Taco Salad in Deep Fried Tortilla Bowls

Taco Salad in Deep Fried Tortilla Bowls are easy and delicious. These homemade taco salad shell bowls are deep fried to a crispy golden flaky brown, then filled with taco meat and fresh taco salad ingredients. Ready in just 20 minutes!

This recipe is the perfect summer time, or any time, dinner for two or romantic impressive date night meal.

Need a dessert to go with it? Try these Soft Batch Cookies or this small Fruity Brownie Pizza.

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Why I love this recipe

It’s easy and quick to prepare and the flavor combination is amazing.

Ingredients

(amounts are listed in the recipe card at the bottom of the post)

Oil for deep frying

burrito sized tortillas

ground beef

onion

black beans

taco seasoning

lettuce

tomato

cheese

sour cream

Catalina salad dressing

Substitutions

You can use ground chicken or ground turkey instead of ground beef.

You can also use any of your favorite taco toppings that aren’t already listed.

Equipment used for this recipe

• deep fryer
• steel soup ladle
• tongs
• wire cooling rack
• baking sheet
• skillet

How to make Taco Salad in Deep Fried Tortilla Bowls

How to make taco salad shells

Step 1 – Heat the oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F.

Step 2 – When the oil is fully heated, place one tortilla very gently into the oil. Press it down using a steel soup ladle very slowly until the tortilla is touching the bottom. If needed, use tongs to help place the tortilla correctly. The sides of the tortilla will float up around the ladle forming the bowl shape. Be very careful not to get burned as the oil is boiling hot.

Step 3 – Fry the tortilla until brown and crisp about 2 or 3 minutes.

Step 4 – Using tongs, very carefully remove the tortilla from the oil and place upside down on a wire rack placed over a baking sheet to drain.

Step 5 – Repeat with the second tortilla.

For the taco salad

Step 1 – While the tortillas drain, brown the ground beef and onion in a frying pan over medium heat. Drain the grease, then add the taco seasoning and cook according to the package directions.

Step 2 – Add the black beans to the taco meat and cook until heated through.

Step 3 – To assemble the salad, turn the tortilla bowls up-side right. Fill each with lettuce, taco meat mixture, tomato, cheese, sour cream, and Catalina dressing.

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Yield: Serves 2

Taco Salad in Deep Fried Tortilla Bowls

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Taco Salad in deep fried tortilla bowls is easy and delicious. These homemade taco salad shell bowls are deep fried to a crispy golden brown, then filled with taco meat and fresh taco salad ingredients. This is NOT diet food.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

For the Bowls:

• Oil for deep frying
• 2 burrito sized tortillas

For the Salad:

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/2 small onion diced
• 1 cup can black beans (drained)
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 3 cups lettuce (shredded or diced)
• 1 tomato (diced)
• 1 cup cheese (shredded)
• 2 Tablespoons sour cream
• 4 Tablespoons Catalina salad dressing

Instructions

For the bowls

1. Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F (190 C). Click for a deep fryer.
2. When oil is fully heated, place one tortilla very gently into oil. Press it down using a steel soup ladle very slowly until tortilla is touching the bottom. If needed, use tongs to help place tortilla correctly. The sides of the tortilla will float up around the ladle forming the bowl shape. Click for a steel soup ladle.
3. Fry tortilla until brown and crisp about 2 or 3 minutes.
4. Using tongs, very carefully remove tortilla from oil and place upside down on a wire rack placed over a baking sheet to drain.
5. Repeat with second tortilla.

For the salad

1. While tortillas drain, brown ground beef and onion in a frying pan over medium heat.
2. Drain grease, then add taco seasoning and cook according to package directions.
3. Add black beans to taco meat and cook until heated through.
4. To assemble salad, turn tortilla bowls up-side right. Fill each with lettuce, taco meat mixture, tomato, cheese, sour cream, and Catalina dressing.

Notes

• These are NOT diet food but they are so delicious!

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

2

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 1456Total Fat: 82gSaturated Fat: 30gTrans Fat: 4gUnsaturated Fat: 43gCholesterol: 198mgSodium: 2731mgCarbohydrates: 109gFiber: 21gSugar: 18gProtein: 73g

Nutrition information is a guideline only, is calculated automatically by third party software, and absolute accuracy is not guaranteed.

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