Taco Salad

Tacos are for the most part fast, easy, and delicious. For a while we had tacos once a week because they were easy, but by the time my husband and I had filled all of the taco shells and actually sat down to eat everything was cold. So after a few months we started making taco salad and now I think I have the perfect recipe for some pretty awesome taco salad.


What you'll need...

1 lb Ground meat (Beef, Turkey, Chicken, whatever you like.)
1 1/2 Cup Corn
Peppers (1/2 of a bell pepper or 3 sweet peppers.)
Shredded Cheese (Any kind you like.)
Lettuce
Salsa
Sour Cream
Spices
Chips or Taco Shells (Something to eat the salad with.)


Before you can do anything else you need to decide what you're going to use as your "utensil". If you're going to use broken up taco shells or store bought tortilla chips then your first step is over. However, if you're going to use homemade tortilla chips from either store bought tortillas or homemade tortillas start those first.

If you make your own homemade tortillas (we do) make and cook the tortillas through in a skillet. For store bought tortillas and the completed homemade tortillas place on a dry baking sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven. The baking time depends on the type of tortilla. Bake until as crispy and golden brown as you would like. You can make the ships before you start the rest of the salad or during.

Now on to the actual salad. Slice the pepper or peppers of you choice to bite size pieces and set aside. Brown the ground meat in a large skillet, once it is cooked place the skillet in the oven that is already set for your tortillas (if you are not using tortillas an oven at about 200 will work) to get the meat warm.

Sautee the pepper and cook the corn. While the vegetables are cooking grate the cheese (unless you have store bought pre-shredded) and cut or pull apart the lettuce to the size of your choice. Once the peppers and corn are cooked at both to the skillet with the meat. At this time also add any spices of your choice. (Parsley, garlic powder. and crushed red pepper are our spices of choice.)

Also sprinkle all of the cheese and a few spoonfuls of salsa on top and mix all of the ingredients together. Add lettuce, sour cream, and more salsa on top before returning to the oven to melt the cheese and warm everything. (You can add the sour cream and salsa after taking the salad out of the oven if you want it them to be cold.)


After removing the finished product from the oven eat straight out of the skillet using your chips or scoop onto plates or into bowls. You can eat this with a fork if you want but the chips give it something that makes it so much better. (Chips made from homemade tortillas are the best, I've tried all of the aforementioned types of chips/taco shells.)

Enjoy!