Mexican Seven Layer Salad
"This recipe is great to serve along with Enchiladas or to take to a barbecue or potluck. It can also be made ahead and refrigerated. Cook time is chill time I promise there wont be any left!"
photo by dianegrapegrower
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1 head lettuce
- 1⁄4 cup shredded red cabbage
- 3 carrots, grated
- 1 -2 tomatoes, diced (depending on size)
- 2 avocados, peeled pitted and diced
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 bunch green onion, chopped
- 1 cup black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (12 ounce) package tortilla chips, crushed
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 (16 ounce) bottle ranch salad dressing
- 1⁄2 packet taco seasoning (optional)
directions
- Chop lettuce and toss in a large bowl with grated cabbage and carrots.
- Spread mixture into the bottom of a deep glass salad bowl.
- Peel and slice avocado and toss with lemon juice.
- This prevents avocado from turning brown.
- Evenly cover the lettuce with a layer of tomato, followed by a layer of avocado, a layer of green onion, a layer of beans and a layer of chips.
- Pour the dressing over all and sprinkle with the cheese.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes before serving.
- For a spicier dressing mix taco seasoning with Ranch dressing if desired.
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Everyone just loved this. I did make it a little smaller and didn't use a whole bottle of dressing and not so many chips. It was wonderful. -
This recipe was a huge success amongst my friends and being such a large salad, I was amazed that it was demolished. I added diced green peppers (pimentos), a tin of drained corn and more tomatoes. I omitted the cabbage and the chips as I was afraid the latter might get soggy. I made it several hours ahead of time and it was perfect when I served it. I mixed the taco seasoning with the ranch dressing and used one full bottle. I served this salad at a mexican dinner party with Awesome Chicken Salsa #34297 and Dessert Enchiladas #81943 -
This recipe was close, but would take a lot of tweaking to our taste. I omitted the chips and cheese - too many calories. The taco seasoning added to the ranch dressing was very salty. With the salt in the chips and cheese, we wouldn't have been able to eat it. There has to be a way to spice up the dressing without adding salt - Diane -
first of all- the 1 1/2 gallon plastic bowl with a lid was the exact perfect size for the 10 serving amount. the downfall: there just wasnt enough dressing to coat all of those ingrediants. next time i will layer some more dressing over the lettuce, too. i mixed the taco seasoning with the ranch and that made it! i also substituted frozen corn for carrots, which was perfect and more mexican. it did seem to be missing something, though... maybe if the cut up tomatoes were mixed with some other, more flavorful things, to make more of a fresh salsa mix, it would have given it a kick. i had a fiesta potluck at work and it went over very well- i reccomed it to anyone as long as you use a bit more dressing. maybe 1 1/2 bottles. (after the potluck there was a lot of naked lettuce left in the bottom of the bowl that no one wanted) and make sure you use the taco seasoning!! no one could believe the dressing was just hidden valley mixed with taco seasoning! genious!! ps: that is a whole lot of avocado- which i happen to love) but if youre not into it as much as i am you might want to just use one.
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first of all- the 1 1/2 gallon plastic bowl with a lid was the exact perfect size for the 10 serving amount. the downfall: there just wasnt enough dressing to coat all of those ingrediants. next time i will layer some more dressing over the lettuce, too. i mixed the taco seasoning with the ranch and that made it! i also substituted frozen corn for carrots, which was perfect and more mexican. it did seem to be missing something, though... maybe if the cut up tomatoes were mixed with some other, more flavorful things, to make more of a fresh salsa mix, it would have given it a kick. i had a fiesta potluck at work and it went over very well- i reccomed it to anyone as long as you use a bit more dressing. maybe 1 1/2 bottles. (after the potluck there was a lot of naked lettuce left in the bottom of the bowl that no one wanted) and make sure you use the taco seasoning!! no one could believe the dressing was just hidden valley mixed with taco seasoning! genious!! ps: that is a whole lot of avocado- which i happen to love) but if youre not into it as much as i am you might want to just use one.
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I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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