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This crazy delicious Tex-Mex Doritos Taco Salad is loaded with taco meat, kidney beans, cheese, avocado, tomatoes and Nacho Cheese Doritos. That's my kind of salad!
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5 from 2 votes

Tex-Mex Doritos Taco Salad

This crazy delicious Tex-Mex Doritos Taco Salad is loaded with taco meat, kidney beans, cheese, avocado, tomatoes and Nacho Cheese Doritos. That's my kind of salad!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Salad
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Tex-Mex
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 506kcal
Author: Amy Nash

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 1-ounce packet taco seasoning
  • 2 heads of Romaine lettuce, chopped
  • 2-3 Roma tomatoes, diced
  • ½ cup monterey jack cheese, freshly grated
  • 1 14.5 ounce bag Nacho Cheese Doritos, partially crushed
  • 1 15 ounce can red kidney beans
  • 1 large avocado, diced
  • 6 green onions, chopped
  • ½ cup medium cheddar cheese, freshly grated
  • 1 bottle Thousand Island salad dressing

Instructions

  • In a large pan, brown meat over medium heat until no longer pink, then prepare the taco meat according to the package directions or this recipe.
  • In a very large bowl, combine all salad ingredients except dressing and Doritos. Toss to combine.
  • Plate large, individual servings (if serving this as a meal instead of as a side salad) and sprinkle partially crushed Doritos over each portion. Serve with Thousand Island dressing. OR (and this is the way we most often serve this) add the partially crushed Doritos and Thousand Island Dressing to the other salad ingredients in the large bowl and toss again to evenly distribute the dressing. I like to only do half the dressing to start out with and then add more as needed to get the amount of salad to dressing ratio that I like (I prefer to err on the side of less dressing and then more can be added to individual portions as desired.

Notes

You could add a small can of sliced black olives to this as well.  Except I'm not a fan, so I don't.  Also, I have seen French, Catalina or Ranch dressing used in place of Thousand Island, but since I grew up with Thousand Island as the only option for this salad, it just doesn't taste the same with a substitution.  And I have a recipe for Whole 30 compliant easy weeknight taco meat here that you can use instead of a seasoning packet!  It's even more delicious and takes only a minute longer to pull the spices out of your cupboard.

Nutrition

Calories: 506kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 744mg | Potassium: 397mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 970IU | Vitamin C: 8.6mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 1.9mg