Tasty Taco Salad in Tortilla Bowls
Tortilla bowls are made by baking tortillas. They are then filled with a delicious Mexican salad recipe which you can tweak to your heart’s content. This recipe is colorful, crunchy and so tasty.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
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For the Tortilla Bowls
- 6 burrito-sized flour tortillas
- 1/3 cup (60g) grated cheese
For the Salad:
- 6 cups (300g) mixed salad leaves
- 1 chopped green onion
- 2/3 cup (120g) shredded cheese
- 7 oz (200g) can drained, rinsed black beans
- 2 diced fresh tomatoes
- 1 cup creamy dressing (your choice), to serve
Optional Ingredients
- Avocado slices rubbed with lime juice
- Sliced black or green olives
- Pumpkin seeds
- Walnuts
- Roasted peppers
- Jalapeno
- Shredded meat
- Cooked ground beef or pork
- Shrimp
- Crispy crumbled bacon
- Anything else you fancy!
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Spritz the inside of 6 oven-proof bowls with cooking spray then press a tortilla inside each one.
- Put the bowls on baking sheets and bake for 12 minutes.
- Sprinkle a little cheese in each one then return to the oven for another 2 or 3 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool the tortillas in the bowls for 5 minutes then transfer them to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.
- Fill them with salad leaves, green onion, cheese, black beans, and tomatoes.
- Add any other ingredients you want, then garnish with cilantro sprigs if liked.
- Serve with a creamy avocado dressing, ranch dressing or any other dressing you want.
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