Last night was taco salad night. I had leftover Smokey Hickory Quinoa and Black Bean Burgers and decided to get creative with it. I fried the leftovers up with some spices and made a totally delicious taco salad.
If it is possible, it tasted better than this picture looks. Although this picture is pretty mouth watering.
Tasty Taco Salad
Ingredients
- 1/2 a recipe Smokey Hickory Quinoa and Black Bean Burgers
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- pinch of fine sea salt and ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil, for frying
- 1 (220 g) bag corn chips or multigrain tortilla chips
- 1 (284 g) package soy nacho or cheddar cheese, shredded (about 2 cups)
- 1 heart of romaine lettuce, chopped
- 1 1/2 cups salsa of your choice
- 6 scallions, thinly sliced
Directions
- Place the leftover burger mixture into a medium mixing bowl.
- In a small dish combine the chili powder, garlic powder, oregano, paprika, sea salt and pepper. Add the spice mixture to the burger mixture and mix until combined.
- Heat the sunflower oil in a medium skillet on medium-high heat. Add the burger mixture and fry for 7-10 minutes, stirring continuously until browned and hot.
- Place a large handful of the corn chips onto a plate. Top with the burger mixture and shredded cheese. Microwave for 1-2 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Add the chopped romaine, salsa and green onions.
Live. Learn. Love. Eat. 
Goodness, these look great. I love nachos.
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Looks amazing!
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Looks tasty! I’ve been wondering how well crumbled veggie burgers could work in a recipe that traditionally uses ground beef, I’ll have to give it a try!
I’ve been noticing sunflower oil in a lot of your recipes lately. Is there a reason for that preference, or did you just score a good deal?
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Oh, I just read your last post explaining the sunflower oil! I only buy organic canola oil, and as much as possible I buy organic soy and corn products. Gotta avoid those nasty GMOs!
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Sunflower seems like a good oil choice and isn’t too pricey, about $10.00/3L. I haven’t found organic canola oil anywhere. These burgers work well in this recipe, they are pretty firm. 🙂
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I bet this would work perfect in a burrito as well!… My boyfriend has been loving these burgers, and requests them often, so it’ll be a great way to switch it up a bit… Thanks for another kid/Dave friendly recipe!
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🙂 Glad to hear it!
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We have been looking for a vegan taco salad that is similar to my aunts famous taco salad that I can never have enough of. This tasted just like it, except I added tomatoes and forgot to buy cheese. Never even noticed it was missing cheese it tasted so good. Thank you. Wonder what I will make next off your list of yummy recipes.
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Thanks! 🙂 Now you are making me think of making this tonight!
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hi, I just wanted to let you know that canola oil and soy are not good at all even if its organic it can cause a lot of problems to your health in the future.sere
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