'MEXICAN FOOD, MEXICAN TACOS AND BURRITOS, STREET FOOD IN LONDON, MEXICAN STREET FOOD, TORTILLAS, STREET FOOD, A burrito (English: /bəˈriːtoʊ/, Spanish: [buˈrito] (About this soundlisten))[1] is a dish in Mexican[2] and Tex-Mex cuisine[3] that consists of a flour tortilla with various other ingredients.[4] It is wrapped into a closed-ended cylinder that can be picked up, in contrast to a taco, where the tortilla is simply folded around the fillings. The tortilla is sometimes lightly grilled or steamed to soften it, make it more pliable, and allow it to adhere to itself when wrapped. A wet burrito, however, is covered in sauce and is therefore generally eaten with silverware. In Mexico, meat and refried beans are frequently the only fillings. In the United States, however, burrito fillings may include a large combination of ingredients such as Spanish rice or plain rice, boiled beans or refried beans, lettuce, salsa, meat, guacamole, cheese, sour cream and various vegetables. Burrito sizes vary greatly and some can be very large. Burritos are a traditional food of Ciudad Juárez, a city bordering El Paso, Texas in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, where people buy them at restaurants and roadside stands. Northern Mexican border towns like Villa Ahumada have an established reputation for serving burritos. Authentic Mexican burritos are usually small and thin, with flour tortillas containing only one or two of several ingredients: either some form of meat or fish, potato, rice, beans, asadero cheese, chile rajas, or chile relleno.[16] Other ingredients may include: barbacoa, mole, refried beans and cheese (a \"bean and cheese\" burrito), or deshebrada (shredded slow-cooked flank steak). The deshebrada burrito has a variation with chile colorado (mild to moderately hot) and one with salsa verde (very hot). The Mexican burrito may be a northern variation of the traditional taco de Canasta, which is eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.[17] Although burritos are one of the most popular examples of Mexican cuisine outside of Mexico, they are only popular in the northern part of Mexico. However, they are beginning to appear in some nontraditional venues in other parts of Mexico. Wheat flour tortillas (used in burritos) are now often seen throughout much of Mexico (possibly due to these areas being less than optimal for growing maize or corn), despite at one time being particular to northwestern Mexico, the Southwestern US Mexican-American community, and Pueblo Indian tribes. Burritos are commonly called tacos de harina (\"wheat flour tacos\") in central and southern Mexico, and burritas (the feminine variation with \'a\') in \"northern-style\" restaurants outside of northern Mexico proper. A long and thin fried burrito called a chivichanga, which is similar to a chimichanga, is prepared in the state of Sonora and vicinity.[18] A variation of the burrito found in the Mexican state of Sonora is known as the burro percherón. Los Angeles Los Angeles also has several unique local burrito varieties. The first is the most traditional and is exemplified by the versions at Mexican-American restaurants such as Al & Bea\'s, Lupe\'s #2, and Burrito King.[46][47] These restaurants have often been in existence for decades, and they offer a distinctly Americanized menu compared with the typical taqueria. The burrito of L.A. itself can take multiple forms, but is almost always dominated by some combination of: refried beans, meat (often stewed beef or chili), and cheese (usually cheddar), with rice and other ingredients typical of Mission burritos offered as add-ons, if at all.[48] The most basic version of this burrito consists of only beans and cheese; beyond this, there are the \"green chile\" and \"red chile\" burritos, which may simply mean the addition of chiles or a meatless chile sauce to the plain beans (as at Al & Bea\'s), or meat and/or cheese as well.[49] Rice, again, is rarely included, which, along with the choice of chiles, is one of the style\'s most defining traits.[47] The menu will then usually go on to list multiple other combinations, such as beef and bean, all-beef, a \"special\" with further ingredients, etc. If the restaurant also offers hamburgers and sandwiches, it may sell a burrito version of these, such as a \"hot dog burrito\".[50]'
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