Taco Bell Chilito (Chili Cheese Burrito) Recipe!!!

Submitted by 856969

"For those of you who live in a place where Taco Bell does not sell their classic Chilito (and judging from Net, this includes alot of places), you can simply make them at home! This recipe is something I developed through trial and error. It is VERY close to the taste of the original. It also has that perfect "chilito" texture. Enjoy!! Important Note: The hot sauce called for in the recipe is Taco Bell's Hot or Mild Sauce (DO NOT USE the Fire sauce) You can make your own Taco Bell Hot Sauce: http://www.recipezaar.com/Taco-Bell-Hot-Sauce-45527"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 3-5

ingredients

• flour tortilla
• 1⁄2 lb hamburger
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 8 ounces refried beans
• shredded cheddar cheese
• hot sauce

directions

1. Brown the hamburger and crumble into very small pieces; drain, but reserve some of the fat.
2. Place hamburger back onto heat and add flour and mix until it is thick.
3. Add the beans and heat through.
4. Add the hot or mild sauce 1 packet at a time until you achieve that 'chilito' taste (usually 8 packets will do).
5. Add the cheese, enough to make a big gooey mess, under medium heat.
6. Taste, and you might need to add a little more sauce.
7. Now here is the trick for that 'chilito' texture:.
8. Take a tortilla and run warm water all over it to soften. The pop it in the microwave for 20 seconds to "steam" it.
9. Fill tortilla with hot chilito filling, fold, and eat it. There will be a smile on your face.

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Reviews

[Joe M.]

I've loved chilitos (chili cheese burritos) since I was little kid. These and meximelts are my fvorite Taco Bell Items, and both grossly overpriced in my area (@ $2+). This recipe is AMAZING and lets me have my favorite taco bell item right at home for half the cost. I've made this a couple times and here's what I've learned after making a few tweaks to dial it in perfectly. Firstly, USING TACO BELL BRAND MILD OR HOT SAUCE IS CRITICAL. Other brand sauces, no matter how good, taste wrong. Stores around me sell the bottled TB sauces, so I use the bottle instead of the sauce packets for convenience. Secondly, as stupid as rinsing the tortilla in water and microwaving sounds, it works. I tried a couple "more sophisticated" tortilla steaming methods and the rinse with microwaving works as well or better than most. Just rinse, shake off, sprinkle extra cheese on the tort and then nuke. Also, use white flour tortillas advertised as "fluffy" because the corn or low carb or whole wheat all just taste wrong. Here are a few changes to the original recipe a bit and it is now PERFECT for me. I add half of a medium/small sized yellow onion diced as finely as I can and cook it with the meat until it's soft and translucent. I also reduce the refried pinto beans to half a can for every 8oz of beef... or I just use a whole can for 16oz of beef (1 pound) because it's convenient. Too much refried beans doesn't hurt the flavor at all, but it does makes the mixture too "creamy" compared to the real thing. Finally, I add about 1 tbsp of ground cumin to my beef and onions at the same time as I add the flour. Trust me... this was the missing "X-Factor". To me, this is much more important for imitating the flavor than adding onions or reducing the refried beans. But all three changes really dial in both the flavor and consistency of a real Chilito.

 

[Jake G.]

Tastes just like the real thing and very easy and quick to make. I used about 12 packets of hot sauce because I wanted a little more heat. Do not use another brand of hot sauce or it will alter the flavor.