Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator.
Late-Night Taco Salad with Lime Sour Cream Dressing
A loaded taco salad topped with crispy air-fried tacos instead of tortilla chips, finished with a bright lime and sour cream dressing. A fully-satisfying fend-for-yourself dinner that comes together straight from the fridge.
Ingredients
For the salad
- 2 servingsfrozen tacos · air-fried; quantity is per the creator's serving size
- —salad greens
- —black beans
- —shredded cheese
For the dressing
- —sour cream
- —taco sauce
- —lime · juiced
- —cilantro · optional; the creator skips it
Steps
- 1
Air fry the tacos until crisp, using as many as you'd like per serving.
- 2
Whisk together sour cream, taco sauce, and a squeeze of lime juice to make the dressing. Stir in chopped cilantro if you like it.
- 3
Build the salad with greens, black beans, and shredded cheese.
- 4
Cut the air-fried tacos into pieces with kitchen shears and pile them over the salad in place of tortilla chips.
- 5
Drizzle the lime sour cream dressing over the top and serve right away.
Creator's notes
Jessica wanted to char fresh corn and warm the black beans but skipped both — her freezer went out on book tour, so no frozen corn. She skips tortilla chips entirely since the tacos already bring the crunch, and normally dips these tacos in ranch instead.
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