Beef Meximelt Recipe
Meximelts are my guilty pleasure. This Beef Meximelt Recipe (inspired by Taco Bell) is super easy, unbelievably delicious and so much better than the drive-thru. Make a copycat version of your fast food favorite at home for an awesome lunch or dinner.
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Taco Bell Inspired Meximelt Copycats
It is unbelievable that it has taken me this long to get a Mexi-Melt recipe on my site because they are my absolute favorite fast food indulgence. Plus they are ridiculously easy to make at home and (in my humble opinion) taste so much better homemade.
Were Meximelts Discontinued In 2019
That’s the word on the street (and the web). Apparently Taco Bell revamped their menu in 2019 and decided to give Mexi-melts the ax. Weird because I can’t be the only Meximelt obsessed person.
However, I don’t really do fast food anymore so I cannot say for sure. I haven’t been to Taco Bell in ages. If you know for sure leave me a comment.
My Secret For The Best Copycat Mexi-Melts
I think what makes these so close to the original is the size of the ground beef. Taco Bell taco meat is very small, not the bigger chunks like in homemade tacos. So I use this Potato Masher to achieve the fine ground beef crumbles. I like kitchen gadgets that do double duty. Or, you can use a Meat Chopper instead.
Ingredients Needed For Beef Mexi-Melts
- Lean Ground Beef
- (1 ounce) Packet Taco Seasoning
- Flour Tortillas
- Shredded Mexican Cheese Blend
- Pico de Gallo Salsa
How To Make Homemade Taco Bell Meximelts
- In large pan, brown ground beef. Drain oil then return to pan.
- Add water and taco seasoning. Mash meat to fine crumbles. Bring mixture to a gentle boil and simmer 5-10 minutes until saucy. Remove from heat.
- Wrap tortillas in damp paper towel and microwave 15-20 seconds to soften.
- Fill each tortilla with meat, cheese and pico de gallo. Tuck in the ends and roll like a burrito.
- Wrap each meximelt with a damp paper towel and microwave for 15 seconds. (This melts the cheese and gives the tortilla that slightly steamed quality)
- Serve hot.
A Meximelt is a warm flour tortilla filled with seasoned beef, melty cheese, and pico de gallo. It’s similar to a soft taco but extra cheesy and steamed so the tortilla becomes soft and stretchy.
A blend of shredded mozzarella and cheddar (or Taco Bell–style “Mexican blend”) melts the best. Mozzarella adds that signature stretchy melt, while cheddar adds flavor. Colby-Jack works great too.
Any ground meat works. Just season it with a Taco Bell–style seasoning blend, and cook it the same way as ground beef.
Use a mild taco seasoning, keep the beef finely crumbled, and add a little water to make it saucy. Steaming the filled tortilla for a few seconds is what gives it that soft, melty fast-food texture.
Steaming is recommended. Wrap the assembled Meximelt in a damp paper towel and microwave 15–20 seconds. This softens the tortilla and helps melt the cheese.
They’re best fresh, but you can prep the ingredients ahead. Cook the beef, grate the cheese, and chop the tomatoes/onions. Assemble and steam right before serving.
More Mexican Food Recipes:
Mexican Shrimp Cocktail – Green Chicken Enchiladas – Low Carb Taco Casserole – Easy Shrimp Tacos – Pico de Gallo – Baked Tortilla Chips
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Beef Meximelt Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Lb Lean Ground Beef
- 1 ounce Packet Taco Seasoning
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 6 Large Flour Tortillas
- 16 ounces Shredded Mexican Cheese Blend
- 1/2 Cup Pico de Gallo Salsa
Instructions
- In large pan, brown ground beef. Drain oil then return to pan.
- Add water and taco seasoning. Mash meat to fine crumbles.
- Bring mixture to a gentle boil and simmer 5-10 minutes until saucy. Remove from heat.
- Wrap tortillas in damp paper towel and microwave 15-20 seconds to soften.
- Fill each tortilla with meat, cheese and pico de gallo. Tuck in the ends and roll like a burrito.
- Wrap each meximelt with a damp paper towel and microwave for 15 seconds. (This melts the cheese and gives the tortilla that slightly steamed quality)
- Serve hot.
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Oh yum – these looks incredible! I can totally see why they would be your guilty pleasure!
This meal looks fantastic! I want to try it this weekend! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
I too am/was a mexi melt fan! I probably only have fast food a couple times a year but when I do a Mexi Melt was it! And sadly its true they are no longer on the menu!!!! Why? They still have everything to make one or two, haha.
Haha! Right!?!?
I’ve actually never tried these at Taco Bell (which is crazy because Taco Bell is my go to fast food place) but I will definitely try this recipe. My best friend’s mom is obsessed with these too so I’ll pass this along to her.
So Yum!
Looks great. At Taco Bell, they will make you a meximelt if you order a cheesy roll up with added ground beef and pico.
Oh, good to know! Thanks 🙂
What kind of pick do you use?
Pico de Gallo? I but the refrigerated pico de Gallo salsa at the store.
The salsa in your pictures above isn’t pico. Pico de Gallo is diced tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, and cilantro. It is very chunky and not saucy like the salsa in those pictures. I’m sure both taste great, I’m just a stickler when in comes to salsa (YUUUUMMM!)
Meximelts are my fave! We are vegetarian so I used Boca Crumbles in place of the beef and your way worked perfect! Thank you!
This is just ground beef wrapped up in a tortilla with cheese. The Meximelt is about the fresco salsa, which has a vinegar bite, not pico. What’s next, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
Can you freeze them for later?
Could I use salsa instead of the Pico de Gallo salsa?
I miss the Meximelts because that is what I always ordered but I ordered chicken Meximelts. I think they cost tiny bit more but so worth it. I will use this recipe and use chicken instead.
You could probably order one. Most restaurants have a secret menu, or will make an off the menu item if they have the ingredients.
Do you have a suggestion as to how I could make these up a little bit ahead of time for a group of 6? I’d rather not be fussing with them individually at birthday party time. Thank you!
It’s true they did take them off the menu. BUT you can still get them, what you do is order the $1.00 cheesy roll up add beef and add pico and bam you have a Meximelt.
order a cheese roll-up and add taco meat . . . Meximelt it is, and it’s cheaper than the actual Meximelt. A Taco Bell employee told me this trick! Enjoy
In your pictures, it looks like you have a tortilla and then something else wrapped around the tortilla that is a lighter color. What is that outer layer?
No, just a trick of the eye I think. It’s just the tortilla wrapped around 🙂
Looks yummy. Note- I ask Taco Bell’s to make me Mexi-melts and they do even though not on the menu.
Meximelts were really my reason for going to Taco Bell, now since they discontinued them… not cool…. I don’t have a reason to go there anymore. I do look forward to trying these. I will be adding sour cream to mine though, my favorite!!
I miss these at Taco Bell. I will have to give this a try. Thanks for the recipe!
As a Hispanic, microwaving a tortilla is the worst thing you could do.