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 always a pleasure to be
here hope you're feeling and doing all right the month of September has been I say without
exaggeration probably the most enthralling month ever as far as fast food releases and
just the sheer enthusiasm that you're seeing from the general public for them is concerned
it's unbelievable every item that I get I think to myself how can this one even be topped but somehow
it just happens and Taco Bell they're pushing the limits they are pushing the absolute limit
as to what is even possible as far as a burrito is concerned
are you ready I think I think we are ready this time so let's get into it
this time around Taco Bell is releasing for a limited time their new chicken enchilada burrito
and here's what it has to it grilled chicken seasoned rice a zesty red sauce a three cheese
blend and that three cheese blend should I add consists of mozzarella cheese cheddar cheese and
monterey jack cheese and it has sour cream on it so the chicken enchilada burrito from Taco Bell
and it is available at the price of a two dollars just for the burrito itself and this is one of
those items now all sorts of exaggerating and sarcasm aside this is one of those items that's
I would say essentially to be expected from Taco Bell at this point and if you're a very frequent
Taco Bell consumer then you've seen these sorts of things a million times before where they'll
take the various ingredients they'll repackage it they'll give it a a new name and then they'll put
it on their menu at a generally fair price and I would say that for this uh sort of a burrito the
two dollar price is fair especially factoring in inflation and all of that and you know you
see from so many other establishments and even certain items in Taco Bell items that would be
just a couple bucks a few years ago are now much more expensive so the fact that this is
still two dollars that's always encouraging to see but again now you have to ask the question
when the price remains low is it just because it's a good deal or is the quality being misacrificed
for the price and that's what I'm going to find out in today's review but again these sorts of
burritos they release these quite frequently so this is the latest that they have I should also
add that for the limited time they have also brought back the rolled chicken tacos but I've
tried those out like five times so I thought maybe I'll just try out this burrito instead
I also got some Baja Blast with it
it is a little watered down I do like the I always like the clear cup
from the outside these sorts of burritos are always
difficult to uh distinguish from one another because as you can see it's just a tortilla
nothing really crazy about it looks like a regular innocent burrito at this point in time
nothing seeping through anything like that
taking a look at the size of the burrito if we are to compare it it's a fair-sized burrito I would
say you know especially for two dollars you can't really complain there so what I am going to do now
because again I think we know the ingredients I think we know what there is to this burrito it's
got the chicken the rice sour cream the red sauce and the three cheese blend so pretty basic so what
I'm going to do now I am going to pause the camera for a moment and then I'm going to cut it in half
because that's what I always prefer to do these days when I try out the burritos just cut it in
half get that good cross section so you can really see what it is composed of and then I'll try it
out just right from the middle also to get the most accurate flavor profile so I'll be right back
and uh it'll be of course a instantaneous cut on your end but you will see now the burrito in half
I am pleased to say the operation was a success
you can now see right here the half burrito
I'm actually doing it the old school way
I'm taking the thumbnail shots for the video while you can see the cross section
because the thumbnails are important and again you could really see in there
the chicken you can see the red sauce some of the cheese some of the vice
can't really see the sour cream that's what the one side of it looks like
this is what the other side looks like
all right and with that now that you can see what it looks like you could see what there is
to it you know what's in it we all know what's in it I will try it out and see what it tastes
like see if it's any good or not the chicken enchilada burrito from Taco Bell it's going in
I'm already uh a little disappointed but I know some people are going to say it's
a two dollar burrito what exactly do you expect oh I'll get there in a moment I'll
take another bite or two but already a little let down and I'll tell you why
and you know for the sake of fairness I'm going to take a bite of this side just to see and uh
then I'll get to my my problem and then that'll be that I'm just going to take a quick bite here
so when I have problems with various items and sometimes those problems are right off the bat
I might have even a major objection and it doesn't always necessarily mean that it's
because the item tastes bad you know it doesn't mean that the item is necessarily uh disgusting
or vile or anything like that for there to be a legitimate and potentially serious grievance
this is one of those cases so I'll ask you this all right take a look at the cross section here
is there anything you notice right now it's kind of everything Blends together a little bit right
but you know take a look at that you can see the inside of the privito take a look at this side too
so here's the problem
and this is a common Taco Bell issue but it's always one that I you could call it
what you want I am always going to raise this problem when I see it
what's the name of this the chicken enchilada burrito
where's the chicken that's that's the problem
you know if you're getting this we're not even going to pretend like no one is getting this for
any other reason people are getting this because it has the chicken in it you're getting it for the
meat and how the meat is going to blend with all of the other flavors you aren't going to be going
out of your way to get this item just to see how the season dries and the red sauce tastes together
sure in conjunction with the chicken that's one thing they don't call this the rice and red sauce
with a little cheese and sour cream enchilada burrito it's the chicken enchilada burrito
right after bite I take this side there wasn't any chicken in it whatsoever there was none there
was no chicken in this at all every single bite that I took is as Globs of rice red sauce that
are kind of held together by the cheese with a little bit of the sour cream on the side there
and on this side there's a microscopic tiny tiny little piece
it's about this small of grilled chicken that you can barely even taste sure it might be a two
dollar burrito people might be saying it's two dollars review bro what exactly do you expect
how about basic quality how about just even the most basic amount of chicken in this not a tiny
little microscopic piece of chicken completely drowned out by all the rice and the red sauce if
they're going to name this the chicken enchilada burrito I would at least expect some chicken
so that's the disappointing thing about this when you're going into this and that key core component
isn't even there that's a real letdown you know I bite in and yeah I could taste all that rice
is there seasoned rice the red sauce is zesty you know it most most definitely is
and it pairs nicely you know the red sauce I would say that is a nice it's a nice addition
there's a good amount of it I think as you can clearly see it pairs nicely with the rice the
three cheese blend the sour cream yeah it works together there's a lot of liquids in here but
you know they were able to moderate it out to the extent that it's not like some soggy waterlogged
mess as sometimes as the case was Taco Bell and I give them my compliments for that that's actually
that's a that's a good thing that's a step in the right direction but when you're getting that
I guess at the cost of there being practically no meat in this I find that terribly disappointing
and what I'm going to do now is I am going to attempt anyway to unravel this
and let's see if we could spot any chicken in here at all let's see
I'll do that and then what the heck let's go all out let's let's unravel this too
you know it's so disappointing when this happens
it's just a real real letdown
okay so
I don't know how well you'll be able to see it
on this side that's the one piece of chicken that I could really see right there otherwise
they test all right over here there's a little bit more there's you know a piece right there
and that's about it
so that's my problem this is one of those items that again the combination is fine
the combination as far as the quality of the item is concerned is Pleasant and I guess that's what
actually makes it most frustrating in my case and these are probably some of the most frustrating
types of items I've reviewed because as you try it out you see the potential you see the fact that
if done correctly this could be a darn good item right here but there needs to be probably three
times as much chicken in this than what I received these tiny little blocks so disappointing when you
see that this isn't the first time it's happened and again people were going to say oh it's 2023
what do you expect it's Taco Bell what do you expect it's a two dollar burrito what exactly
do you expect I understand this is Taco Bell this is fast food yeah this is a two dollar burrito
but I just expect still a little better and I emphasize that because there was indeed a time
when this wouldn't be a problem when there would be items at this price where the quality was even
just a little bit better that's all that I ask I just asked for something that already even existed
a standard that had been in place for years just go back to that and then everything is fine
you know so it's not some sort of unrealistic uh fantasy of anything
I just wish that that portion was slightly larger because otherwise you get this and
there's barely any chicken there's pretty much it's just rice mouthful after mouth full of rice
and uh if there were more chicken this would again be a really a darn good burrito but the fact that
the ingredients were skimped on for lack of a better word is disappointing something you
see all too often with not just Taco Bell a lot of establishments do it at this point I get it
but I don't like it and when I see it you better believe I'm going to call it out I'm not going to
complacently sit there and say this is great this is the best thing I've ever had and I'm
so thankful that there's this little microscopic morsel of chicken here not asking for the world
I'm just asking for uh how it's supposed to be how it's even portrayed in the advertisements
what folks think that they're going to be getting just a little more that's all that I ask
so I'm disappointed it has potential if you really want this I would recommend look it's just two
dollars go out and get it and it'll cost you a little bit more but ask for extra Chicken on this
it'll save it'll save you the hassle and then guess what you'll either then get the amount
of chicken as intended or maybe a little bit more and it's going to be a darn good burrito
so I will say this if this burrito had and actually decent amount of chicken thereon
this would probably be getting I would say at least like an 8.4 out of 10 from me because
it would be very flavorful it would work out great and uh and that's great to see
so if you get it with that extra chicken I think you're gonna like it a lot
in my case based on what I received where it's just a mouthful left a mouthful of rice
and almost no meat I would rate the burrito that I received a three out of ten when the
most important ingredient is practically absent from this and that's unacceptable in my opinion so
be wary of that you see this a lot it's just two dollars if you want to get it
I implore you to get it with the extra chicken and then you're going to be good
to go it's going to be all set and I think you're going to have a awfully fine burrito
but in my case I got what I got I don't like it it's a shame that it had to happen
all right on to the next May the next item be a bit better hopefully that's all that I
have for you thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week