Okay, I know this looks very similar to my Beef and Bean Chalupas but there are a few differences. Instead of being made with corn tortillas and fried these use flour tortillas and are baked in the oven. These are inspired by a local Mexican restaurant. The first time I saw a taco salad there, I was shocked. I’m used to taco salad shells being bowl shaped and this one looked like, well a taco. These are best made with the large burrito sized tortillas but all I had on were the Aldi sized ones.
Basic Taco Salads
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Total time: 40 minutes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cups or 1 15 ounce can plus 1 Tablespoon water refried beans
- 4 burrito sized flour tortillas
- shredded lettuce
- shredded cheese of your choice
- diced tomato
- chopped onion
- A couple of Tablespoons oil
Toppings such as:
- salsa
- sour cream
- hot sauce
- guacamole
Cooking Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place metal loaf pans on a cookie sheet upside down. Warm tortillas until pliable. Brush both sides of tortillas with oil and drape over loaf pans. Bake 10-15 or until lightly golden and crisp. Cook in batches if needed. Brown ground beef in a skillet over medium heat. Add taco seasoning for 1 pound according to directions. Heat refried beans. When shells are ready layer the beans, meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion and toppings. Serve quickly.
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Micha
YUM.
Joyce
http://joycelansky.blogspot.com/2011/04/agent-harold-baer-is-looking-for.html
Yum-mee!
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