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




Enjoy I hope you enjoy and it allows you to be reminiscent of Taco Bell past