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What Are Walking Tacos?

Walking Taco are Midwest United States tacos: ground beef, served into a slit bag of corn chips, on none (corn chip bag) tortillas.

Walking Taco tacos: ground beef, served into a slit bag of corn chips, on none (corn chip bag) tortillasWalking Tacos

Walking Taco (Frito Pie Taco) is a style taco from Midwest United States, United States. The filling is ground beef, specifically seasoned ground beef, served into a slit bag of corn chips.

It is served on none (corn chip bag) tortillas, usually with cheese, lettuce, sour cream. In the US it turns up most in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio.

Fair and high-school-football food; also called a Frito pie.

Walking Taco (Frito Pie Taco) are Midwest United States tacos made with seasoned ground beef, served into a slit bag of corn chips, served on none (corn chip bag) tortillas.

Also called
Frito Pie Taco
Family
Style
Filling
Ground beef
Cut / main ingredient
Seasoned ground beef
How it is cooked
Served into a slit bag of corn chips
Tortilla
None (corn chip bag)
Usually topped with
Cheese, lettuce, sour cream
From
Midwest United States, United States

Fair and high-school-football food; also called a Frito pie

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Walking Taco: your questions

What is a walking taco?

A single-serving bag of corn chips (often Fritos or Doritos) split open and topped with seasoned ground beef, cheese and taco fixings, eaten from the bag with a fork. It is a US fair, school-cafeteria and tailgate food, also called a Frito pie or taco-in-a-bag.

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