I've never had the pleasure of eating one of these at Taco Bell, but I wanted to make them once I saw it on the interweb somewhere. The crunch comes from a tostada in the middle then a soft tortilla is wrapped around to seal everything in. It's then griddled. I didn't have any nacho cheese sauce so just used "Cheez Whiz" instead:
- Grapeseed oil, for griddle
- 1.5 lbs ground meat, (I used sausage & chicken)
- 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 8 large flour tortillas, (10-inch, burrito size)
- "Cheez Whiz" sauce, as needed
- 4 corn tostada shells
- Sour cream, as needed
- Iceberg lettuce, shredded, as needed
- 2 tomatoes, cored, seeded and diced
- 1 - 2 cups extra-old Cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 jalapeno pepper, sliced in rings
First I took 4 flour tortillas and cut the tostada shape in them and took out the squares. I preheated the oven air-fryer to 400°F. I brushed a thin layer of grapeseed oil on the griddle then assembled the tacos.
I started with Cheez whiz, then taco meat and grated cheese.
The tostada went down next which I slathered in sour cream.
That was followed by the lettuce, tomato, jalapeno and more cheese.
The tortilla square went down over that and I tried to seal the wrap. I used water around the flour tortilla edge which I brushed on.
I flipped these seam side down, oiled the tops with cooking spray.
These went into the oven for about 15 minutes and were browned.
I cut each one in half, hearing the crunch as I did so. The lettuce layer wasn't really distinguishable though. I served with salsa and lime.
These were deeeeelicious!!! Just yummy. They ate like sandwiches too and everything stayed intact. I was pleasantly surprised and would make them again. The taco fillings are anything you desire. I'd use more lettuce next time but other than that, these were pretty perfect. ❣️ I didn't need that much meat, I had a lot leftover, a pound would have been plenty.
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