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The Easiest Gordita Crunch Recipe
This copycat Taco Bell cheesy gordita crunch is a quick and easy way to take your taco Tuesday to the next level! It literally takes just a couple extra minutes to throw together and it’s basically like adding a layer of quesadilla to your crispy taco! With simple, real ingredients, this gordita crunch tastes just like Taco Bell, but better because it’s homemade!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 tacos 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stove Top + Oven
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz. shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 8 hard shell tacos
- 8 fajita size flour tortillas
- 1 lb. cooked taco meat
For serving
- shredded lettuce
- shredded cheese
- sour cream
- taco sauce
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400 degrees.
- Divide flour tortillas between two baking sheets.
- Divide cheese evenly between flour tortillas
- Place hard shell tacos in the center of each flour tortilla.
- Bake for 5 minutes.
- While the taco shells are baking, cook ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat and stir in taco seasoning.
- Carefully fold the cheesy flour tortilla around the crispy taco shell until it sticks all over.
- Fill tacos with taco meat, lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and taco sauce, and enjoy!
Notes
- If you don’t have a packet of taco seasoning on hand, just throw in a few spices instead. I like to use a combination of cumin, chili powder, paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, and dried oregano. I use cumin and chili powder as the main flavor enhancers – about 1 tablespoons or so of each for 1 lb. of ground beef – and then add 1/4-1/2 teaspoon or so of each of the others. Don’t forget to season your taco meat with plenty of salt and pepper as well!
- If you’re looking to add a bit more fiber and protein to your taco meat mixture, feel free to throw in a can of black beans, pinto beans, or garbanzo beans! I recommend rinsing and draining the beans and then adding them at the same time that you add the taco seasoning.
- Try using nacho cheese flavored taco shells in place of the regular crispy taco shells to make a Doritos cheesy gordita crunch!
