Caribbean Taco Salad
photo by SonnyHavens
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
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Taco Shell
- 4 (8 -10 inch) whole wheat tortillas
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
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Salad
- 1 (20 ounce) package jennie-o turkey store lean ground turkey
- 1 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
- 2 tablespoons water
- 2 mangoes, chopped (about 2 cups)
- 3⁄4 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped green onions
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 2 cups firnly packed fresh spinach leaves
directions
- Heat oven to 425 fahrenheit. Invert four 10oz custard cups onto 15x10x1" baking pan. Brush outside of cupse and one side of each tortilla with butter.
- Place tortillas, butter side up, over cups. Bake for 4-6 minutes or until lightly browned.
- In medium skillet, brown turkey until no longer pink. Add taco seasoning mix and water. Cook over low heat 3-5 minutes until thoroughly heated.
- To make salsa, in medium bowl stir together mango, red pepper, green onion, cilantro brown sugar and lime peel.
- Place taco shells on serving plates. Divide spinach leaves evenly into shells. Top with cooked turkey and salsa.
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Reviews
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This was delicious and so yummy! The only changes I made were to add black beans to bulk it up a bit and we wrapped ours in the tortillas. Delicious and so easy! Great for a warm spring night so I didn't have to heat up the oven! I was thinking that maybe some avocado on top would be delicious, also. I think I could eat the salsa by itself...so yummy!
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This has potential; made as is we found it a little plain. I used a splash of lime juice instead of zest, but barely tasted it. Next time I would use more, maybe make a little juice dressing that flavors the whole dish. I also want to try baking my tortillas longer next time; I doubled the time indicated here and they still weren't crisp, just got chewy. Update- made it low-carb and meat-free! No tortilla shells, and served with quinoa cooked with taco seasoning, instead of chicken. Makes for better flavor!!
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I was going to share this recipe as well, Lissa. It's a keeper. I've learned a few things having made this many times. First off, 3 TBS of cilantro was too overpowering (the kids are not big fans of cilantro). 1 TBS works - omitting is fine too. I've also used dried cilantro (1/2 TBS) and another time I substituted with fresh basil and oregano (1 TBS each). Using butter caused the shells to become chewy and they didn't brown very well. I use tortilla bowl makers to shape shells in the oven and omit the butter (cuts calories too). I found that using a fine microplane to zest the lime is better than a grater. This is such a pretty dish.