Taco Bell to add new taco that’s made for dipping. Here’s when you can get it

Taco Bell is bolstering its menu options with new birria-inspired tacos.

The Grilled Cheese Dipping Taco lands on menus nationwide for a limited time starting Thursday, Aug. 3, the California-based taco chain announced in a news release.

For $3.49, the saucy handheld comes with “slow-braised shredded beef ... with a three-cheese blend melted on the inside and grilled on the outside” of a fried corn tortilla, according to a product description.

The new taco is accompanied by two dipping sauces: warm nacho cheese and a zesty red sauce.

For those unfamiliar, birria is an authentic Mexican stewed meat — typically beef or goat — bathed in a medley of dried chiles and other spices.

“The rich and spicy flavors often found in birria were a major point of inspiration as we created the new Grilled Cheese Dipping Taco,” Liz Matthews, global chief food innovation officer for Taco Bell, said in a statement.

The tacos are the latest grilled cheese offering at Taco Bell and had a successful test run last year, according to Matthews.

“This Mexican-inspired dish represents an evolution of what fans typically expect from Taco Bell,” she said.

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Tanasia Kenney

Sun Herald

Tanasia is a service journalism reporter at the Charlotte Observer | CharlotteFive, working remotely from Atlanta, Georgia. She covers restaurant openings/closings in Charlotte and statewide explainers for the NC Service Journalism team. She’s been with McClatchy since 2020.