hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review
series I'm your host the report of the week thanks for checking in Taco Bell service is
sometimes iffy the quality is sometimes iffy but if there's one thing that we know for
sure about Taco Bell they release a lot of items and I would say at this point in time
of all the different establishments out there that are at least the big names that we think
of Taco Bell probably releases the most items and there's a lot of variability between releases
of course some items are better than others but I got a lot of requests for this one some
people have been saying this is pretty good for the price I want to see what all the hype
and all the talk is about and I want to discern for certain whether this is actually a good
inexpensive burrito or if it's just uh well I guess if it's just bad that's all that really
needs to be said Taco Bell has released their new salsa verde grilled chicken burrito it's
available for the price of two dollars which is actually nice to see because Taco Bell
I think they've had a reputation for having inexpensive very affordable food right they
have the reputation they're the place that's open late you're up late you're partying someone
smoked a bunch and then they want something to eat oh Taco Bell they're open at 3am may
as well go there get some burritos for a buck or two and and there you have it but in the
last year I've noticed Taco Bell has been increasing the price steadily so more often
you'll see a burrito that used to be about two dollars now it's five dollars Etc that
happens everywhere but I've seen that with Taco Bell so it's interesting to see an inexpensive
item once again and now the big question is going to be well why exactly is the price
as low as it is is it just because it's a good deal or is quality being substituted
Etc so two dollars is the price for this included is grilled white meat chicken seasoned rice
sour cream a three cheese blend so that would include the cheddar cheese their mozzarella
cheese and pepper jack cheese it comes with a green chili sauce and then it's all wrapped
up in a tortilla two dollars now this is only available at least as far as I I know in the
grilled chicken variety so this time you're not going to get the famous filet mignon steak
or the seasoned beef but this is solely a chicken item and again I don't know if that
explains the price if that's why it could be as low as it is we'll find out of course
but that's the big thing grilled chicken a cheese blend and then it has the green chili
sauce as they describe it on their website the salsa verde grilled chicken burrito from
Taco Bell able to get my hands on it
I know it already comes with sauce but for the heck of it I got some fire sauce packets
as well
and I got some Baja Blast
here's the size of the burrito
head for scale and tie knot for scale likewise when you're looking at the exterior of a burrito
it's always
tough to uh discern the qualities because it essentially looks like any other burrito
but you could see some of the with it where it's been rolled and pressed down
decent thickness though
so now what I want to do I'm thinking to myself right now what approach I want to take well
here's what I think I'm going to do I'm going to start from one end start biting away eat
a little bit I then may pause the camera cut the burrito in half and then try it from the
middle that way I could just understand the distribution of the ingredients so I could
try it at the end and then try it at the middle and that way I could get a better perspective
you could get a good look at it as well I think that's what the plan will be so first
I'll start here and and then proceed they're from the salsa verde grilled chicken burrito
from Taco Bell it's going in
foreign
now like I said I was I'm going to pause the camera cut it down the center and I'll be
right back in a minute
all right I'm back as intended and there's the there's where I cut it as you can see
there's a good cross section of it
sometimes when I try out items
there you go some people say that no he's never has anything good to say he hates the
food etc etc I just try to point out if there are any things to criticize I try to point
out both the good and the bad and sometimes these places just have more bad than good
but uh I try to be fair
I think you had a good good enough time observing the middle
and this isn't a trick question because as I got down the notes for the the item I was
looking on their website and I saw the I saw the pictures I saw even some pictures that
people who who tried this took of the item
this isn't a trick question like I said and I think I'll take another bite but I think
this matches my assessment without even having to take a bite when I went through the ingredients
what was the big ingredient that I mentioned that's even in the name of this product
green chili sauce now you might think that it's just some I don't know some sort of sick
joke that they said it's green chili sauce but it's not actually green in color or something
but that's not true it is indeed green in color it is portrayed likewise in the ads
and in the uh the versions that people have received look at how green it is look at that
it's got to be the greenest looking item I've ever had look at how much of that sauce is
in there
and if you're thinking to yourself what green what are you even talking about review bra
that's exactly my point I neither see nor do I taste any maybe it's lurking and honestly
I'm just going to tear this thing apart just so I could I'm going to do a uh I'm gonna
have to just to see if there's even any in here because right now there is nothing all
right taking one more bite
all the other ingredients that are supposed to be there are I checked the receipt and
I saw yes this is the right item the grilled chicken is there the grilled chicken is actually
all right I thought it was going to be drier then it actually wound up being and the pieces
of the grill to check in they're like little chunks but it's not bad at all the quality
of the grilled chicken is fine it's actually a little more juicy a little more flavorful
than I expected I thought you know the way things are for two dollars I thought I was
looking at something that would be a glorified like cat food or something but in reality
the grilled chicken is actually pretty decent pretty flavorful and I'd say a good amount
of it it's a very cheesy burrito likewise I could really taste especially the cheddar
in the mozzarella cheese blend in the burrito and in the first few bites again I could really
taste that cheesiness there it's a really cheesy burrito the sour cream you can see
it's loaded with those big white blobs that you see everywhere that's the sour cream of
course and you could definitely taste that a little bit of that sharpness that it provides
the season dries likewise it provides a little bit of texture a little heavy on the seasoning
but not bad at all so then again it's namesake the green a chili sauce I do not taste any
nor quite frankly do I even see any so I'm just going to have to uh start ripping this
thing up
and now I'm sifting through it
because
I cannot even verify
that there is any
like I said the receipt gave the the right name
and if you don't believe me I mean I'll try to hold this up you could see I mean I tore
this thing apart I'm looking for the sauce and I really can't find any I mean it's like
now it's getting silly where I'm sitting here and I'm looking and I see is that kind of
green in color like I can't really even tell so this presents one of two possibilities
possibility a the sauce has been omitted completely or B the sauce in and of itself is so weak
that you cannot even tell that it's on this burrito and either way that's disappointing
I mean
all right this isn't the usual way to eat this but I see this blob of stuff that looks
kinda greenish I'm just gonna try it and see can I even discern anything
hmm
that One Singular blob actually seems to have a little bit a little bit of tanginess and
a hint of spice as well that I did not notice in other parts of the burrito I think that
was the sauce I actually think that that was the only amount of the green chili sauce on
the burrito because those are the qualities that I would have expected from it
but that's it that's the only thing that's on the burrito that little tiny minuscule
blob that I had to cut the thing open sift through it with a knife find the one part
that's a little bit greenish in color go out of my way to get that just so I could even
try to give you the most basic profile of the the green chili sauce
sure this comes down to preparation how they made it at this one I I just don't understand
how you could put One Singular drop of the sauce on this and then say yeah this is good
to go let's send it out I don't get it because that's the type of sauce that you would definitely
notice if it were on this in good quantity and it actually works out nicely it pairs
nicely with the rice and the chicken complements them both I think the cheesiness adds to it
nice amount of spice a little bit of Tang it's a good sauce it works but when there's
that little of it on this that's horribly horribly disappointing
if you get this make sure that the sauce is on it maybe even ask for a little bit extra
sauce it's good it works nicely it's an affordable burrito so here's what I'm going to say if
you get your burrito made as the ad portrays it being with adequate sauce and all that
good stuff out of 10 I would say that this is a 7.5 out of 10 burrito tastes good affordable
one that I got the way it was served to me three out of ten very disappointing and when
its namesake is totally totally missing and in such an egregious manner mind you this
is supposed to be the salsa verde burrito and when it doesn't have that that's a huge
problem so that's why the one I got has the rating that I got just check for that sauce
I'm out of time that's all that I have for you thank you for watching I'm your host