Taco Salad Dressing

The best taco salad dressing recipe is beyond easy! This genius hack uses just a few fridge ingredients to make a creamy, zingy drizzle.

Want a killer drizzle for your taco salad? Look no further: try this Taco Salad Dressing! This genius hack uses just a handful of ingredients to create a taco salad dressing that’s full of flavor…in just 1 minute. Why whisk up a vinaigrette when you can use a few ingredients you might already have for your taco salad? You’ll be surprised at how creamy and zingy it is…with no effort at all. Try it on our Ultimate Taco Salad for a tasty Tex-Mex style dinner that fits a variety of diets. Let’s go!

Best taco salad dressing ingredients

What we love about this dressing is how simple it is to put together! It’s just a matter of mixing up a few ingredients you might have on hand or purchased for your taco salad anyway. Here’s what you need:

• Red salsa: Your favorite purchased brand! Mild or medium, you choose
• Greek yogurt: This helps to keep it light and healthy
• Sour cream: Adds richness and helps the drizzle adhere to the salad; you can also use mayo
• Hot sauce: Optional but recommended! We like Cholula brand; it adds a little heat and some tang

Mix together these ingredients, then add salt to taste! One taste and you’ll be impressed by how tasty, creamy, zingy and delicious it is.

Variations: use Greek yogurt, sour cream or mayo

Can you make this taco salad dressing without Greek yogurt? Can you substitute for the sour cream? Here are a few notes:

• The Greek yogurt plus sour cream combo is ideal. The Greek yogurt yogurt lightens the calories, and adds protein and live probiotics. (See our other Greek Yogurt recipes.)
• Don’t want yogurt? Use ½ cup salsa and ½ cup sour cream. Or for a vegan variation, see below!
• Don’t have sour cream? Use mayonnaise instead of sour cream! You definitely need some richness to give it body and help it adhere to the salad. We don’t recommend 100% Greek yogurt, though you could do it in a pinch.

Vegan taco salad dressing

Want to make a vegan taco salad dressing for your Easy Vegan Taco Salad? No problem! Here are two options to try:

• Use vegan yogurt and vegan mayo. It’s becoming easy to find vegan options for these products in your local grocery.
• Or, try cashew cream or homemade vegan sour cream! Try ½ cup red salsa and ½ cup cashew cream (a vegan staple!) or vegan sour cream.

How to serve taco salad dressing…let us count the ways!

Of course, you don’t have to only use this taco salad dressing on taco salad. Here are a few more ways to use it!

• Taco salad: Of course! Try Ultimate Taco Salad with Vegan Taco Meat 
• Nachos: Drizzle on Sheet Pan Nachos, Vegan Nachos or Tater Tot Nachos
• Mexican side salad: This Easy Mexican Salad would be fantastic with a drizzle
• Rice bowl: Try this Easy Rice Bowl
• Burrito: Throw it inside a Black Bean Burrito or Easy Breakfast Burrito

This taco salad dressing recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan, see the notes above or in the recipe below.

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