Mexican Layered Salad

Our hearty Mexican Layered Salad is a fun in addition to delicious mashup of meatless nachos in addition to a fresh, crispy dark-green salad!

This cool crisp layered salad is keen for summertime parties, or a elementary dinner on the deck. Easily made several hours inwards advance, the chips are added on top at the terminal infinitesimal to ensure they remain crisp. The textural contrast is i of the things I love most nearly this salad. Crunchy, cool, creamy in addition to crisp amongst a smoothen flavorful dressing drizzled throughout.

 

This layered salad is drizzled amongst an slow homemade dressing.

The dressing is made amongst equal parts mayonnaise, yogurt (or sour cream) in addition to taco sauce. I also add together fresh chopped cilantro leaves in addition to enough of lime juice to add together a prissy acidic note. We’ve also tried adding a teaspoon of saccharide or love to the dressing amongst keen results. I would brand the dressing start in addition to plough over it a taste. Your taco sauce volition survive the deciding gene equally to whether or non you lot bespeak the added sweetness. Also, you lot tin substitute salsa for the taco sauce if preferred in addition to transcend extra when serving the salad.

 

 

How to brand a pretty layered salad:

• At the bottom of the bowl add together 4 cups of fresh torn lettuce. I similar to role Romaine equally it won’t compress equally much nether the weight of all the other ingredients. It stays crisp in addition to lite in addition to has keen flavor;


• Next, dollop one-half the dressing over the lettuce;


• Spread sparse sliced crimson onion for the adjacent layer;


• Garden fresh cherry tomatoes, halved;


• Sweet summertime corn. You tin role fresh, frozen or canned;


• Thin sliced cucumber;


• Canned dark beans, drained in addition to rinsed;


• Diced avocado sprinkled amongst fresh lime juice;


• Shredded cheese (fresh grated extra-sharp is best!);


• Spoon the terminal of the dressing over the top; and


• Finally, top amongst broken pieces of chips in addition to sliced dark-green onion for garnish.

 

The salad volition proceed good for upward to 8 hours earlier serving.

Layer all the salad components, except the chips, inwards a 3-quart bowl. Cover in addition to refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish amongst broken chips in addition to transcend amongst to a greater extent than when serving the salad. Dig deep into the bowl amongst salad tongs to larn a fiddling fight of everything! If you lot intend you’ll convey lots of leftovers, operate out the chips off when making the salad in addition to transcend them when serving amongst private bowls. Pair this hearty salad amongst a elementary grilled meat for a consummate in addition to delicious meal! This pretty salad makes for slow entertaining in addition to keen eating 🙂

 

 

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Mexican Layered Salad

Prep Time

30 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

Course:

Salad

Servings: 6

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the dressing:

• 
  1/4
  cup
  mayonnaise
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  plain Greek yogurt
  (or sour cream or skyr)
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  prepared taco sauce,
  or salsa
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  honey or granulated sugar
  (optional)
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  chopped fresh cilantro leaves
  


• 
  juice of 1/2 a lime
  

For the salad:

• 
  4
  cups
  lettuce,
  torn into bite-sized pieces (we recommend Romaine)
  


• 
  1/2
  small crimson onion,
  sliced thin
  


• 
  2
  cups
  cherry tomatoes,
  halved
  


• 
  1
  cup
  corn
  (fresh, canned or frozen - SEE NOTE)
  


• 
  1/2
  an English linguistic communication cucumber,
  sliced
  


• 
  1
  (10.5-ounce) tin dark beans,
  rinsed in addition to drained
  


• 
  1
  ripe avocado,
  pitted, skinned in addition to chopped
  


• 
  juice of 1/2 lime
  


• 
  4
  ounces
  shredded precipitous cheddar cheese
  


• 
  2
  cups
  tortilla chips,
  broken into pieces
  


• 
  1
  green onion,
  sliced sparse for garnish (optional)
  

Instructions

To fix the dressing:

1. 
   
   Whisk all the dressing ingredients together inwards a modest bowl. Cover in addition to refrigerate until needed.
   
   

To fix the salad:

1. 
   
   Spread the lettuce inwards a large serving bowl. Drizzle one-half the dressing over the lettuce. Top amongst onion, tomatoes, corn, cucumber, dark beans in addition to avocado. Drizzle the juice of 1/2 a lime over the avocado in addition to hence top amongst fresh grated cheese. Drizzle remaining dressing over the salad in addition to comprehend amongst tortilla chips. Garnish amongst sliced dark-green onions if desired.
   
   

Recipe Notes

• If using frozen corn, thaw in addition to rinse inwards real hot H2O earlier using. Drain well. If using canned corn rinse inwards hot H2O in addition to drain well.


• Salad tin survive made ahead in addition to refrigerated upward to 4 hours earlier serving. Do non add together tortilla chips until ready to serve. Salad is best served the twenty-four hours it’s made. If you lot excogitation to convey leftovers, omit adding the chips in addition to transcend for private servings at the table.


• Inspired yesteryear a Cook’s Country recipe

 

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Here are a few to a greater extent than of our favorite summertime salad recipes:

 

Enjoy this Easy Greek Salad Recipe made amongst crisp, fresh vegetables, feta cheese in addition to olives, in addition to but dressed amongst herbs, crude oil in addition to vinegar. Click HERE to larn the recipe.

 

Marinated Tomato & Tortellini Salad amongst cucumbers, onion, olives, avocado, cheese in addition to fresh garden herbs. Don’t forget the crusty breadstuff to soak upward all the juices! Click HERE to larn the recipe.

 

Try our Easy Pasta Salad Recipe amongst a homemade Zesty Italian Dressing it’s our favorite summertime potluck classic! Click HERE to larn the recipe.

Thanks hence much for stopping by!  Tricia

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