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Bell Beefer TACO BELL COPYCAT RECIPE Taco Sloppy Joe
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Aug 8, 2025
Bell Beefer TACO BELL COPYCAT RECIPE Taco Sloppy Joe Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/bell-beefer-taco-bell-copycat/ **Click here to see my recipe blog: https://catherinesplates.com NEW: To purchase my Dessert Cookbook, click link https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/10034701/10feb0fb4a14a171cfaeed6889d6656eab1a0016 *To purchase my cookbook vol 1, click link https://www.blurb.com/b/9452561-catherine-s-plates **To purchase my cookbook vol 2, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/10367334-catherine-s-plates-cookbook ***To purchase my cookbook vol 3, click here https://www.blurb.com/b/11248440-catherine-s-plates-3rd-edition-2022 ***My Amazon StoreFront https://www.amazon.com/shop/catherinesplates (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) ***Follow me on Social Media
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Welcome back everyone. Today we are
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going to make a copycat Taco Bell
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recipe. Now this is an old menu item
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that they had out in the 1960s and the
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1970s. They don't have it there right
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now, but we're going to make it today.
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Thomas remembers this recipe. This is a
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bell beefer. What do you think, Thomas?
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I remember.
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You love them?
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Good. Yeah.
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Yeah. When I saw this, I was like, asked
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Thomas, "Do you know what that is?"
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Because I don't remember it. And he
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said, "Oh, yeah." He remembers it. So,
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we're gonna copycat that recipe and
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bring it to you. Y'all ready? We're
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going to start with one pound of ground
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beef. Now, I'm using a 937.
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And we're going to go ahead and start
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browning that up. You know, we got to
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flavor it with an onion. Y'all come on
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down and let's get this one started.
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You know what, you guys? I'm just
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kidding.
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Y'all don't want to watch me chop up an
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onion and ground up ground beef. So,
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while I do that, let's talk.
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I've got my meat masher here.
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Got Thomas here, too.
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Where?
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He's behind the camera. All
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right, let's get this browned up and
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then we'll chop up this onion. It's a
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yellow onion and I'm putting the whole
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darn thing into the ground beef. It's
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flavor, you know, it'll bulk it up, too.
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Almost by a sandwich. This recipe here
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could make about four sandwiches because
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that's about a quarter pound of your
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meat mixture in each bun. That's what
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we're going to go with. All right, I
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just took off both ends. We're going to
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peel off the layers.
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Now, I've been doing a lot of low carb
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recipes for you guys, but we're taking a
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little detour cuz this looked absolutely
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scrumptious.
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That amazing. All right, here's Thomas
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to get these heels. Say hi to everybody.
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Hey, everybody.
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Duck.
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All right, I'm going to cut my onion in
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half. I'm going to slice it and then run
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the knife through the other way so that
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we get dices.
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Now, I have a lot of Taco Bell copycat
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recipes.
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If y'all seen them, you know. If not, go
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to my website, katherine'splates.com,
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type in Taco Bell, and there's tons of
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them there. All of our favorites.
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We're also on YouTube with these same
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videos for Taco Bell. Just type it in
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under my channel there and watch them.
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Have a good time and make your own Taco
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Bell. You don't need to go there. Just
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make it at home.
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Bring back memories.
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Yeah,
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this was a big onion.
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Yeah, it was.
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But y'all, Woo, I'm making a mess. They
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will soften down
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once we get it all chopped up. We'll go
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ahead and just add it into the ground
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beef. Cook it while the ground beef is
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browning up.
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All right, let's add the onion.
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All right, let's get this all browned
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up, the onion softened, and let's talk
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about the seasoning.
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All right, I'm done with my meat masher
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here.
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taco seasoning. Now, I have my own
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homemade blend.
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Oh, smells delicious. If y'all could see
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that color in there, that's amazing.
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When you make your own homemade, there's
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no additives, no preservatives, no extra
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anything. And you can, you know, control
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your salt in it and anything else you
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want. But I'm not going to use that
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today because first off, I want to be
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able to show you how you can do this
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singly for a meal
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by your seasonings right here. Now, this
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recipe right here for my big batch taco
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seasoning is in my recipe blog,
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catherine'splates.com,
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where you can go make your own and it is
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good for a lot of recipes. You can have
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it on hand. Just put it in an airtight
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container, whatever you got.
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All right. So, we've got salt, pepper,
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and garlic powder, onion powder, cumin.
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Y'all know I love cumin. It adds a
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warmth to a dish along with chili
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powder, which gives it a little heat.
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Whatever you put into it. And then, of
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course, another favorite, smoked
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paprika. All right. When this is browned
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up and ready to go and the onions are
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soft, we're going to dump it all in.
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Probably you're looking at about a/
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quart teaspoon of each. and then go from
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there. You can judge it. Just give it a
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taste and see what you want to do. All
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right.
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Okay. Before we add the seasonings, I'm
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going to go ahead and drain off any
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excess
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liquid, grease, or whatever you got in
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there. A lot of this could be from the
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onion that released a little bit of
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liquid there.
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Telling y'all, it said 93.7, but what do
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y'all think?
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All right, let me get that out.
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Time for the seasonings.
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Salt, black pepper,
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garlic powder,
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onion powder. This will enhance the
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onions that we cooked up in there.
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Then we got cumin.
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Oh, I'm putting it in there. I'm putting
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it in there. There we go.
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I can smell it from here.
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Yeah, the chili powder.
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Put it in there.
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Thomas is like, "Put it in there. Flavor
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it up."
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That's good.
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There we go.
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I want you to be able to eat it.
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Yeah.
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And some smoked paprika. All right,
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we'll get that in there.
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Yeah. A nice smoky flavor.
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Yeah.
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You need hot water, too.
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Two cups of hot water. And we got And we
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got some other stuff going in. I'm going
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to just kind of get this seasonings in
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there.
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Release the fragrance of those
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seasonings. Oh, it smells so good.
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There you go.
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There we go. Did I tell y'all two cups
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hot water?
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One tablespoon of tomato paste.
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We go.
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You had a nice little rhythm going.
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Did I?
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I like.
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Are y'all ready for a video with me and
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Thomas together doing a dinner for two?
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We'll do that. Okay. What I have here is
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Taco Bell mild sauce. I love this stuff.
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You know, Taco Bell has those three like
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the packets, the hot, the mild, the
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medium, and now I think they have the
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green.
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Yeah, they got the green.
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Yeah. So, that's what we're using right
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here is the mild.
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I'm a green sauce kind of guy.
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Yeah.
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How many of y'all are green sauce?
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All
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right, we're going to mix this all
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together.
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Now, in case you don't have enough onion
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in there,
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I'm going to put in some minced onion.
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You can add like a/4 cup of this if you
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don't want to chop up an onion for
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there, but I'm just going to put in a
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tablespoon.
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I give a nice little
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There we go. My mind went what?
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All right. So, we're going to put this
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on high high heat. We're going to simmer
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this for 15 minutes. We want that liquid
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in here to dis dissipate. That's the
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word I was looking for.
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That's a big word.
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That's a big word. So, we're going to
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bring this to a boil and then we're
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going to let it simmer on a lower heat
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until it all comes together.
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But first,
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first first,
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you know it, grab a spoon. See if you
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need to adjust any of these seasonings.
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You know, even if you're doing this,
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adjust your seasonings.
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I keep it very minimal salt in here, and
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I adjust it according to the meal that
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I'm making. All right, let's taste.
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That is good.
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That is good. I hope it's good for
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Thomas, too. I should have let him try
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it, huh?
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It'll be good.
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I got jalapenos. I can
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I can definitely taste this right here.
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The chili powder.
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Good.
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Go easy on that if you don't like that
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really heat in there.
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All right, we'll be back.
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All right, y'all. This simmered for 15
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minutes. While that happened, I got
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everything together to build our
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sandwiches. This came together really
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good.
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I've got shredded lettuce, diced tomato,
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and cheese. Now, I'm going to show you
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how you can build it up. I did toast
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some buns here.
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I'm looking for the bottom. There we go.
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Now, we're using a whole grain bun. You
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can use whatever bun you want for this.
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And I'm trying to find the top. There we
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go. Now, what we're going to do is put
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the mixture on top of the bun, drain out
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some of that liquid.
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Once it sits for a while, it'll start
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really thickening up. So,
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I'm going to put it on there like a
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sloppy joe.
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Mhm.
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We're not going to be nice about it.
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We're going in.
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There we go. Woo! Look at that cheddar
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cheese.
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I'm going to put it right on top. It'll
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melt.
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Might get it on there. There we go.
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Yeah, that's how they do it.
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Lettuce.
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That ain't how they do it.
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How do they do it?
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I remember they were nowhere near put
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that amount of cheese.
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Oh, okay. Well, that's This is
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Catherine's plates.
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They rip you off at Taco Bell. Y'all
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know who are the people that want to
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live in our basement, huh?
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Expecting a free meal.
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All right, tomatoes.
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And then we put the bun on. You can add
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some more sauce if you want.
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Yep.
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Let's take a bite.
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That's delicious.
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Y'all make Taco Bell at home. I have
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many reasons why you should go check
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them all out. All right, give me a
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thumbs up on this one. Make sure y'all
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season that up because that is your
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flavor right there. This is like a taco
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sloppy joe and it's sloppy. All right,
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you guys. If you're new to the channel,
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make sure you hit that subscribe button
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down below. Don't forget to share this
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recipe with people that love Taco Bell
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but want to make it at home. We'll see
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y'all on the next episode. Bye.
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That's delicious.