The Smothered Burrito (DIY Build)
Taco Bell secret menu · fan build, not an official menu item
The discontinued Smothered Burrito rebuilt from a Bean Burrito: nacho cheese and red sauce over the top, eaten with a fork.
How to order
Order a Bean Burrito and ask for nacho cheese sauce and red sauce ladled over the top, served open-faced with a fork. If the crew will plate it, eat it with a fork; wrapped, it is a sauced burrito.
≈ 420 Cal (estimated)
What it is built from
- Bean Burrito — $2.59, 360 Cal
- Nacho Cheese Sauce — $1.29, 60 Cal
Estimated totals (price ≈ $3.88; calories ≈ 420 Cal) are sums of the components' sampled prices and published nutrition — labelled estimates, never official figures.
The build in detail
The official Smothered Burrito ran on the menu from 2013 to 2019 — a burrito served open-faced under nacho cheese sauce and red sauce, eaten with a fork — and its fans have not stopped asking for it since: a petition to bring it back drew 940 signatures, and the r/tacobell workaround, quoted by Mashed, is to order it by construction — requesting nacho cheese and red sauce on top. The build on this page is that workaround, made from the two components any store always has.
The estimate sums the Bean Burrito ($2.59 sampled, 360 Cal) and a cup of Nacho Cheese Sauce ($1.29 sampled, 60 Cal) — about $3.88 and 420 calories before the red sauce, which has no separate published price in our dataset and is asked for by name. The original ran heavier: its two published panels give 670 and 710 calories, an unreconciled pair our archive states as a range, so the build is the lighter cousin, not the same item. Ask for it plated and open-faced; wrapped, it is a sauced burrito, which is most of the way there.
See also: Smothered Burrito — the official item's own data page.
Availability
The official Smothered Burrito ran 2013–2019; the build works whenever the Bean Burrito and nacho cheese sauce are in the kitchen.
Frequently asked questions
How much does The Smothered Burrito (DIY Build) cost?
Estimated at about $3.88 from the sampled prices of its components. It is a custom build, so the register total depends on how the location charges the modifications.
How many calories are in The Smothered Burrito (DIY Build)?
Estimated at about 420 calories, summed from the published nutrition of its components. Preparation varies, so treat it as a close estimate, not a label value.