Caesar Salad Smash Tacos

If you haven’t jumped into the world of Smash Tacos yet – you and your family are truly missing out. Smash tacos are a whole new way to make delicious tacos using all sorts of ground meats and cheeses. They are also a great way to make a delicious fusion taco to combines some other traditional dishes with the classic taco. This recipe checks both of those boxes and is going to be a real winner for your next #TacoTuesday. Caesar Salad Smash Tacos have all of the flavors of a delicious Caesar Salad with turkey – all served up as a smash taco!

One important piece of kitchen equipment that you do need to really make the best version of this dish is a Grill pan. If you don’t already have a grill pan in your cupboard, it might just be time to fix that. I use it for so many things but smash tacos are the top of the list. The raised grill lines of the pan help the ground meat cook evenly without the tortilla bubbling up like it would when you use a flat pan. It also gives you the beautiful grill lines on your taco that just make it look next level.

If you want to make these tacos even easier – you can use one of those bagged salad mixes for Caesar salad. You can mix it up just as you would (even include the croutons for more crunch if you like) to serve it on it’s own. If you want to make it more homemade – you can make your own caesar dressing. I have yet to perfect homemade caesar dressing, so I don’t have a recipe to share yet.

I used ground turkey for this recipe, mostly out of preference. You can certainly use ground chicken to make it a little more traditional – Chicken Caesar Salad. You can also use ground beef – as steak with a caesar is also a great combo. If you go for beef, you can cook it for a little less time. If you use chicken, cook it a little longer.

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Caesar Salad Smash Tacos

All the flavors of a delicious Caesar Salad with turkey all served up as a smash taco!

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon, caesar dressing, caesar salad, easy tacos, ground turkey, ground turkey recipes, ground turkey tacos, Parmesan, parmesan cheese, smashtacos, soft tacos, taco, taco recipes

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Equipment

• 1 Burger Press
• 1 Parchment Paper

Ingredients

• 18 Flour Tortillas street taco size
• 2 cups Parmesan Cheese shredded, divided
• 2 cup Romaine Lettuce shredded
• 1 cup Caesar Salad Dressing
• 1 lb Bacon

For the Turkey Patty

• 2 lb Ground Turkey
• 2 Eggs beaten
• 1 cup Bread Crumbs
• 1 tsp Oregano
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1 tsp Onion Powder
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Coarse Black Pepper
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

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Instructions

• In a large bowl mix patty ingredients. Tear or cut parchment paper into 6inch squares (you will need at least 19). Place a tortilla on the center of a parchment square. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Using a 2oz food scoop, place a portion of patty mix to center of each tortilla. Cover with another layer of parchment paper. Use a burger press (or small frying pan) to flatten out each scoop of patty mixture on to each tortilla. Repeat with remaining tortillas. **Meat should be pressed all the way to the edge , and even over hanging. It will shrink up while cooking.
• In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add bacon. Cook until crispy and remove to paper towel covered plate. Allow to cool some before chopping into bites. Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon grease in the pan.
• In a small bowl, combine romaine, Caesar dressing and remaining parmesan cheese.
• Begin frying patty/tortilla, patty side down, in same pan bacon was fried in. Cook for approximately 3 minutes on patty side, then flip and cook for 2 minutes on tortilla side. Repeat with remaining smashtacos.
• Add a portion of salad to the top of each taco and sprinkle with bacon bits. Repeat with remaining smashtacos.