Steps to Make Homemade Mason Jar Taco Salad

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mason jar taco salad. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mason Jar Taco Salad is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mason Jar Taco Salad is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook mason jar taco salad using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mason Jar Taco Salad:

1. Prepare 2-3 tbsp. salad dressing of choice
2. Take 1/4 cup diced tomatoes
3. Prepare 1/4 cup diced onion
4. Prepare 1/4 cup corn kernels
5. Make ready 1/2 cup black beans, cooked and cooled or rinsed from a can
6. Make ready 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. Make ready 2 tbsp. shredded cheese (some good varieties for this salad are cheddar, colby jack or pepper jack)
8. Get 2-3 cups leafy greens (for this I used a mix of romaine and spring mix)
9. Take 2 tbsp. tortilla strips or crushed tortilla chips
10. Prepare Wide mouthed quart size mason jar with lid

Instructions 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.

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