Spicy Taco Salad Food

SPICY DORITO® TACO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook ground beef, garlic powder, chili powder, and black pepper together in a skillet over medium heat until meat is brown and crumbly, about 10 minutes, breaking the meat up into chunks as it cooks. Drain excess grease, remove from heat, and let the meat cool.
• Toss lettuce, tortilla chips, Colby-Jack cheese, kidney beans, tomato, onion, and pickled jalapeno peppers in a large salad bowl; mix in the beef.
• Whisk vegetable oil, sugar, ketchup, taco seasoning, cider vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl until sugar has dissolved; pour dressing over the salad and toss again.

SPICY TACO SALAD

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, cook beef over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until thoroughly cooked; drain.
• Stir in hot water, uncooked pasta and sauce mix (from Hamburger Helper box), chili powder, oregano, pepper sauce and garlic. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.
• Serve beef mixture on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with tomato; top with dollop of sour cream.

TACO SALAD WITH SPICED BEEF PATTIES

Steps:

• Toss the lettuce, tomatoes, corn, 3/4 cup pico de gallo and the vinegar in a large bowl; season with salt and pepper. Divide among plates or shallow bowls.
• Shape the ground beef into four 4-inch-wide patties and season both sides with the taco seasoning and a generous pinch each of salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the patties and cook, turning once, until well browned, 4 to 6 minutes.
• Top each salad with 1 beef patty. Drizzle any juices from the skillet over the patties. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup pico de gallo and dollop with the sour cream. Sprinkle with the cheese and tortilla strips.

SPICY TACO MEAT

Steps:

• Heat oil over med. heat for 2 minute
• Add onion and cook until softened - approx 4 minute
• Add garlic and spices.
• Cook until fragrant approximately 1 minute.
• Add beef & cook 5 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, chicken broth, brown sugar & vinegar.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered approx 20 min and stir until no more chunks remain and until it is the "wet" consistency you want.
• Season with pepper and salt if needed.

SWEET & SPICY TACO SALAD

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion and saute for 1-2 minutes.
• Add pork, cumin, oregano, salt, pepper and pepper flakes. Cook until pork is no longer pink.
• Add Catalina dressing and hot sauce. Taste sauce and adjust sweet/spicy to taste.
• Raise heat to HIGH and bring to a boil. Then simmer for 1-2 minutes.
• Crush Doritos on a plate (I normally plate this individually but you could serve family style on a platter as well), top with meat mixture, cheese, lettuce and tomato. Garnish as desired.
• Enjoy!

QUICK & SPICY TACO SALAD

Steps:

• Cook meat with seasoning mix as directed on package, cooking onions and garlic with the unseasoned meat.
• Divide lettuce among 4 plates; top with meat mixture and remaining ingredients.