Mom's Hot Mexican Salad

Rating: 4 stars
14 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 4
  • 4 star values: 7
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 1
  • 1 star values: 0

This recipe is as easy as one-two-three and it is so good there are never any leftovers!

By ranger1

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Recipe Summary

prep:
10 mins
cook:
20 mins
total:
30 mins
Servings:
8
Yield:
8 servings
Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

8
Original recipe yields 8 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • Place beef, onion, bell pepper, garlic and cumin in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until hamburger is evenly brown. Drain any excess fat.

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  • Stir cheese, green chilies and tomato sauce into the beef mixture. Cook 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

  • Equally divide lettuce among salad plates. Pour meat and cheese mixture over lettuce and garnish with chopped tomato and corn chips.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
617 calories; protein 32.6g; carbohydrates 50.4g; fat 32.7g; cholesterol 79.5mg; sodium 1630.1mg. Full Nutrition
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Most helpful positive review

Heather Pulley
Rating: 5 stars
01/22/2003
Yum! This is really really good. Great cheese taste and it's fast and easy. We loved it and will make it again. Read More
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Most helpful critical review

Sarah Jo
Rating: 3 stars
09/18/2012
I did not have a pound and a half of ground meat I used one pound of ground turkey. I also used a red bell pepper instead of green. My family liked this okay we weren't in love with this but we ate it. It might have been better had I used homemade taco seasoning instead of just cumin and garlic powder. Read More
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(24)
14 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 4
  • 4 star values: 7
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 1
  • 1 star values: 0
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Sarah Jo
Rating: 3 stars
09/18/2012
I did not have a pound and a half of ground meat I used one pound of ground turkey. I also used a red bell pepper instead of green. My family liked this okay we weren't in love with this but we ate it. It might have been better had I used homemade taco seasoning instead of just cumin and garlic powder. Read More
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(24)
Heather Pulley
Rating: 5 stars
01/22/2003
Yum! This is really really good. Great cheese taste and it's fast and easy. We loved it and will make it again. Read More
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(16)
sarahiswright
Rating: 5 stars
01/08/2004
I left out the bell pepper and lettuce substituted ground turkey for the ground beef and made this as a cheesy tortilla chip dip. My husband raved about it and said it was as good as the sauce served at our favorite Mexican restaurant! In fact he was eating it out of the pan with a spoon. This one is a keeper! Thanks. Read More
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snugglepunkin
Rating: 4 stars
09/30/2005
Yum. Kind of similar to the macho nacho dip I make but less cheesy. I used a prebagged salad blend (Southwestern caesar) that has a premade jalapeno ranch dressing so that it came out as a taco salad kind of meal. This is the kind of thing I can eat over and over for dinner and lunches if I make enough! Read More
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SweetBasil
Rating: 4 stars
06/10/2005
Very good and easy. Not enough cheese for us though. Good hot weather supper! Read More
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Daniel den Hoed
Rating: 4 stars
06/11/2006
THis was a good taco salad recipe that we will definitely make again. We changed a few things such as adding some chili powder and using veggie crumbles instead of beef. We also put some salsa on it when topping our salad. The way the recipe is written it would make a good dip. For a salad though it had a little too much velvetta for me so I would reduce the amount of that next time. Read More
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adak
Rating: 4 stars
02/15/2011
MADE A DIP FROM THIS RECEIPE. Read More
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XSouthernRainX
Rating: 4 stars
04/04/2011
This is the closest Tex/Mex Taco Salad recipe I could find to my Grandmothers: We/She used Nacho Cheese Doritos crumbled instead of corn chips and added French Dressing enough for taste and always had some kind of beans in it Kidney or Pinto.... The texture was always so wonderful and the TASTE WOW! was made a couple times a week when I was growing up I am 44 so there ya go! Great recipe Read More
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jm
Rating: 4 stars
09/15/2011
Very good. only change was to add sour cream as topping and I cook the meat with Sazon Read More
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