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Smoked brisket meets hacked spicy queso in Chipotle’s new QuesabrisketSmoked brisket meets hacked spicy queso in Chipotle’s new Quesabrisket

A TikTok-promoted LTO is available for digital orders only through Oct. 31

Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

September 27, 2021

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Chipotle Quesabrisket
This quesadilla is stuffed with the new smoked brisket. Guests are directed to make spicy queso and dip away.Chipotle Mexican Grill

Saying its new smoked brisket may be the “hottest drop of the year,” Chipotle Mexican Grill on Monday launched a “menu hack” promotion of a new menu item: Quesabrisket.

Like it sounds, the Quesabrisket features the new smoked brisket — which rolled out last week — in a quesadilla with queso blanco and both hot tomatillo-red chili salsa and the milder tomatillo-green chili salsa on the side. 

Chipotle turned to TikTok to recommend that guests mix some of the hotter salsa into the queso, then to dip the Quesabrisket first in spicy queso and then into the green salsa.

@chipotle

Dragon sauce walked so spicy queso could run. Try the Quesabrisket ft. new Smoked Brisket on the #Chipotle app or site. #chipotlehack#brisket#queso#quesadilla

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The Quesabrisket will be available exclusively on the Chipotle app or website through Oct. 31. The Newport Beach, Calif.-based chain is also offering delivery "for $0" (there may be other charges) on smoked brisket digital orders.

“We had a lot of fun at the test kitchen in the Chipotle Cultivate Center experimenting with the best dipping combinations for the Smoked Brisket Quesadilla,” said Nevielle Panthaky, Chipotle’s vice president, culinary and menu development, in a statement. “Quesabrisket dipped into our newest hack, Spicy Queso, is a full-flavored introduction to our delicious new protein.”

UPDATE: This story has been updated to clarify that delivery of the Quesabrisket is not necessarily free and may include other charges.

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Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

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