Tarantula Taco Dip Or Salad Recipes

GROUND BEEF TACO DIP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook and crumble beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 4-6 minutes; drain. Add water and one envelope taco seasoning; cook until thickened. Cool slightly., Beat sour cream, cream cheese and remaining taco seasoning until blended. Spread in a 3-qt. dish; add ground beef. Top with lettuce, cheddar, tomatoes, pepper and olives.

TASTY LAYERED TACO SALAD

Steps:

• In a small skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in water and taco seasoning. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Cool slightly., In a small bowl, mash avocados with onion, garlic and lemon juice. In a 3-qt. glass bowl, layer with beef, avocado mixture, lettuce, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, green onions, cheese, salsa and sour cream. Serve immediately with chips.

TARANTULA TACOS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F. Heat taco shells in oven as directed on box.
• Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook ground beef over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water. Reduce heat to medium; cook uncovered about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until water has evaporated. Remove from heat.
• Spoon beef mixture into heated taco shells. Top with cheese, lettuce and tomato.
• Spoon sour cream into small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Seal bag; cut tiny hole in corner of bag. Pipe sour cream over top of each taco to resemble spiderweb.
• For each spider, top taco with 1 olive, pitted end down. Cut second olive lengthwise into 8 pieces; place around olive for legs. For eyes, squeeze 2 dots of sour cream onto top of olive.

CRUNCHY POTLUCK TACO SALAD

Steps:

• In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and taco seasoning mix as directed on seasoning mix package.
• In large bowl, gently mix lettuce, tomatoes, olives, onions and cheese. Add beef mixture; stir gently to mix.
• Just before serving, add dressing and chips; toss.

YUMMY TACO SALAD DIP

Steps:

• In a 12x12 inch or larger dish, evenly spread the refried beans in a thin layer.
• In a medium bowl, mix the avocado and lemon juice until almost smooth. A few avocado lumps are desirable. Spread the avocado mixture over the refried beans. In a medium bowl, blend the sour cream and taco seasoning; spread over the avocado mixture. Sprinkle the tomatoes in a layer over the sour cream mixture, followed by the olives and the green onions. Top the dip with a layer of cheese.

TACO SALAD DIP

Steps:

• Mix ranch-style beans and refried beans together in the bottom of a shallow casserole dish; season with taco seasoning mix and stir. Spread the bean mixture into an even layer.
• Mix sour cream and onion soup mix together in a small bowl; spread over the bean mixture. Top the sour cream layer with salsa.
• Refrigerate dish until the bean layer firms, about 30 minutes.
• Layer lettuce atop the salsa. Sprinkle tortilla chips in a layer over the lettuce. Finish with a layer of Cheddar cheese.

TARANTULA DIP

Steps:

• 1. After browning and draining beef, add taco seasoning mix, continue as directed on taco package. While cooking, preheat oven to 350˚.
• 2. Using two casserole dishes, adding the same ingredients and amounts to each, into an approximate 1 1/2 qts layer as the following: About 2 inches of refried beans (about 1/2 can for each layer).
• 3. Add 1/2 cup salsa, hot in one dish, 1/2 cup mild in the other. You want a good cover layer over beans.
• 4. Next, 1 cup shredded cheese evenly layered over salsa.
• 5. Place 1/2 of seasoned ground beef, divided between two casseroles, evenly layered over cheese.
• 6. Repeat layer of beans for each dish. Repeat layer of salsa - one hot, one mild. Repeat cheese layer. Repeat layer with remaining the seasoned ground beef.
• 7. Top with final layer of cheese, generously covering beef.
• 8. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
• 9. Serve with corn tortilla chips, or cut wedges of flour tortillas and bake until crispy and golden. Use as dipping chips. Can serve with sour cream and jalapenos. Also, can set on side additional add-ins: chopped tomato, shredded lettuce, green onion, olives.
• 10. Vegetarian Version: Use any of the ground beef substitutes, that works best. You can use a veggie can of chili, but that is not as good as using Crumbles to make the 'beef" layer.
• 11. Gluten Free: There are taco seasoning mixes that do not have gluten in them. Also, you can create a seasoning combo that will mimic the same with a slight thickener. Will post a recipe for that soon.

TACO SALAD DIP

Steps:

• Brown ground beef.
• Drain.
• Add taco seasoning, according to pkg directions.
• Blend cream cheese and sour cream.
• Spread on serving tray or in 9x13 glass dish.
• Sprinkle meat on top of cream cheese/ sour cream mixture.
• Add lettuce, tomatoes, olives and cheese.
• Serve with tortilla chips, Doritoes, etc.

TARANTULA TACO DIP OR SALAD

Steps:

• 1. On Medium heat, brown the ground beef, salt, pepper and onion. Add Ortega Taco seasoning packet and water and continue to heat until the water is reduced and taco meat has a nice consistency but is not wet.
• 2. In the bottom of a 9" by 13" pan spread the refried beans. Spread the meat mixture on top of the beans and pat with a spatula until level.
• 3. Layer on the diced tomatoes, pour the bottle of Ortega medium sauce over the tomatoes and meat mixture. Layer on the shredded sharp cheddar cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 4. When the cheese is golden brown and bubbly remove from the oven. Frost the top of the dish with the sour cream and put the black olives on top for garnish. You may also use chopped scallions or green onions for garnish. This dip can be a main meal dish if you put in a fried flour tortilla shell and serve with chopped iceberg lettuce. When putting the Tarantula dip in the fried shell, I put the sour cream and black olives on as a dollop instead of spreading the sour cream on the whole dish. This dish is best when served warm from the oven.