The BEST Cheesy Blooming Burrito Ring Appetizer Recipe (2024)

It’s appetizer season! In my opinion, the best appetizers are fun to eat, easy to make, and look great. Not only is our Blooming Burrito Ring a great appetizer, it’s also a fun meal for a family. It is super amusing and insanely easy to make! Everyone will be impressed by the blooming ring display of comforting cheesy chicken bean burritos. A fun way alternative on Taco Tuesday. Always a huge hit!

Blooming Burrito Ring

Anyone who knows my daughter, knows she’s a TOTAL sucker for bean and cheese burritos. I think it might have even been one of the very first foods she fed herself as a toddler. She’s so funny! Well, whenever I whip up this burrito ring, she’s the first one ready to dive in. Oh, and did I mention she’s a picky eater? It’s impossible to not love this fun recipe.

It is FILLED with ooey gooey melted cheese in between layers of flavorful chicken and cheese burritos. As many of you might have already seen on TikTok or Facebook, my video for this recipe has gone viral because, as most people have said, “This looks delicious!” Here’s the video tutorial for my burrito ring recipe:

@smartschoolhouseBlooming Burrito Ring!!! 10 Tortillas, Rolled Up w/ Seasoned Chicken, Beans + Cheese, Topped w/ Quesadilla Cheese, Baked at 350 for 20 Mins ##yum♬ The Big Day – Alex Arias & Alexander Julius Wright

JUST LOOK AT THAT CHEESE! There’s a little trick to getting that stretchy cheese effect in between the layers of burritos. It’s all in the type of cheese you use! First things first, you will need shredded chicken. I season the shredded chicken with a packet of powdered taco seasoning. This, of course, is optional. However, even my picky eater doesn’t mind this. While the chicken is cooking, warm up a can (or 2) of refried beans.

While the beans and chicken are cooking, cut a pack of 10 soft taco sized tortillas in half. I usually cut about 3 at a time. I recommend using a cutting board for this process as well as for assembling the burrito rolls. A cutting board makes it easy to transfer the blooming burritos into the baking dish (and makes clean up easier too!).

Blooming Burrito Ring

As seen in my TikTok video above, add a scoop of beans, a scoop of chicken, and some shredded cheese onto each tortilla half. For this, I use a Mexican blend of cheese. However, any shredded cheese you like in your burritos will work for this part. Grab a good old pie dish, prepare it with non-stick spray, place a small dipping bowl in the middle, and arrange 12 burrito roll ups around the dish. THEN, top it with the special cheese… oh yeah… the shredded queso quesadilla cheese!

Using the 8 remaining tortilla halves, make more burrito bundles. Roll ’em up and preheat the oven! If you have kids around, they are really good at rolling up the burritos for this cheesy ring. They don’t have to be perfect! Trust me, they all taste the same (and look the same) in the end. THAT’S what makes an irresistible appetizer!

Transfer the round pie dish to a large baking sheet. Remove the center dipping bowl, and place the burrito ring in the oven. The baking dish will help transfer the ring in and out of the oven and will catch any bits of beans, cheese, or chicken that might drip during baking.

What’s so magical about the queso quesadilla cheese is that it melts to ooey gooey perfection, yet, it will preserve the perfect place for that same dipping bowl. While the cheesy burrito ring is baking, whip up some guacamole. Not a fan of guac? Consider salsa or pico de gallo instead! You know what else is so good? Sour cream mixed with taco sauce and hot sauce (shhhh! That’s a secret sauce that is addicting!).

Once the burrito ring is done baking, serve the beautiful burritos right away and watch as everyone appreciates the layers of deliciousness.

More Recipes by Smart School House to Try Next:

• Taco Lasagna

• Taco Bell Gordita Ring

• Tortilla Chip Enchiladas

• Taco Pizza

• Sour Cream Chicken Enchilada Casserole

• Taco Pie