Potaco Salad (Potato Taco Salad)
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Serves:
-
6-10
ingredients
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SALAD
- 7 cups new potatoes, cooked and cubed into bite size pieces
- 1 summer slicing tomatoes, diced
- 1 (16 ounce) can pinto beans or (16 ounce) can black beans, drained
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
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BEEF MIXTURE
- 1 lb lean ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄2 cup chipotle chile in adobo, diced
- 0.5 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
- 2 tablespoons water
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DRESSING
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup French dressing
- 0.5 (1 1/4 ounce) package taco seasoning mix
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TOPPING
- 1 (8 ounce) bag tortilla chips, crushed (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup green onion, chopped (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup black olives, halved (optional)
directions
- Combine salad ingredients in a 6-quart container or bowl; chill.
- Brown lean ground beef with onion, garlic, and chipotle peppers until no longer pink; drain. Add Taco Seasoning Mix and water to ground beef mixture; stir well; cool.
- Make dressing while ground beef mixture cools. Whisk together dressing ingredients in small bowl until well combined.
- At serving time, combine salad and ground beef mixture. Toss with dressing until evenly coated.
- Sprinkle crushed tortilla chips, green onions, cheddar cheese and black olives over the top of the salad (or any other topping ingredients you think sound tasty) and serve.
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