Tex-Mex Doritos Taco Salad

An image of a taco salad tossed with Thousand Island dressing and Nacho Cheese Doritos.

5 from 4 votes

Delicious Tex-Mex Doritos Taco Salad is loaded with ground beef taco meat, kidney beans, cheese, green onions, avocado, tomatoes and Nacho Cheese Doritos. It's a family favorite that we like to serve at potlucks and family dinner on hot summer nights!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Author: Amy Nash

Ingredients

1 batch [ground beef taco meat]
1 head Romaine or Iceberg lettuce chopped
2-3 Roma tomatoes diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
15 ounces red kidney beans, drained
1 large avocado diced
4-6 green onions chopped (I like lots of green onion)
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
14.5 ounces Nacho Cheese Doritos partially crushed
12 ounces Thousand Island salad dressing* it's about 3/4 of a bottle of dressing

Instructions

Prepare the taco meat by browning hamburger in a pan and adding taco seasoning to it.
1 batch [ground beef taco meat]
In a very large bowl, combine all salad ingredients except dressing and Doritos. Toss to combine.
1 head Romaine or Iceberg lettuce, 2-3 Roma tomatoes, 1 cup grated cheddar cheese, 15 ounces red kidney beans, drained, 1 large avocado, 4-6 green onions, 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Add the partially crushed Doritos and Thousand Island dressing to the other salad ingredients and toss to evenly distribute the dressing.
14.5 ounces Nacho Cheese Doritos, 12 ounces Thousand Island salad dressing*

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.

I have seen French, Catalina or even 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.

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