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