I just got a location near me and I’m curious about your thoughts. I currently get the bean burrito and fiesta veggie burrito as they’re cheap and vegetarian. What items do you like making or hate making? Any recommendations?
Not a taco bell employee but a fellow vegetarian who loves tb. My favorite is a crunchwrap with refried beans instead of meat and their spicy potato soft tacos! Also a chalupa with black beans instead of meat.
You can sub anything with meat for beans! I've never been given a hard time but for all I know they completely hate me lol.
You can ask for "fresco style" and they'll sub any dairy for diced tomatoes to make it vegan.
Used to be a manager, and thankfully left right before they brought back the Mexican Pizza...
That thing was / is torture to make, and always breaks or is put in the bag sideways (because it literally does not fit in the largest bag if you try and just place it in straight down).
The Nacho Fries comes in a close second though, but mostly because frying it essentially halved our capacity to fry literally anything else throughout the day.
The Mexican pizza is my favorite and I’ve never gotten one that was broken or sideways in the bag except maybe once in twenty years. And there’s probably over a hundred Taco Bell’s where I live. It also fits in the bag just fine.
Was a former employee. I remembered having a little difficulty making crunchwrap supremes due to the inner shell occasionally ripping the outer tortilla and the occasional fuckup when wrapping it and the fillings just fall out of it before placing it on the griddle. We collectively groaned when repeat customers in the drive thru order 2+ taco party packs.
That's kinda what I figured. Something that has fewer steps would be easy. I was curious about some thoughts on ingredients if they hated working with certain ingredients, etc.
Haven't worked there myself, but had friends who did and they showed me how to order a lot of shit they don't actually have on the menu anymore because they do still have all the necessary ingredients. Like the enchirito. They even still have green onions for it, which afaik is the only thing that ever used them.
Order a Burrito Supreme with extra beef and cheese. Ask for a side of red sauce, sour cream, and nacho cheese sauce. Then get two sides of the three-cheese blend and a side of green onions (onions may vary from location to location). Assemble yourself.
Never worked there but the Taco Bell subreddits were daily reads for me. I think the most consistently hated were basically any of the gimmick options, like the $1 Crunchwrap Sliders were my favorite food ever when they were around, but I was mortified to learn the employees HATED making them. A lot of the grilled stuff seems to be difficult. Nacho fries, though I don't remember why. I know ordering a bean burrito grilled was considered a douchebag move, but I think they removed the option to do that.
I'm not vegetarian, so not sure if you can modify to make it work for your dietary tastes. But my go to order is 2x 5 layer burrito, 1 nacho bell grande with extra cheese and guac, and cinna-twists.
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