Taco John’s® Menu | Taco Salad (2024)

FAQs

What is in a taco salad from taco John's? ›

The Taco John's Taco Salad gives you the best of both worlds with crisp lettuce, cheddar cheese, salsa, tomatoes, and sour cream. You get 100% American beef (or can upgrade to grilled chicken or crunchy chicken) and your choice of dressing. We throw them all together in a crunchy tortilla bowl.

Ingredients. The salad is served with a fried flour tortilla shell stuffed with shredded iceberg lettuce and topped with diced tomatoes, shredded Cheddar cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and salsa. The salad is topped with taco meat (ground beef), seasoned shredded chicken or beans and/or Spanish rice for vegetarians.

There are 710 calories in 1 serving of Taco John's Taco Salad, Beef.

Worst: Taco Salad

That's because they start with a deep-fried tortilla shell. That “bowl” alone can have nearly 400 calories and 22 grams of fat. Then it's filled with oversized portions of ground beef, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. This salad can weigh in at 800 calories or more!

Enjoying a taco salad can provide various health benefits. This includes increased vegetable intake, protein for muscle growth and repair, low-calorie and high fiber to help feel full, and various flavors that can help prevent boredom with your diet.

Most leafy vegetables that can be eaten raw are used: all varieties of lettuce, garden cress and watercress, endives, cabbage, spinach, escarole, romaine (cos), arugula, and fresh herbs. Other vegetables, raw or cooked—tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, peppers, beets, and so on—may garnish the green salad.

Best: Crispy Taco—Beef

With only 170 calories per taco, this option supplies just enough energy to keep you moving without slowing you down. If you limit yourself to two or three of these tacos for a meal, you can keep your diet on track.

Taco John's Chicken Taco Salad, without dressing (1 each) contains 39.1g total carbs, 34g net carbs, 28.9g fat, 21.4g protein, and 496 calories.

A taco salad in a deep-fried tortilla shell can have 900 calories, but this version -- chicken taco salad in a baked tortilla bowl has less than 500. Can you believe a chicken taco salad, in a crispy tortilla bowl, can have up to 900 calories, 45 grams of fat and 1,870 mg of sodium?

Is a taco salad healthier than a taco? ›

If you eat a taco salad plain and without any taco sauce or guacamole or other items, then it can be healthier for you than a taco.

Taco Bell Fiesta Beef Taco Salad, without shell (1 each) contains 41.5g total carbs, 35g net carbs, 19.9g fat, 24g protein, and 438 calories.

Flour tortillas or tortilla chips: I like to make my own baked taco salad shells with flour tortillas (see instructions below), but store bought bowls or tortilla chips also work. If you make taco salad often, these baking molds are fun to make perfect shaped shells from any size tortilla.

The Taco Salad is a menu item available at Taco Bell. It is a crispy taco salad shell filled with ground beef, green onions, lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, black olives, and sour cream.

What's the difference between nachos and taco salad? With nachos, the chips are the star. They form the base of the dish and everything is piled on top. With taco salad, the lettuce and vegetables are the star.