Taco Salad in Deep Fried Tortilla Bowls Recipe
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. Ready in just 20 minutes!
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Bowls:
- Oil for deep frying
- 2 burrito sized tortillas
For the Salad:
- ½ pound ground beef
- ½ 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
- Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375 degrees F.
- 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.
- Fry tortilla until brown and crisp about 2 or 3 minutes.
- Using tongs, very carefully remove tortilla from oil and place upside down on a ba wire rack placed over a baking sheet to drain.
- Repeat with second tortilla.
For the salad
- While tortillas drain, brown ground beef and onion in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Drain grease, then add taco seasoning and cook according to package directions.
- Add black beans to taco meat and cook until heated through.
- 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!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 998kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 45gFat: 62gSaturated Fat: 24gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 144mgSodium: 1672mgPotassium: 1043mgFiber: 11gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 1746IUVitamin C: 16mgCalcium: 582mgIron: 7mg
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