Western Salad

  4.4 – 14 reviews  • Cauliflower

Ground beef is cooked in sour spices to make coney sauce, a condiment that is typically served with hot dogs. The 1950s saw the ownership of a drive-in restaurant by my grandfather. This is the identical Coney dog recipe he used to make. When I cook it for special events, my friends and family love it.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
  2. 2 cucumbers, sliced
  3. 2 bunches green onions, chopped
  4. 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  5. 1 head cauliflower, chopped
  6. 1 (16 ounce) package baby carrots, chopped
  7. 1 head broccoli, chopped
  8. 1 bunch radishes, sliced
  9. 2 (15 ounce) cans ranch-style beans, drained
  10. 1 (16 ounce) bottle Ranch-style salad dressing
  11. 1 (13.5 ounce) package nacho-flavor tortilla chips

Instructions

  1. Place the shredded lettuce in a large, flat dish. Layer with cucumbers, green onions, green bell pepper, cauliflower, baby carrots, broccoli, and radishes. Pour drained beans over the vegetables. Cover with Ranch-style dressing, and top with nacho-flavor tortilla chips. Cover, and chill until serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 472 kcal
Carbohydrate 45 g
Cholesterol 11 mg
Dietary Fiber 10 g
Protein 10 g
Saturated Fat 4 g
Sodium 969 mg
Sugars 9 g
Fat 29 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Kenneth Lucero
The radishes make this dish. I like to make thin layers of each vegetable and only use the amount it takes for a single layer. Usually just maybe half the lettuce half the cucumbers last time I used matchstick carrots. Seriously great recipe. Take the time to chop small.
Joseph Donaldson
Different & great tasting salad! It took a few stores to find the Ranch Beans but found them at WINCO in the bean section. Made without radishes, but otherwise followed the recipe as written.
Barbara Miller
My family loves this salad, even my daughther who will not eat dressing on salad! I do not put the chips and dressing on until time to serve. I use romaine lettuce, other than that I pretty much follow as written. It does make a very large salad!
Angela Roberts
This is an interesting & delicious salad option! Our HyVee had the beans so the recipe was extremely easy to pull together. I made this 2 different times & preferred the salad with Spicy Doritos–added a nice touch. This salad will be my secret weapon for potlucks from now on–especially since I hate it when there are 4 of the same kinds of dishes. Try this salad, it’s worth the effort!
Pamela Cook
This was surprisingly goooood! I didn’t have cucumbers, green onion or radishes but it still turned out great. I wish I wouldn’t have poured the whole bottle of ranch on the salad because I don’t like so much dressing on my salads. I used Doritos nacho-flavored chips.
Tiffany Yang
With all the vegetables and chopping required, this salad was just too much work. The ratio of vegetables to lettuce was off (too many veggies, not enough lettuce) – didn’t seem like a “salad.” Not a bad taste, but not memorable and not easy.
Daniel Anderson
HUGE salad. But quite good.
Anna Walker
I make a similar version of this, but its more of a main dish. I brown hamburger and toss it with the ranch style beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, green peppers, ranch, shredded cheese and Doritos.
Logan Mccarthy
Healthy with an interesting spin! Served this with a Southern Living lentil burrito recipe and Mexican Rice III from this website. Thanks for the recipe.
Rebecca Benson
Too much work! Decent salad though. I used normal tortilla chips.
Danielle Harris
Much better than I thought it would be. After I made it, I thought this is just another salad, but the different vegetables went together really well. I made a few substitutions: used finely chopped sweet onion, spring mix lettuce, and chili beans, no radishes. Made a great meal salad.
Jodi Parks
I’ve had this in my recipe box for ages, but haven’t made as I never seen Ranch-style beans. I found them in Meijer last week. This salad is absolutely outstanding! I omitted the green bell pepper as I don’t like it raw, and pretty much just eyeballed the other ingredients. We loved it. I’ll definitely make it again. Thanks, Leslie!
Nicholas Sosa
This salad was great soon after preparation but after a few hours in the fridge, the lettuce was soggy and the dressing became watery. Don’t wait too long to eat it and you’ll love it! Kraft makes the best bottled ranch dressing I’ve tried, but I will use homemade next time. Also, don’t use ranch-style black beans. The black color is not very appetizing when it hits the veggies!
Chelsey Holden
This recipe is absolutey wonderful! My girlfriend requests this recipe very often!

 

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