Enjoy this easy weeknight meal for our five ingredient taco salad recipe! Pair it with our gluten free copycat Taco Bell cinnamon twists for a delicious sweet treat after dinner!
Taco Salad Ingredients
What type of meat should you use?
We used ground meat for this recipe. It cooks up really fast. You can use whatever ground meat you want--ground beef or ground chicken are the most common types of meat used.
Taco Seasoning Packets or Not?
You are welcome to use taco seasoning packets or your own personal taco seasoning blend. For ease, we often just use a taco seasoning packet.
Toppings
Taco salad topping choices are endless! There are so many different choices from protein to vegetable to carbohydrate toppings.
Let's Talk More About Taco Salad Toppings:
There are so many different toppings you can use on your taco salad! It's seriously endless!! Here is a list of possible taco salad toppings:
- Shredded cheese--cheddar, mexican cheese blend, cotija cheese, feta, etc.
- Diced tomatoes
- Olives
- Beans--refried beans or black, pinto, etc.
- Mexican rice or cilantro lime rice
- Salsa
- Guacamole
- Chopped cilantro
- Avocados
- Sour Cream
- Roasted corn or other vegetables (we found frozen bags of precooked roasted vegetables at Trader Joes)
- Pineapple or mango slices
- Dressing: ranch, cilantro ranch, or other dressing
- Chips--corn chips or tortilla chips
You can choose any (or all!) of these but we often rotate and just choose a few of the above topping ideas each time we make taco salad to add some variety.
Related Recipes:
- Copycat Gluten Free Taco Bell Cinnamon Twists (GF, DF, EF, V)
- Copycat El Pollo Loco Chicken (GF, DF, EF)
- Southwest Chicken and Rice Bowls with Natural Cheese Sauce (GF, EF)
- Under 30 Minute Easy Spanish Rice Meal (GF, EF, DF)
Five Ingredient Taco Salad
Enjoy this easy weeknight meal for our five ingredient taco salad recipe! Pair it with our gluten free copycat Taco Bell cinnamon twists for a delicious sweet treat after dinner!
Ingredients
- 8 cups lettuce, shredded
- 1 lb cooked taco meat
- 1 cup tortilla chips, crushed
- 1 cup shredded cheese see toppings for cheese ideas
- 4 cups toppings
Instructions
- Arrange approximately two cups of lettuce on each plate, then top with meat, approximately ¼ cup cheese, ¼ cup tortilla chips, and approximately one cup toppings as desired.
Notes
There are so many different toppings you can use on your taco salad! It's seriously endless!! Here is a list of possible taco salad toppings:
- Shredded cheese--cheddar, mexican cheese blend, cotija cheese, feta, etc.
- Diced tomatoes
- Olives
- Beans--refried beans or black, pinto, etc.
- Mexican rice or cilantro lime rice
- Salsa
- Guacamole
- Chopped cilantro
- Avocados
- Sour Cream
- Roasted corn or other vegetables (we found frozen bags of precooked roasted vegetables at Trader Joes)
- Pineapple or mango slices
- Dressing: ranch, cilantro ranch, or other dressing
- Chips--corn chips or tortilla chips
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