Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito (Copycat)

by Sabrina Snyder

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6 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
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Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito (Copycat) is an easy, cheesy meal with refried beans, ground beef, and sour cream. Better than the original!

Just like Taco Bell Bean Burritos, this is the ultimate Copycat Recipe for another popular Taco Bell menu item. Making these burritos at home tastes just as good, and is quicker than going to drive thru.

Sabrina’s Taco Bell 5 Layer Burrito (Copycat)

One of the things that separates this Beefy 5-Layer Burrito from other burrito recipes is that you use a double tortilla. Over one of the tortillas you spread rich nacho cheese. You can use canned nacho cheese, but my Homemade Version is definitely worth the extra effort. Once you’ve spread the nacho sauce over the first tortilla you add the second on top and put the other fillings inside. It adds and extra cheesy layer that’s absolutely delicious!

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Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito (Copycat) Recipe

Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito (Copycat) is an easy, cheesy meal with refried beans, ground beef, and sour cream. Better than the original!
Yield 6 Servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Taco Bell Beefy 5 Layer Burrito cross section on plate
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Ingredients
 

Instructions

  • Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave for 20 seconds on 50% power.
  • Add the nacho cheese sauce to half the tortillas and spread evenly leaving a 1 inch border.
  • Top with remaining tortillas and gently press down.
  • Top the second tortilla with refried beans, Taco Bell ground beef, sour cream and cheddar cheese.
  • Carefully fold in the top and bottom and wrap tightly before serving (some cheese may escape so be careful while wrapping)

Nutrition

Calories: 523kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 91mg | Sodium: 1396mg | Potassium: 302mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 731IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 286mg | Iron: 3mg

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Chef’s Note

I love making copycat recipes of our favorite restaurant dishes, and Taco Bell’s Beefy 5-Layer Burritos turn out great every time. These beefy burritos are the perfect make-ahead meal to keep in your freezer and grab for an easy lunch. They’re also wonderfully kid-friendly and great to have on hand for when they need to pack a quick meal.

How to Store

  • Serve: Don’t leave these burritos at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
  • Store: Keep the burritos in the fridge in a ziplock bag or airtight container for 3-4 days. You can reheat it over a skillet or in the microwave wrapped in a wet paper towel.
  • Freeze: Wrapped in tin foil, you can keep Beef Burritos in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Variations

  • Meat: Instead of using beef try using ground turkey, chicken or thinly sliced steak. Whatever meat you have could taste great in this burrito recipe.
  • Cheese: Along with the nacho cheese try adding shedded Swiss, pepper jack, provolone, or mozzarella cheese.
  • Double Burritos: You can use the same double burrito trick with a variety of different recipes. Try making classic Beef Burritos but adding an extra tortilla and spreading nacho cheese over it. You could also try adding other kinds of sauce to the outer burrito like guacamole or sour cream along with the nacho cheese.
  • Crunchy Taco: Instead of using tortilla try adding the same ingredients to a hard shell taco and enjoy.
  • Add-ins: For some extra spice add diced jalapeños, red pepper flakes, and chili powder. For some more crunch put in some shredded iceberg lettuce and Frito chips.

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Collage of beef and cheese burrito

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5 Layer Burrito cross section on plate
Burrito ingredients on tortilla
Burrito cross section on a white plate
Layering the Burrito on a Tortilla

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. The ultimate classic dessert. These tips for assembly and toppings really took my sundae game to the next level. So good!

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  3. Hello, Sabrina! Thanks for your yummy recipes. I have a question about this one. When I clicked on the link for Taco Bell ground beef, I got a message that was I was looking for couldn’t be found. I poked around your site a little bit and ended up finding a July 30, 2020 recipe for Ground Beef Tacos. Is that the ground beef this recipe refers to? Thanks!

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  4. Hello Sabrina! Is the recipe for the copycat Taco Bell Ground Beef still available? The link does not work and I cannot find it on your site. Thank you in advance.

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