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Easy Taco Salad Dinner With Roasted Tomato Salsa

Amber Bondar
This Build Your Own Taco Salad is an easy family dinner that lets everyone customize their own meal. Seasoned ground beef, homemade roasted tomato salsa, crisp lettuce, fresh vegetables, beans, corn, cheese, and your favorite toppings come together for a colorful dinner that's perfect for busy weeknights, summer meals, or casual entertaining. Leftovers store well and are ideal for making lunch wraps the next day.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Canadian, Mexican
Servings 8 Servings
Calories 251 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Roasted Tomato Salsa

  • 6 Roma Tomato
  • 1½ Jalapenos With Seeds
  • ½ Red Onion
  • 1 Lemon Juiced
  • 1 Small Bunch Cilantro
  • 7 Cloves Garlic
  • Olive Oil

Taco Salad

  • 1 Pkg Ground Beef (450grams or llb)
  • 2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning
  • 1 Sm Iceberg Lettuce Sliced thinnly
  • 2 Med Tomatoes Cut into bite sized pieces
  • 4 Ripe Avocado Peel and cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 Can Whole Kernel Corn Drained
  • 1 Can Black Beans Drained
  • 3 Green Onion Sliced
  • Tex Mex Cheese Shredded
  • Sour Cream
  • Corn Chips

Instructions
 

Roasted Tomato Salsa

  • Wash tomatoes and jalapeno and dry.
    6 Roma Tomato, 1½ Jalapenos
  • Peel garlic and cut up onion.
    ½ Red Onion, 7 Cloves Garlic
  • Put the onion, garlic, tomato, and jalapeno onto baking sheet that has olive oil liberally applied.
  • Using your hands completely coat the veg with the olive oil.
    Olive Oil
  • Roast veg for 20 mins under the broiler set on HI. Remove from oven and flip after 10 mins. Return to the oven for remaining 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven. Tomatoes will have blackened slightly and skins will have split. Garlic will look almost burnt.
  • Let cool. Then put all the ingredients into the blender with the cilantro and lemon juice. Pulse for a few seconds.
    1 Small Bunch Cilantro, 1 Lemon
  • Pour into glass jar to use as needed for dinner. The rest will keep in the fridge for up to one week.

Taco Salad

  • Brown the ground beef as you would to make taco meat.
    1 Pkg Ground Beef
  • Add the taco seasoning mix to the meat and cook fully.
    2 Tbsp Taco Seasoning
  • While the meat is cooking open and drain the black beans and corn. Put each in a separate bowl if serving as a make your own salad. If you are making each salad up for people you can mix them together.
  • Chop up the tomato, green onion, avocado and iceberg lettuce.
    1 Sm Iceberg Lettuce, 2 Med Tomatoes, 4 Ripe Avocado, 3 Green Onion
  • Put all the ingredients on the table for family to assemble their own or you can assemble starting with a bed of the lettuce.
  • The ingredients will keep in the fridge for up to three days covered. NOTE Avocado will brown so you can apply lemon or lime juice to maintain it's freshness in the fridge.
  • You can use the leftover taco salad ingredients to make lunch wraps for school or work lunches!

Notes

Recipe Notes

  • This recipe makes approximately 8 servings when served as a main course with the suggested toppings.
  • Serving the ingredients separately lets everyone customize their own taco salad, making it easy to accommodate different appetites and preferences.
  • If serving younger children or a smaller group, expect leftovers. Store the ingredients separately and use them to make lunch wraps or another taco salad the next day.
  • Homemade roasted tomato salsa develops even more flavor after chilling for a few hours in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 251kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 7gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 0.1mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 865mgFiber: 11gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 992IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 39mgIron: 2mg
Keyword easy dinner ideas, fruit salad, summer recipes, Taco
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