Taco Salad Recipe
This healthy Mexican Taco Salad Recipe makes one of my favorite camping meals. It's easy to make, it's filling, and it's delicious!
Best of all, you can do most of the work at home!
Freeze the meat mixture. Put it in your cooler when you do your packing. By the next day, it will have thawed. You'll have just a few minutes of prep work to do before serving a fabulous dinner!
Taco Salad can also be made using a prepared taco mix. Making it from scratch using this recipe doesn't actually take much more time, though!
If your family doesn't like kidney beans, just omit the beans.
At home
Prepare the ingredients
Meat mixture
Do this a day or more before you leave, so that the mixture has time to freeze solid.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tsp/10 mL vegetable oil.
- Chop an onion and add it to the skillet. Cook until soft.
- Press 2 cloves of garlic into the skillet. Cook for another minute.
- Add 1 lb/500 g lean ground beef, 1 Tbsp/15 mL chili powder, 2 tsp/10 mL oregano, 1/4 tsp/1 mL salt and 1/4 tsp/1 mL pepper.
- Cook, breaking up the meat with a spoon, until the meat is no longer pink.
- Drain off any fat.
- Drain and rinse 1 can (19 oz/540 mL) kidney beans. Add the beans to the skillet.
- Stir to combine.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- When the mixture has cooled completely, put it in a large resealable freezer bag. Flatten it so that it will fit nicely in your cooler.
- Put the bag in the freezer. Allow it to freeze solidly.
If your time is limited, use a packaged taco mix. Prepare the ground beef according to the package directions, and freeze the meat as described above.
Other ingredients
Prepare these the night before you leave on your camping trip.
Cheese
Grate 1 cup/250 mL Cheddar cheese and package it in a plastic bag or container.
Lettuce
Break apart and wash a head of lettuce. Wrap it in a damp paper towel, and put it in a plastic bag.
Pack
Food
In food box
- a bag of tortilla chips (at least 4 cups/1 L chips)
- a jar of salsa
In cooler
- the meat mixture (still frozen)
- the grated cheese
- the lettuce
- 2 tomatoes
- sour cream
Pots and utensils
- large saucepan
- wooden spoon
- cutting board
- knife
- plates
How to complete this Taco Salad recipe at camp
- Check that the meat mixture has thawed. If not, take it out of the cooler and allow it to thaw.
- Just before mealtime, warm the meat mixture in a saucepan.
- While the meat warms, shred the lettuce and chop the tomatoes.
- Spread the tortilla chips on the dinner plates.
- Top each serving with a scoop of meat mixture.
- Scatter the lettuce, tomatoes, and grated cheese over top.
- Top with sour cream and salsa.
I hope that you enjoy this delicious taco salad recipe as much as I do!
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