and versatile. We added sliced olives, chopped green onion, fresh diced green peppers and fresh diced tomatoes. You can add whatever you have available. I liked the suggestion of adding black beans. When I was growing up we often used Catalina dressing, and I forgot how much I loved it!  Thanks, Lori, for good memories and easy prep.

This is the way I have been making taco salad for years and we love it.  I have used both Catalina dressing and French dressing.  I think we prefer the French but it depends which I have on hand.  I also always add chopped onions since we love onions.  Have also added tomatoes.

Hubby didn't eat it enthusiastically & I couldn't find a healthful version of Doritos, so did without.

I used ground turkey and also added one can of diced tomatoes with green chilis.   Easy and delicious!

Good.  I used ground turkey instead and it was fine!!

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Easy Ground Beef Taco Salad

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total: 30 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : Taste of Home

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