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Copycat Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Recipe

From the kitchen of Carly

Inspired by Taco Bell's Crunchwrap Supreme, the folded handheld that holds hot beef, cool sour cream, and a crunchy tostada in the same bite without going soggy. The tostada is structural, not decorative. The pleat is the recipe.

Copycat Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Recipe

What sells the Crunchwrap is engineering. A pleated tortilla skin that locks the build, a tostada in the middle that keeps the hot side and the cold side from meeting until your teeth get there, and a sear flat enough to read like a tabletop. Skip the tostada and it collapses. Pleat too loose and it blows out. The first bite has to land hot beef, melted nacho cheese, crisp tostada, cool sour cream, and a shredded crunch all at once. That layered hit is the whole pitch.

Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Total
30 min
Servings
4
Difficulty
easy

Ingredients

4 servings

  • 4 tortillasLarge flour tortillas
  • 4 shellsTostada shells
  • 1 lbGround beef
  • 2 tbspTaco seasoning
  • 1/2 cupWater
  • 1/2 cupNacho cheese sauce
  • 1/2 cupSour cream
  • 1 cupIceberg lettuce, shredded
  • 1 tomatoRoma tomato, diced
  • 1/2 cupSharp cheddar, shredded
  • 2 tbspVegetable oil for the sear

Instructions

  1. Brown the ground beef in a skillet, breaking it apart. Drain. Add taco seasoning and water; simmer 4 minutes until thick.

  2. Warm the nacho cheese sauce.

  3. Lay one tortilla flat. In the center, layer beef, then cheese sauce, then a tostada shell, then sour cream, lettuce, tomato, and shredded cheddar.

  4. Fold the tortilla up over the filling in pleats, working around the circle. The center should land like a stop sign with no gap.

  5. Heat oil in a hot pan. Place the wrap seam-side down and weight it lightly with another pan or a flat lid.

  6. Cook 2 minutes per side until golden and crisp. Repeat with the remaining tortillas.

Substitutions
  • Ground beef to Black beans or seasoned lentils. Use 2 cups cooked; works for vegetarian.
  • Nacho cheese sauce to Queso fresco crumbles. Drier; add a teaspoon of olive oil for slip.
  • Sour cream to Plain Greek yogurt. Tangier; thinner. Cuts the richness.

Pairs well with: Pickled red onion, Lime crema, Mexican rice, A cold Mexican lager

Pro tips

  1. Pleat the tortilla tight. Loose folds blow out in the pan.
  2. The tostada is the structural piece. Skipping it collapses the textures into a soggy mess.
  3. A flat-bottomed pot or a heavy lid pressed onto the wrap gives you the smooth, even sear.

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