Weeknight Taco Salad

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Exactly what a time-crunched night calls for: a taco salad that includes an easy-to-make edible bowl. Cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and ground beef make a delish filling.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

20 min

servings

total:

4 servings

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What You Need

flour tortillas (8 inch)

lb. ground beef

pkt. (1-1/4 oz.) TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix

cups shredded lettuce

cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Four Cheese

large tomato, chopped

1/4

cup KRAFT Classic Ranch Dressing

Make It

HEAT oven to 425°F.

CRUMPLE 4 large sheets of foil to make 4 (3-inch) balls; place on baking sheet. Place 1 tortilla over each ball; spray with cooking spray. Bake 6 to 8 min. or until tortillas are golden brown. (Tortillas will drape over balls to form shells as they bake.)

MEANWHILE, cook meat with taco seasoning mix as directed on package.

FILL shells with lettuce, meat mixture, cheese and tomatoes just before serving. Drizzle with dressing.

TACO BELL® and HOME ORIGINALS® are trademarks owned and licensed by Taco Bell Corp.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 80 calories and 8g of fat, including 4g of saturated fat, per serving by preparing with lean ground beef, KRAFT Mexican Style 2% Milk Finely Shredded Four Cheese and KRAFT Lite Ranch Dressing.

Substitute

Substitute thawed frozen LOUIS RICH Pure Ground Turkey for the ground beef.

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lyndaskim

posted:12/28/2010

The filling is good, however the shell was not so great. I would rather just buy the shells instead of making it this way.

mbult1

posted:8/26/2010

Delicious! Try with salsa instead of dressing and a little sour cream on top! I bought non-stick tortilla bowl forms online from avon- much easier and re-usable!

a cook

posted:7/29/2010

I tried with 5 different tortillas to try and make bowls how they said to make them, but none of them turned out. They never "draped" like the recipe said. Kinda disappointed in that.

msdosty1941

posted:7/28/2010

We love Taco Salads & always buy them when we want them cause they are so YUM! I am so glad to read how to make the taco shells into shapes to hold the ingredients! No salsa or any other spicy stuff on them.Do put sour cream on top. I love to break off peices of the top part as I'm in love with the crunchy part! We will definetly be making these! Thanks to ones who gave their opinions on how to make them, so quickly!

a cook

posted:7/28/2010

EASY way to make tortilla bowls: drape the tortilla over an upside-down deep cereal bowl and spray/brush with olive oil then bake. (doesn't waste foil)

viola1231

posted:5/26/2010

I really enjoyed this recipe. what I did was use a regular salad with ground beef, with taco seasoning,cheese, ff sour cream, tomatoes and olives. Instead of using a salad dressing I used salsa, and to give it less carbohydrates I used a low carb flour tortilla sprayed it with some cooking spray and could it for about 7 min. It came out very crunchy, just the way I like it. I have made this many time and the family love it

millieeley

posted:5/5/2010

There is apossibility that I would make this recipe again, however the bowls came out well, i had higher expectations. My family enjoyed this recipe very much. I was expecting a taco salad like one you would buy out and this salad did not exceed thoes expectations. I may make it again. BTW i used chicken instead of beef.

cchowarth

posted:4/22/2010

disappointed in the tortilla shell. I thought it would be more crunchy, but it was hard to break or cut through. Next time I'll just do a taco salad over some tortilla chips.

cekinney

posted:2/11/2010

My mom and I have tried taco salad at many mexican restaurants. We both loved it and it was so easy!!

a cook

posted:9/28/2009

instead of foil i used my med. size mixing bowls, need to keep in eye on the shells in the oven. this saves on foil. we make this recipe as a reg. on our table.