El Ranchero Loco Menu
El Ranchero Loco is a Mexican restaurant in Pigeon Forge, TN known for its flavorful dishes and generous portions. The menu offers a variety of options, including Botanas like the Cheese Dip and Fajita Nachos, Caldos such as the delicious Beef Soup, and the famous Street Tacos like Tacos de Asada and Tacos de Camaron. Customers rave about the affordable prices, attentive service, and welcoming atmosphere. The lunch specials, especially the fajitas, are highly recommended. With options for vegetarians and vegans, El Ranchero Loco caters to a diverse range of tastes. The relaxed setting, ample parking, and quick service make it a popular choice for families, groups, and individuals alike. Overall, El Ranchero Loco stands out for its delicious, authentic Mexican fare and friendly staff. It's a must-visit for those craving a taste of Mexico in Tennessee.
Botanas
Cheese Dip
Creamy, melted cheese blend, perfect for dipping.
Fajitas Nachos
Famous marinated chicken or steak fajitas served on a bed of crispy tortilla chips topped with sauted onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and delicious white cheese sauce.
Fajita Mixed Nachos
Famous marinated chicken and steak fajitas served on a bed of crispy tortilla chips topped with sauted onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and delicious white cheese sauce.
Guacamole Dip
Freshly mashed avocado dip, seasoned with lime and cilantro.
Nachos Locos
Crispy nachos topped with ground beef, shredded chicken, queso and beans. Garnished with lettuce and sour cream.
Taco Salad with Ground Beef
A crispy flour tortilla bowl topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
El Ranchero Loco Dip
Taco Salad with Shredded Chicken
A crispy flour tortilla bowl topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Chorizo Dip
Spicy chorizo blended with creamy cheese for a rich, flavorful dip.
Bean Dip
Creamy bean dip with a delightful blend of flavors, perfect for dipping your favorite snacks.
Queso Flameado
Melted Monterey jack cheese topped with chorizo sausage, sauted onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served on a hot skillet with tortillas.
Taco Salad with Steak Fajitas
A crispy flour tortilla bowl topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
16 oz. Salsa
Taco Salad with Fajita Shrimp
A crispy flour tortilla bowl topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Taco Salad with Grilled Chicken
A crispy flour tortilla bowl topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Caldo de Res
Beef soup.
Caldos
The Famous Street Tacos
Tacos de Asada
Chunks of tender steak. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro. Served with a lime wedge and a side of our homemade salsa.
Tacos de Camaron
Shrimp. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Pollo
Grilled chicken. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Carnitas
Tender pork tips. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Lengua
A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Cachete
A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Tripa
A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos Al Pastor
Well and tasty marinated pork. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Chorizo
Mexican sausage. A corn soft tortilla filled with your choice of meat, topped with chopped onions and cilantro.
Chimichangas
Tortilla with choice of meat then deep fried to a golden brown smothered with cheese sauce. Served with homemade rice and beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Burrito Mexicano
Flour tortilla filled with sirloin steak sauteed with onions. Smothered with homemade green sauce, red sauce and white cheese sauce. Served with Mexican rice and re-fried beans. Spicy.
Super Burrito Combo
A flour tortilla stuffed with homemade rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and cheese with choice of meat.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 grilled chicken enchiladas smothered with green sauce and white cheese sauce. Served with rice lettuce and sour cream.
El Machete Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with grilled chicken cooked with chorizo sausage and tender pork tips, Mexican rice and re-fried beans with green salsa. Smothered with delicious white cheese sauce.
Burrito de Carne Asada
A flour tortilla filled with sirloin steak cooked with onions. Smothered with hot salsa verde and white cheese sauce. Served with homemade Mexican rice and re-fried beans.
Burrito Mojado
A flour tortilla stuffed with Mexican rice, re-fried beans, sirloin steak with sauteed onions and topped with delicious green salsa cooked with tender pork tips and sour cream.
Burrito Tejano
Enchiladas Verdes
3 corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken, smothered with homemade green salsa and cheese sauce. Served with beans, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Spicy.
Enchiladas Rancheras
3 cheese enchiladas topped with tender pork tips cooked with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and enchilada sauce. Garnished with a salad.
Burritos, Chimichangas and Enchiladas
Mariscos
Chicken and Shrimp Platter
Grilled chicken and shrimp cooked to perfection and smothered with white cheese sauce. Served with rice lettuce, pico de gallo an sour cream.
Shrimp Cocktail
Fresh cook shrimp in a light tomato sauce accompanied with pico de gallo and slices of avocado. Served with Valentina salsa, saltine crackers and lime.
Steak and Shrimp
Marinated steak and grilled shrimp cooked to perfection.
Tostada de Camaron
A crispy corn tortilla topped with shrimp, mayo, pico de gallo and slice of avocado with Valentin sauce.
Camarones Ranchero Platter
Grilled shrimp cooked with tomato, onions, jalapenos and cilantro. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Mojarra
A whole tilapia bone-in with head and deep fried. Served with rice and tortillas. Contains bones. Please very careful.
Camarones Platter
Delicious jumbo shrimp cooked marinated in special recipes. Spicy.
Vegetarian Chimichanga
A flour tortilla filled with sauted vegetables and white cheese sauce. Served with homemade rice and beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Mixed vegetables cooked to perfection. Served with Mexican rice and beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and tortillas.
Veggie Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with beans and melted cheese and topped with lettuce pico de gallo guacamole and sour cream.
Veggie Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with re-fried beans, cheese and sauted vegetables.
Vegetarian Burrito
A flour tortilla filled with cheese, re-fried beans and sauted vegetables.
Vegetarian Entrees
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Loca
Grilled chicken quesadilla cooked to perfection. Served with rice and smothered with white cheese sauce.
Fajita Style Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with sirloin steak or chicken fajitas and grilled.
Cheese Quesadilla with Shredded Chicken
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and grilled.
Cheese Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and grilled.
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla stuffed with ground beef, beans and cheese then grilled.
Shrimp Quesadilla
A flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp, sauted vegetables and cheese. Grilled to perfection.
Texas Fajitas
Steak, chicken, shrimp, grilled bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.
Parrillada Fajitas for 3
A large skillet filled with grilled tender marinated chicken, steak, shrimp, pork tips and sauted vegetable. 2 Mexican salads including homemade Mexican rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Fajita Chicken
Grilled chicken with bell peppers and onions. Served with choice of corn or flour tortilla.
Fajita Steak
Sizzling fajita steak served with choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Fajitas Rancheras
Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo sausage, grilled bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.
Hawaiian Fajitas
Pina Loca
Steak chicken and shrimp cooked with sauted vegetables and chorizo sausage smothered with white cheese sauce. served with rice beans salad and your choice of tortillas.
Fajitas Combo for 2
We use special recipe to cook tender strips of marinated chicken breast or steak with sauted onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp grilled to perfection and served with sauted vegetables.
Our Famous Authentic Fajitas
Tortas Mexicana's and A la Carte
Beef Burrito with Cheese a la Carte
Beef Taco a la Carte
Lettuce and cheese.
Shredded Chicken Burrito with Cheese a la Carte
Torta de Carne de Asada
Chopped sirloin steak.
2 Cheese Enchilada's a la Carte
Shredder Chicken Taco
Soft or crunchy shredded chicken, beef option available. Served in traditional Mexican tortillas.
Homemade Tamale with Cheese a la Carte
Torta de Pollo
Grilled chicken.
Torta Al Pastor
Well-marinated pork.
Chile Rellenos with Cheese a la Carte
Torta de Carnitas
Tender pork tips.
Steak Burrito a la Carte
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken and rice with Mexican salad.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken with chorizo sausage. Topped with white cheese sauce and served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Arroz con Pollo
A whole different version of marinated chicken breast with sauteed vegetables and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream and tortillas of choice.
Carne Asada
Sirloin steak marinated and cooked to perfection on grill. Garnished with lettuce, lime, onions and sliced avocado. Served with Mexican rice, beans and tortillas.
Molcajete Ranchero
This mixed grill of carne asada, grilled chicken, shrimp, cactus, jalapeno and chorizo sausage is served in a heated molcajete with queso fresco, special salsa and lime for a delicious Mexican feast. Tortillas of choice.
Tamales de Mama
2 delicious homemade tamales smothered with white cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, rice and beans.
Taquitos Mexicanos
3 rolled com tortillas stuffed with shredded beef or shredded chicken. Served with Mexican rice and beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Tacos de Carne Asada
4 corn tortillas filled with chopped sirloin steak, onions and cilantro. Served with a lime wedge and homemade salsa.
Carnitas
Tender pork tips garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Served with Mexican rice, beans and tortillas.
Traditional Huarache
A flattened oval of masa shaped to resemble the sole of a huarache Mexican sandal filled with Mexican cheese, chopped steak and avocado.
Pollo Cremoso
Pork Chops
Chile Rellenos Platter
A delicious platter of 2 homemade chiles rellenos smothered with melted cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Specialties of the House
Side Items
Side of Rice and Beans
Side of Rice
Lightly seasoned, fluffy rice, a perfect complement to any meal.
Side Grilled Chicken
Side of Tortilla
Corn or flour.
Complemento de Pollo con Tajadas
Side of Guacamole
Freshly prepared, creamy avocado dip, perfect for sharing.
Chips
Side of Beans
Savory beans, perfectly seasoned side dish.
Sour Cream
Platanos Maduros
Fries
Crispy golden potato strips, perfectly seasoned and fried to a mouthwatering perfection.
Side Salad
Lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
Side of Platano Verde
Avocado Slices
Freshly sliced avocado, ripe and creamy - perfect for enhancing any dish.
Charros Beans and Rice
Side of Queso Fresco
Meat
Side of Pico de Gallo to
Freshly chopped tomato, onion, cilantro mix - the perfect zesty side.
Jalapeno Toreado
Chorizo
Spicy Spanish sausage, perfect for a bold, flavorful addition to any dish.
Onions
Side of Jalapenos
Shrimp
Nopales
Grilled cactus.
Vegetables
Bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.
Pineapples
Extra Cheese
Extra Setup
Charros Beans
Frijoles charros.
Kid's Cheese Quesadilla Meal
Kid's Chicken Tenders Meal
Chicken tenders.
Kid's Crunchy Taco Meal
Kid's Cheeseburger Meal
Kid's Octopus Hot Dog Meal
Octopus-shaped hot dog.
Kid's Grilled Cheese Meal
Kid's Corn Dog Meal
Little Amigo Meals
Kids Drink
Kid's Drink
Soda with choice of apple or orange juice.
Pollo con Tajadas
Tajadas con Carne
Tacos Hondurena
Carne Asada Hondureno
Cena Hondurena
Comida de Honduras
Desserts
Sopapilla
A flour tortilla deep fried to a golden brown and topped with honey butter and cinnamon sugar.
Sopapilla with Ice Cream
A flour tortilla deep fried to a golden brown and topped with honey butter and cinnamon sugar.
Chocolate Chimichanga with Banana
Chocolate bar wrapped in a flour tortilla, then deep fried and topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Chocolate Chimichanga
Chocolate bar wrapped in a flour tortilla, then deep fried and topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Homemade Drinks
Horchata, Jamaica and agua de pia.
Big Juice
Tea
Unsweetened or sweetened.
Large Soda
Coke, Diet Coke, Lemonade, Sprite, Mello Yello and Dr Pepper.
