Taco Salad and French Dressing
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Ingredients
  • FRENCH DRESSING:
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1 t. pepper
  • 1 t. celery salt
  • 1 t. onion salt
  • 1 t. dry mustard
  • 1 & ½ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 & ½ cups sugar
  • ¾ cups catsup
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • TACO SALAD:
  • 1& ½ lbs ground beef (I use 2)
  • medium onion, diced
  • 15.5 oz can DARK kidney beans (I use 2. We like them.)
  • LARGE head of lettuce
  • medium onion, sliced thin
  • 3 tomatoes, cut in medium size pieces
  • Doritos Taco Chips, broken, NOT crushed
  • hot sauce (for table)
Instructions
  1. FRENCH DRESSING:
  2. In mixing bowl, blend on low for 5 minutes.
  3. This recipe makes far more dressing than is needed.
  4. TACO SALAD:
  5. In LARGE bowl break crisp lettuce into bite sized pieces.
  6. Add to that: diced onion and chunks of tomatoes.
  7. Brown ground beef with small amount of chopped onion.
  8. Shut off heat.
  9. Drain grease from fry pan.
  10. Add Taco flavored seasoning according to pkg. directions.
  11. Cook and stir until liquid is absorbed.
  12. Drain kidney beans.
  13. Add kidney beans to meat in fry pan.
  14. Heat until warm.
  15. Just before serving, add warm meat mixture to lettuce.
  16. Fold in broken chips.
  17. Serve immediately with dressing and hot sauce on the table.
Recipe by Hopelessly Hopeful at http://www.hopelessly-hopeful.com/2020/10/26/taco-salad/