Name: Skinny Taco Salad
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef (98 % fat free); 1/2 white onion (chopped); 1 package taco seasoning (or use our homemade taco seasoning); 8 corn tortillas; olive oil; Salt; Freshly Ground Black Pepper; 1 head romaine or iceberg lettuce (chopped); 1 14 oz can whole corn (drained); 1 15 oz can black beans (rinsed and drained); 1 avocado (cut into bite-size pieces); 2 tomatoes (seeded and chopped); 4 oz low-fat grated cheddar cheese or Mexican Blend; 505 chopped green chile (optional); Salsa (Optional); Low-Calorie Ranch Dressing (optional)

Make a Skinny Taco Salad with baked tortilla strips. This taco salad plate is a no shell taco salad. Enjoy a Mexican Salad bowl with fewer carbs and fats.

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Eating healthy should be easy, delicious and pleasing not only to the eye but to the palate. We are sure you are like us and don’t wish to give up the foods you love to be healthier. This skinny taco salad is gorgeous and has an abundance of flavor but without the fat and calories. This Mexican Salad bowl does away with shell and adds tortilla strips on top.

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Did you know that a Taco Salad from most Mexican Food Restaurants has almost 1200 calories? Of course, that deliciously fried taco shell probably adds much. But we have a better idea to enjoy the best tacos salad but we are topping it with baked tortilla strips.

This Skinny No Shell Taco Salad is healthier than the original and we believe is one of the best taco salad recipes. This taco salad plate include baked tortilla strips, avocado, low-fat cheese, black beans, and salsa.

How to Make Skinny Taco Salad:

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Start your Skinny Taco salad by browning ground beef in a large skillet. We love using this Mix N’ Chop to break up the meat as it’s cooking. It makes it so much quicker and easier. Drain and place back in the skillet, add taco seasoning and water and cook until water is evaporated. Remove from heat.

For your skinny taco salad, use corn tortillas for a crunchy topping. To make them, cut all 8 tortillas in half horizontally then cut into strips vertically. It’s easier to do two or four at a time.

Place tortilla strips on a cooking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and liberally salt and pepper. Bake in a 425-degree oven for about 7 minutes turning halfway in between.

Remove from the oven and drain on a plate lined with a paper towel. These will add a delicious flavor to our Mexican taco salad.

Assembling your no shell taco salad

Assemble your no shell taco salad by adding lettuce on the place, top with the seasoned taco meat, black beans, corn. Add the chopped tomatoes and avocados.

Top this skinny taco salad with the baked tortilla strips and low-fat cheese blend. Serve with low-fat ranch dressing, chopped green chile or salsa if you desire. These toppings on this Mexican Salad bowl add all the flavor needed to make you forget that you are eating a little healthier!

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Print Recipe

Skinny Taco Salad

A Skinny Taco Salad that is healthier than the original and is one of the best taco salad recipes or healthy Mexican salad recipes. The Tacos Salad Toppings include baked tortilla strips, avocado, low-fat cheese.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time10 mins

Total Time25 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: Mexican Salad Recipes, Mexican Taco Salad, Skinny Taco Salad, Taco Salad Toppings

Servings:

Calories: 459kcal

Author: Evelyn

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef 98 % fat free
1/2 white onion chopped
1 package taco seasoning or use our homemade taco seasoning
8 corn tortillas
olive oil
Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1 head romaine or iceberg lettuce chopped
1 14 oz can whole corn drained
1 15 oz can black beans rinsed and drained
1 avocado cut into bite-size pieces
2 tomatoes seeded and chopped
4 oz low-fat grated cheddar cheese or Mexican Blend
505 chopped green chile optional
Salsa Optional
Low-Calorie Ranch Dressing optional

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F
Brown ground beef with the onion in a large skillet over medium-high heat, drain fat (if any). Using a Mix n' Chop to break up the ground beef as it's cooking makes it easier.
Add the taco seasoning with 1/3 cup of water. Simmer for 2-3 minutes until water is absorbed. Remove from heat.
Meanwhile, using a pizza cutter slice the tortillas in half. Then cut into strips in the opposite direction
Place the tortilla strips on a cooking sheet, spray or drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Bake for 4 minutes, turn each strip over and bake for about 3 minutes longer watching carefully not to burn. Remove from the oven.
Place lettuce on a plate and add the taco meat to the center, sprinkle on corn and black beans.
Add chopped tomatoes and avocado on top and sprinkle with cheese
Top with tortilla strips and serve with green chile or salsa or even a low-calorie dressing (but beware of added sugar or fat with bottled dressings)

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Jessi @ Practically Functional

Thursday 15th of May 2014

Yum, looks delicious! Pinning this for sure, and I just wanted to let you know that I featured this on my blog this morning; thanks for sharing at the Creativity Unleashed link party!

Miz Helen

Monday 12th of May 2014

I really could eat this salad everyday for lunch, do you think I'm a Texan? Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week!Come Back Soon!Miz Helen

Kathe

Thursday 8th of May 2014

Why do I never think of putting corn in my salad? Seeing it in your light meal was a light bulb moment! Thank you so much for sharing this at the party this week! I have featured it on my Facebook page and have pinned it to the You're Gonna Love It Tuesday board on Pinterest too! Have a great weekend buddy :-)

Nici @ Posed Perfection

I love, love, love taco salad! Yours sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing at my Creative Ways Link Party!Blessings,Nici

Becca

Yummy! Taco salad is so delicious. Thanks for sharing at the hop, Evelyn! :)

Skinny Taco Salad Plate