Taco Salad

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 (1 1/4 ounce) envelopes taco seasoning (we use hot and spicy)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• shredded lettuce (use 1 head and shred or buy the bagged lettuce already shredded)
• 1 (8 ounce) jar salsa (we used chi chi's hot fiesta)
• 1 bunch scallion, sliced (with the greens)
• 12 taco shells
• 3 cups shredded cheese (he likes cheddar and i like cheddar jack)
• 2 -3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (4 ounce) jar sliced black olives
• salsa
• sour cream
• guacamole (posted seperately)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 brown the ground beef with the garlic and onions, drain.
• 3 follow instructions on the seasoning packets for the beef. just before the liquid is all absorbed, toss in the jar of salsa and heat through.
• 4 put taco shells into the preheated oven for about 6 minutes to warm them up and make them nice and crispy.
• 5 assemble the salads - here is the order i do it: taco shells (broken into pieces), shredded lettuce, beef mixture, shredded cheese, black olives, scallions. i top with a spoon of salsa, a spoon of sour cream and a spoon of guacamole.