Recipe and source notes

Mexicali Salad

20 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 10 pounds Ground beef
  • 2 tablespoons Cumin, ground
  • 3 tablespoons Garlic salt
  • 1/4 cup Onion flakes, dehydrated
  • 2 tablespoons Chili powder
  • 2/3 cup Durkee redhot cayenne pepper sauce
  • 2 cups Refried beans, canned
  • 3 tablespoons Durkee redhot cayenne pepper sauce
  • 1 Taco salad shells
  • 20 cups Iceberg lettuce, shredded
  • 10 cups Tomatoes, chopped
  • 5 cups Black olives, sliced
  • 5 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 5 cups Monterey jack cheese, shredded
  • 5 cups Guacamole
  • 2 1/2 cups Sour cream
  • 2 quarts Redhot salsa dressing

Make it step by step

  1. Brown ground beef in skillet and drain fat. Add cumin, garlic salt, onion flakes, chili powder and Redhot sauce. Combine refried beans and the 3 tablespoons Redhot sauce in a small bowl. Mix well. Assemble salads by spreading 2 tablespoons refried bean mixture in bottom of each taco salad shell. Portion 1 cup lettuce over beans in each shell. Spread 1 cup reserved beef in each shell. Layer 1/2 cup tomatoes and 1/4 cup each olive, Cheddar and Monterey in each shell. Spoon 1/4 cup guacamole in center of each salad and top with 2 tablespoons 2 Serving size: approx. 3 3/4 cups salad plus 1/3 cup dressing.
  2. Serving size: approx. 3 3/4 cups salad plus 1/3 cup dressing.

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Adapted from Foodista by Anonymous, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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