The past three weeks have been a series of unfortunate events. First, I got sick and took a rapid Covid test that returned negative. Brett thought he dodged whatever I got but started showing symptoms about a week later. He ended up taking a Covid test: positive. So, we had to cancel our flights days before we were supposed to leave, which resulted in missing a surprise birthday party for Brett, a wedding, and a blog collab. It’s been a crappy few weeks, and I didn’t have the energy or motivation to blog. However, we’re finally starting to feel human again, so I kindly asked Brett to share his easy walking taco recipe before returning to work.
What is a walking taco?
Admittedly, I didn’t know until Brett made it for me. It’s essentially a taco in a bag. Genius, right? I’m unsure if I lived under a rock or if walking tacos are severely underrated. Either way, I’m hooked. Customizable to everyone’s taste and with minimal cleanup, they’re perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or an easy way to feed a crowd. Note: some people call it Frito pie, but since Brett introduced it to me as walking tacos, we call it walking tacos in our household.
Walking Taco Ingredients
This walking taco recipe is a single-serving bag of Doritos loaded with meat, cheese, and traditional taco toppings. You can substitute any of the ingredients or add other toppings like guacamole.
- Ground beef — Ground chicken or turkey works too.
- Doritos in individual serving bags — You can also use Fritos.
- Taco seasoning
- Shredded lettuce
- Shredded cheese — We typically use cheddar because we usually have it on hand but use whatever you prefer. Also, we recently started freshly shredding our cheese from a block as much as possible. I highly recommend trying it over buying pre-shredded.
- Sour cream
How To Make Walking Tacos
- In a skillet, brown the ground beef and add the taco seasoning (follow the directions on the back of the packet).
- Crush the bag of chips and cut along the side, so it’s boat-shaped for easier access to dig in.
- Layer with ground beef, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream.
Have you ever had a walking taco? What are your favorite toppings? Also, if you make this recipe, please come back and leave a review in the comments — I love hearing from you guys! To see my other recipes, click here. xo
Walking Tacos
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 packet taco seasoning
- 10 individual serving bags Doritos
- 8 oz shredded iceberg lettuce
- 8 oz shredded cheese
- 8 oz sour cream
Instructions
- In a skillet, brown the ground beef and then add taco seasoning (follow the directions on the back of the packet).
- Crush the bag of Doritos and then cut along the side so it's boat-shaped for easier access to dig in.
- Layer with ground beef, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream.
I love taco in a bag had it a few years ago for the first time and thought it was a great idea
Walking tacos are such a time saver at our house during basketball season. Not only are they quick and easy to make but they taste good hot or cold.
This is such a fun idea!! I will need to try this. Would be so perfect for summer 🙂
This is one of my kids fave meals. I haven’t done it in forever. Time to do it again.
I don’t care for tacos much but my daughter, son-in-law and six grandkids LOVE them. I am sending the link to my daughter. Thank you!
I love easy to follow dinner recipes! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for sharing with us – I’m featuring you when the next To Grandma’s house we go link party starts!
So sorry to hear you’ve had a hard few weeks. Thanks for sharing this great recipe. I have never ever heard of walking tacos. I will have to make this for my family, I’m sure they will agree with me that it’s a fantastic idea!
My kids will lose their minds for this. Mind blown. Such a great idea!
I am all for ANY version of a taco!😆 I had forgotten about these but will have to try them again. Maybe my daughter, who’s in a super picky stage, will even try it!
We LOVE walking tacos! add chopped tomatoes or a scoop of salsa to make it supreme. We’ve also tried them with cool ranch Doritos as a yummy twist.
This sounds delicious and so easy. Hope you are both feeling better
What a fun way to serve nachos!!! The best of all – there is no cleaning to do 🙂
These are so fun! Do you belong to Costco? They have a box of walking taco chips that open horizontally to make it easier! I think they are half Fritos and half Doritos! Ha!
I am so sorry for the illnesses and all of the missed events. That really stinks!
Yes, we have a Costco membership — I’ll have to look for that next time I’m there. Thank you for sharing! xo
I’ve heard of this before, but never tried it! Sounds like a fun weekend snack idea 🙂
I have some Beyond ground “beef” in my freezer, I’ll have to try to make a veggie version of this!
Love this recipe! I love a walking taco, a delicious and easy go to dinner in our house!
I call them walking tacos too, and they are SO GOOD. You can actually buy walking taco versions of chips (like Doritos/Fritos) that are wider and easier to eat out of. I found this out last year when I did walking tacos for a party.
A walking taco!! What a great idea!! Pinned – Thanks for sharing. Hope the rest of your week is awesome!
Nice and portable!
This is so fun!! Can’t wait to try it!
These look so delicious and easy! I definitely want to try making this sometime.