Spicy Mexican Seven Layer Salad

[Julia Stew]

Hi All,

Just discovered this forum and am having a ball searching around.

Here's my recipe called, "Spicy Mexican Seven Layer Salad."

Ingredients:

3 cups of Lettuce

2 cups of Tortilla Chips (crushed)

1 1/2 cups of Yellow Onion (chopped)

1 pound of Ground Beef

1 1/2 cups of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (shredded)

2 cups of Salsa (medium flavored)

1 1/2 cups of Sour Cream

If you think that the salsa will be too hot for you, simply replace it with a mild version. And on the other side, if you'd really like to spice things up a bit, just add three tablespoons of hot sauce to the salsa. Or include some chopped up jalepenos to the recipe.

Directions:

1. Chop up the lettuce and place in bottom of a large bowl for the first layer.

2. Take your crushed tortilla chips and distribute evenly over the lettuce to make your second layer.

3. Next, spread the yellow onion over the tortilla chips to form your third layer of the salad.

4. Cook up the ground beef in a frying pan. Make sure to remove as much of the grease off the meat as possible. Generally, I squeeze out most of the grease using a spatula, and then pat down the cooked beef firmly with a few pieces of paper towel. Spread ground beef over the onion for layer four.

5. Carefully spoon the salsa over all of the ground beef. This gives you the fifth layer.

6. Generously spread the cheddar cheese over the ground beef. If you do this shortly after the ground beef has been cooked, you get the cheese to melt into it.

7. For the final layer, you are going to evenly add the sour cream on top of the cheese.

8. Cover the salad bowl with plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator overnight.

9. When it comes time to serve the salad, just toss it quickly and add any additional spices and toppings.


Enjoy!

Julia