Mason Jar Taco Salad
Mason Jar Taco Salad

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mason jar taco salad. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Mason Jar Taco Salad is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Mason Jar Taco Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mason jar taco salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mason Jar Taco Salad:
  1. Get 2-3 tbsp. salad dressing of choice
  2. Get 1/4 cup diced tomatoes
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup diced onion
  4. Make ready 1/4 cup corn kernels
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup black beans, cooked and cooled or rinsed from a can
  6. Take 1/2 cup ground beef, cooked and seasoned then cooled (Could also use half a grilled chicken breast, diced or for veggie, just increase black beans to 3/4 cup)
  7. Get 2 tbsp. shredded cheese (some good varieties for this salad are cheddar, colby jack or pepper jack)
  8. Take 2-3 cups leafy greens (for this I used a mix of romaine and spring mix)
  9. Get 2 tbsp. tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips
  10. Make ready Wide mouthed quart size mason jar with lid

Pop your ingredients in a jar on Sunday night, then enjoy during lunch hour on Monday. Here's a quick video I made to bring this chopped taco mason jar salad to life. If you are a taco salad fan, then you will love having these salads ready for lunches every day during the week! See my other mason jar salads here.

Steps to make Mason Jar Taco Salad:
  1. This is a very simple meal to put together. You just layer all ingredients in the order listed.
  2. Start by pouring the dressing into the bottom of the mason jar. For the sriracha ranch, simply whisk in some sriracha sauce into ranch dressing to taste. Then start with the sturdier ingredients that will be ok sitting in the dressing for a bit…the tomatoes and then the onions.
  3. Next put in the corn followed by black beans. If making this a vegetarian taco salad, then skip to step 5.
  4. Add the cooled ground beef into the jar, or if using diced chicken, add now.
  5. Place in the cheese next.
  6. Add in the leafy greens. Make sure to pack them in gently.
  7. Lastly add the tortillas strips on top of the lettuce. Place lid on the mason jar and refrigerate until ready to eat.
  8. Once ready to eat, just dump everything into a bowl and give a quick toss. You could eat straight from the jar, but I prefer to use a separate bowl.

Mason Jar Lunches: Mason Jar Taco Salad Recipe I don't know about you, but I love Mason jar lunches, especially Mason jar salad ideas! This quick and easy lunch recipe is not only delicious, it's packed with healthy food. Layers of lettuce, tomatoes, beans and more go into this Taco Salad in a Jar. With Spring and Summer quickly approaching, it's nice to have lunch ready to go. We love heading to the park and beach when the weather is nice.

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