Taco Salad Fries

Looking for the best healthy-ish French fry recipe ever? These loaded Taco Salad Fries are it! They're made with French fries piled high with all your favorite taco salad ingredients. Serve these as a Super Bowl appetizer or a delicious, kid-friendly dinner. You will love them!

Who's ready for all the super fun Super Bowl eats? (Hands rise up throughout the land.)

Whether or not football's your thing, I think we can all agree that football food is so where it's at. Bring on the fries and dips and chicken wings and everything else that makes my heart sing.

Also, bring on the Taco Fries! Ya, I know. What does that even mean? I promise you two things:

1. I haven't lost my mind.
2. Taco Salad Fries are the best invention I have ever come up with. ← Truth! They're a mash-up of the salad eight-year-old me used to LOVE (there was no other salad until I hit twenty) and crispy fries.

So what the heck are taco salad fries anyway?

I'm glad you asked.

Remember that iconic salad with iceberg lettuce, cheddar cheese, taco meat, all the sour cream, and salsa piled into a giant, deep-fried taco bowl? Of course, you do. Silly question!

It's been ages since I've had one. Not sure if they simply disappeared off of menus at the end of the 90s or if I've changed the type of restaurants I visit, but they're nowhere to be found. I say we change that stat, even if that means we're making them at home and adding fries.

So taco salad fries are a giant plate of fries and piled high with all the taco salad toppings I could think of.

In other words, they're the best fries ever!

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Taco Salad Fries Recipe

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 40 minutes mins

Total: 45 minutes mins

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Looking for the best healthy-ish French fry recipe ever? These loaded Taco Salad Fries are it! They're made with french fries and are piled high with all your favorite taco salad ingredients. Serve these as a Super Bowl appetizer or a delicious, kid-friendly dinner. You love them!

6 as an appetizer

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 bag frozen french fries (20-ounces total)
• ▢ 1 lb ground beef
• ▢ 2 teaspoons chili powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and sea salt
• ▢ ½ teaspoon oregano

All the Taco Salad Fries Toppings

• ▢ Shredded iceberg lettuce
• ▢ Black beans (drained and rinsed)
• ▢ Cherry tomatoes (cut in half)
• ▢ Grated cheddar cheese
• ▢ Sliced jalapeño peppers
• ▢ Sour cream
• ▢ Limes

Instructions 

• Preheat your oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and cook the fries according to the package directions.
  1 bag frozen french fries
• While the fries are baking, prep the salad topping ingredients and cook the taco meat. Add the beef to a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the chili powder, onion powder, salt, and oregano and cook until the meat is no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
  1 lb ground beef, 2 teaspoons chili powder, 1 teaspoon EACH: onion powder and sea salt, ½ teaspoon oregano
• Pile some shredded iceberg lettuce on a large platter. Add half the taco meat and the fries. Top with the remaining taco meat and any or all of the toppings.
  Shredded iceberg lettuce, Black beans, Cherry tomatoes, Grated cheddar cheese, Sliced jalapeño peppers, Sour cream, Limes

Notes

I've left out the amounts for the taco salad fries toppings on purpose. There is no right or wrong way to build your taco salad fries. Use more of the ingredients you love, less of those you don't, and leave out any you don't like. Or try adding things like guacamole, red onions, or cilantro. They're great, too!

Nutrition

Serving: 1 serving = ⅙ of the recipe (with all of the optional toppings), Calories: 304kcal (15%), Carbohydrates: 23g (8%), Protein: 23g (46%), Fat: 14g (22%), Saturated Fat: 5g (31%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 62mg (21%), Sodium: 729mg (32%), Potassium: 865mg (25%), Fiber: 6g (25%), Sugar: 4g (4%), Vitamin A: 10847IU (217%), Vitamin C: 30mg (36%), Calcium: 159mg (16%), Iron: 4mg (22%)

© Author Kristen Stevens

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This recipe is part of our Healthy Super Bowl Recipes series.