Doritos Taco Salad (+Video)
Dorito Taco Salad is a huge favorite! A delicious combination of taco seasoned ground beef, Doritos, taco toppings and Catalina dressing.
A UNIQUE TACO SALAD RECIPE
This Doritos Taco Salad was one of those meals I ate a lot as a kid. I’m sure most of us kids who grew up in the 70’s and 80’s remember this one really well. I still make it often to this day! It’s a really flavorful salad and you can customize it in so many different ways! This taco salad is also perfect to set up as Taco Bar. Put out all the different ingredients and let guests make their own individual salads they way they like it!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Other toppings include: salsa, pinto beans, sliced olives, jalapeños and sliced green onions.
No you could use tortilla chips instead of the Doritos.
I feel like this really is a whole meal in one! However, if you’d really like a side, I would suggest Mexican cornbread, grilled corn or perhaps some Mexican rice.
You’ve got three good options. Catalina is my first choice. However, you could use French or Russian dressing since they are so similar.
You’ll usually see kidney beans or black beans. Pinto beans are another great option!
Leftovers can be stored in a covered container in the refrigerated for at lest one day. Keep in mind, the lettuce will get soggy. So if you are planning on leftovers, try to keep all the ingredients separate until you are ready to prepare.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- ground beef
- taco seasoning
- water
- Doritos
- kidney beans or black beans
- cheddar cheese
- tomato
- Catalina or French dressing
- sour cream
HOW TO MAKE DORITOS TACO SALAD:
Brown and drain beef of excess grease.
Add packet of taco seasoning (whichever one is your favorite or make your own.) Add necessary water (following directions on back of package.) Let water reduce until the beef mixture is thick. Turn off heat.
Crush Doritos and place in a large bowl. Add in beef mixture. Then add in kidney beans, shredded lettuce, cheese and diced tomatoes.
Stir. Finally, drizzle with Catalina or French dressing.
Top each serving with sour cream.
CRAVING MORE RECIPES?
Originally published: January 2011
Updated and republished: May 2019
Doritos Taco Salad (+Video)
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- ⅔ cups water, (or whatever amount the back of your packet of taco seasoning requires)
- 10.5 ounce bag Doritos (Nacho Cheese flavor)
- 15.5 ounce can dark red kidney beans or black beans, drained and rinsed
- ½ head Romaine or iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 1 block cheddar cheese, shredded
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 8 ounce container sour cream
- 8 ounce bottle Catalina or French dressing (or to taste)
Instructions
- Brown and crumble ground beef in a medium skillet. Once cooked, drain excess grease
- Add packet of taco seasoning and water.
- Let water reduce until the beef mixture is thick. Turn off heat.
- Crush Doritos and place into a large bowl.
- Next add in taco beef mixture.
- Then add beans, shredded lettuce, cheese and diced tomatoes.
- Then lightly drizzle with Catalina dressing. Stir well.
- Serve topped with sour cream.
Video
Notes
- Use as much dressing as you prefer. I usually start with half a bottle and add more from there until you get it how you like it.
- This is great to double to feed a larger crowd. Make a taco salad bar! Let your guests create their own taco salad combinations!
- Other toppings include: salsa, pico de gallo, pinto beans, sliced olives, jalapeños and sliced green onions and guacamole.
- Sliced cherry or grape tomatoes can be used.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
This is always a crowd pleaser. I haven't had it for a while, so thanks for reminding me about it.
🙂
ButterYum
I like this and when I was a girl my Mom used to make something similar. I remember it was very tasty.
Oh my good lord. I love love love Taco salad!!
I have made something like this but we would use fritos and packaged ranch dressing and prepare that to directions and no beans. Always easy and tasty meal. I love it
I adore taco salads. I love any of that stuff. And I think kids do because it's messy and allows them to be messy too! Thanks for this great recipe.
I haven't made a taco salad since my kids left for college! They used to love taco salads. Thanks for the happy memories. I'll have them over for dinner and make this again for old times sake!
Kristi
I love taco salads!! This is one of those meals that I could eat nearly every single night!!
That looks like it will be perfect for dinner this week!!!
I haven't had taco in so long. I'll have to resurrect it, with chicken or ground turkey! Thanks for sharing!
Among all the mexican food i have tried, taco salad is still my favorite. There is something about this crunchy, spicy cheesy combination that i just can't get enough of. Your taco salad looks wonderful!
You had me at taco salad!
Love the simplicity of this yummy meal. And using Doritos wouldn't occur to me, but I bet it's great!
This looks great, I could dive right in. I kind of stumbled on your site and I love it! Great recipes:)
Sorry, I didn't mean too! Please forgive me 🙂 I was just trying to emphasize that after a crazy day like that, I'm gonna need something yummy like that to help have a good rest of the day!
never had a taco salad like this! it looks amazing!
Haley – way to gross me out – thanks…LOL.
Love Taco salads! It is such a great leftover meal to have when you have tacos too! I love to bring taco salad in for lunch at work the day after I have made tacos. Thanks for sharing this!
Yum! This looks tasty and easy to put together! I'll have to keep this in mind for this semester when I've spent 3-4 hours with a cadaver in anatomy lab and I'm exhausted! 😉
I love, love, LOVE Doritos in Taco Salad….I think it just gives it a zip you can't get from plain tortilla chips. I haven't had Taco Salad in forever….I must put it on my menu soon!
That looks beautiful! I love how taco salads are so versatile and you can put anything you love on there. Good job!
Oh yummy! My mom makes something close to this that is a taco dip but it also calls for french dressing. I will have to give this a try!
Yum! I love taco salad… yours looks amazing!
I love Taco salad too..yours have wonderful combo of flavors..I love it, and it looks awesome!
I'm a HUGE fan of Taco salads. I usually avoid them because they are so high fat, but sometimes they are totally worth it!
I absolutely love taco salad, and love the way you made it. Catalina dressing is an old all time favorite of mine, that I have a great chicken recipe for, but taco salad? …yummm!
It's a healthy meal, by itself.
Thanks for sharing, following your blog, I invite you to visit mine, have a giveaway too!