Name: Wendys Taco Salad Recipe (Wendys Copycat)
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Japanese

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How To Make Wendys Taco Salad (Wendys Copycat)

Missing the loaded Wendys taco salad? This copycat recipe serves the flavorful dish with a stack of lettuce, chili, and tortilla chips, for a heavenly bite.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Wendy’s Chili:

2lbsground beef
4cupstomato juice
29oztomato puree,(1 can)
15ozred beans,(1 can) rinsed and drained
15ozpinto beans,(1 can) rinsed and drained
½cupcelery,diced
¼cupchili powder
1tspground cumin
1½tspgarlic powder
1tspsalt
½tspground black pepper
½tsporegano
½tspsugar
⅛tspcayenne pepper

For Assembling:

24ozMesclun mix salad,mix of iceberg, romaine, and more
1cupcheddar cheese,shredded
½cupsour cream
8oztortilla chips
1cuptomatoes,diced
8tbspssalsa,like Pace picante

Instructions

Wendy’s Chili:

In a skillet, brown the ground beef; drain. Put the drained beef and the remaining ingredients in a 24 cups pot. Cover the pot; let it simmer for 1 to 1½ hours, stirring every 15 minutes.

To Assemble:

Place 6 ounces of lettuce on each plate.
Add 1 cup of warm chili on top of lettuce.
Garnish each salad with ¼ cup of shredded Cheddar cheese, 2 tablespoons of sour cream, 2 ounces of tortilla chips, ¼ cup of chopped tomatoes. Top each salad with 2 tablespoons of salsa if desired. Enjoy!