Homemade Mexi-Melts

A beloved Taco Bell menu item, this homemade Mexi-Melt recipe will help you bring this classic back in all its cheesy glory. It only takes 20 minutes or less to make!

Taco Bell Meximelt

We don’t eat at Taco Bell very much anymore. Maybe a few times throughout the year. However, that hasn’t stopped us from enjoying some of our favorite Taco Bell recipes! Now we just make them at home!

One of my favorite on-the-menu items back in the day was the Mexi-Melt. Have you ever tried Mexi-Melts?

It’s a really basic recipe, consisting of a tortilla with seasoned ground beef, topped with pico de gallo and cheddar cheese. They put it in their little oven thingy, and it gets all hot and melty and delicious, y’all!

I’m not going to lie … I’ve been bummed that Taco Bell has taken so many of my favorites off the menu!

But, the good news is, if there was ever a copycat recipe that was easy as pie, this, my friends, is it!! This is as near to Taco Bell as you can get.

To make a Mexi-Melt at home, you’ll essentially cook ground beef with taco seasoning and roll it up in a tortilla with your toppings. Then all you need to do is throw it in the microwave for about 20 seconds or in the oven on a baking sheet for 5 minutes. It’s so, so good!

Believe it or not, my first job was as a cashier at Taco Bell, so this recipe brings back some awesome memories! 😍

I think Homemade Mexi-Melts make a great change of pace from your typical taco night, and I hope you enjoy them!

Meximelt Taco Bell: Ingredients & Substitutions

For this Homemade Mexi-Melt recipe, you will need …

Ingredients

• lean ground beef – about a pound! Using a potato masher can help make the meat small and crumbly, just what you want for this Mexi-Melt copycat recipe.
• water and taco seasoning – you’ll cook your ground beef in this (obviously)! Check out my taco seasoning recipe if you want to go fully homemade. 
• flour tortillas – get the larger taco-sized ones so you can shove as much “stuff” in them as possible. Be sure to warm them up beforehand, too!
• pico de gallo – grab your own from the store or make it at home!
• Mexican-blend cheese – while you can buy the exact mixture used in Taco Bell at stores, just for reference, their Mexican blend cheese mix is equal parts mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, and pepper jack cheese.

Mexi-Melts: FAQs

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Servings: 6 servings

Homemade Mexi-Melts

By Jamie Sherman

A beloved Taco Bell menu item, this homemade Mexi-Melt recipe will help you bring this classic back in all its cheesy glory. It only takes 20 minutes or less to make!

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 12 minutes mins

Total: 17 minutes mins

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Equipment

• measuring cups and spoons
• Calphalon 5-Piece Nylon Kitchen Cooking Utensil Set
• Ground Meat Chopper
• Simply Calphalon Nonstick 10 Piece Cookware Set

Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 pound lean ground beef
• ▢ 1 package store-bought taco seasoning, or use homemade taco seasoning mix!
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ 6 large flour tortillas, warmed
• ▢ ¾ cup pico de gallo
• ▢ 4 cups shredded Mexican-blend cheese

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Instructions 

• Brown and crumble the beef over medium-high heat, cooking until the beef is no longer pink. Drain, if necessary.
• Add the taco seasoning and water to the beef. Simmer over medium-high heat, occasionally stirring, until the meat mixture is saucy.
• Top each tortilla with 1/6th each of beef mixture, pico de gallo, and cheese.
• Roll each tortilla like a burrito and wrap them in a slightly damp paper towel.
• Microwave on HIGH power for 15-20 seconds or until the cheese is melted.
• Serve hot.

Notes

• If you prefer, you can use your oven to heat up your melts by placing the rolled tortillas on a baking sheet and baking them in a 400°F oven for 3-5 minutes or until the cheese melts.

Nutrition

Serving: 1mexi-melt, Calories: 482kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 38g, Fat: 22g, Saturated Fat: 12g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Trans Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 93mg, Sodium: 1646mg, Potassium: 390mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 1118IU, Vitamin C: 4mg, Calcium: 935mg, Iron: 4mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Originally published on February 14, 2017. Updated on August 12, 2022.