What's on a taco salad at Wendy's? Wendy's taco salad is a delicious salad made iceberg and romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese and Wendy's signature chili, served with tortilla chips, sour cream and salsa on the side.

The history of Wendy's taco salad While widely known for serving up hamburgers made with fresh, never-frozen beef, the eatery veered in a different direction in 1982 when it added a taco salad to the menu.

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They start out washing the lettuce, cutting it and then draining them in a giant salad spinner. The cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are hand cut every day by their employees. Other restaurants just get everything prepackaged and assemble at the last minute.

Tex-Mex A taco salad is a Tex-Mex dish that combines ingredients used in Tex-Mex tacos. The dish originated in Texas during the 1960s.

(US) The normal filling of a taco served, as a salad, with lettuce etc and either with tortilla chips or in a bowl made from tortilla.

Elmer Doolin The taco salad just is. The dish began its slow journey to Trump's desk in the 1950s when it was known as the Ta-Cup, an invention of Elmer Doolin, the founder of Fritos, as Gustavo Arellano writes in Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America. Ta-Cups were sold at the Fritos restaurant in Disneyland.

A taco salad is a Tex-Mex dish that combines ingredients used in Tex-Mex tacos. The dish originated in Texas during the 1960s.

There are 690 calories in 1 serving of Wendy's Taco Salad. * The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Each of Wendy's premium salad offerings are made fresh every day, starting with chopping fresh iceberg and romaine lettuce, cucumbers, red peppers and tomatoes in every restaurant. At Wendy's, it's not what your salad goes into, it's what goes into your salad.

Wendy's Taco Salad is a perennial fan favorite because it packs in veggies and flavor all at once. On top of that, it also offers the ultimate in customization opportunities.

Wendy's Taco Salad Assembly

1. Place 6 ounces of lettuce on each plate.
2. Add 1 cup of warm chili on top of lettuce.
3. Garnish each salad with 1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese, 2 tablespoons of sour cream, 2 ounces tortilla chips, 1/4 cup chopped tomatoes. Top each salad with 2 tablespoons of salsa if desired.