Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Salad

This Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Salad is the love child of a tasty taco salad combined Cool Ranch Doritos. It is an amazing salad that even picky eaters love.

The inspiration behind this salad is the Doritos Los Taco.  You know, the one that makes you go, “Wow!”

How To Make Cool Ranch Doritos Taco Salad

For this tasty taco salad recipe, you need the following ingredients:

• ground beef
• taco seasoning
• Cool Ranch Doritos
• shredded lettuce
• tomatoes diced (or 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half)
• shredded cheese
• cucumber
• black olives
• Ranch Dressing

It’s a really easy salad to make.  Really.

You start by placing browning (cooking) ground beef in a skillet until it is no longer pink.  Add the taco seasoning and follow the directions on the packet.  One it has cooked, set it aside.

Place a layer of crushed Cool Ranch Doritos on a plate.  (I use some really nifty bowls that are perfect for salads.)

You can either crush the chips directly on the plate or you can crush them in the bag.

Next, the following ingredients top the chips:

• chopped or shredded lettuce
• chopped cucumbers
• shredded cheese
• ground beef that has been seasoned with taco seasoning
• chopped tomatoes
• olives
• Ranch dressing

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Tossed Cool Ranch Taco Salad

Doritos Cool Ranch Taco Salad is the love child of a tasty taco salad combined Cool Ranch Doritos. It is an amazing salad that even picky eaters love.

Course Main Dishes

Cuisine American

Keyword Doritos, salad

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 638kcal

Author Lynda

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 package taco seasoning
• 1 Cool Ranch Doritos
• 1 8 oz. package shredded lettuce
• 1-2 to matoes diced (or 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half)
• 2 cups shredded cheese
• 1 cucumber peeled, sliced, and cut into quarters
• 1 small can of sliced black olives
• Ranch Dressing

Instructions

• Brown ground beef in skillet until thoroughly cooked. Add taco seasoning and cook according to directions on package. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Hold bag of Doritos in both hands and crush chips.
• Place small layer of chips on plate. Next, add shredded lettuce.  Top with ground beef, tomatoes, cheese, cucumbers, and olives.
• Drizzle with Ranch dressing.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 638kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 20g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 159mg | Sodium: 694mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g

I like to add one more layer of crunch by adding a few more crushed Doritos to the top after I have drizzled Ranch dressing on top.

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