Taco Bell chili cheese burritos

If you grew up in the 90s and younlived taco bell you probably remember the yummy chili cheese burritos. If you dont remember this was a treat, cheesy and gooey you almost needed a spork to eat it. It was a burrito filled with chili and lots of melted cheese and the beat thing is it was cheap!

Chili cheese burrito 🌯 would make its appearance and then woukd disappear from my local taco bell… but when we would travel out of state I would always run to taco bell to see if maybe they would have chili cheese burritos. Sometimes I woukd get lucky other times I would have to settle for another favorite item

I was at a friend’s house when I tasted the secret ingredient to this recipe

I thought immediately of the long lost chili cheese burrito.

I started looking up copy cat recipes and sure enough it was the main ingredient so here are the next best thing if younare a chili cheese burrito fan and your taco bell has discontinued them, you can make your own!!!

Here is ehat you will need

Ingredients

Burrito tortillas
Cheese
Can of armor hot dog chili with no beans
Hot sauce of you wish
Taco seasoning

Directions

Empty the chili into a small saucepan and heat on low(so not to scorch)
Add packet of taco seasoning
Stir and cook thoroughly being to a soft boil
Warm your tortillas up by placing in between two damp paper towels
Add 2 tablespoons of the chili to the middle of the burrito shell
Add .5-1 cup of cheese… the more cheese rhe better
If you wish to add a dash of your favorite hot sauce do thst now on top of the cheese
Now fold the two ends up and roll burritos as tight as you can
Place on a paper plate seam side down
Place a second paper plate on top
Place in microwave for 20-30 seconds to melt the cheese
Let sit for 1-2 minutes as the filling will be extremely hot
Enjoy plain or Garnish as you wish

Perfect for lunch or a weeknight dinner these would be great baked in the oven too with more cheese on top of course