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A burrito is a wheat flour tortilla or corn in the form of a roll and that inside is stuffed with stewed meat combined with fried beans, vegetables and accompanied by the spicy flavor of chili. When presented in a rolled-up way, it can be eaten with your hands. It is a typical dish of Mexican cuisine and its authentic origin must be located in the state of Chihuahua.

Its historical origin

The history of the burritos must be located in the border town of Ciudad Juarez in the state of Chihuahua

There are constancy that a man named Juan Méndez, the owner of a modest food stall, devised a system to keep the food warm, for which he introduced the meat into roll-shaped tortillas. The invention Juan Méndez soon became very popular and he had the idea of ​​buying a burrito so that he could sell his plate to other neighboring towns and even cross the street. border Mexican cuisine and reach nearby locations in the United States. Over time, the new dish called the attention of the visitors, who came to Ciudad Juárez and asked about the burrito's food.

The fact that the burrito was a good solution to keep food warm is important, since it must be taken into account that the burrito became popular during the Revolution Mexican and in times of instability and war it is very useful to be able to eat hot food.

Curiosities

As its origin must be located on the border between Texas and Mexico, this dish is part of the Tex-mex culture, that is, the fusion cultural between Texan and Mexican.

Some ingredients are usually served separately (for example, chili and cheese) and in this way each diner can add them or not to their burrito.

The burrito recipes are very varied: chicken, vegetarian, mole with rice, egg with potatoes, chilorio and a long etcetera. The burrito can be made in a homemade version or, on the contrary, in an industrial version (in the United States there are burrito chains with thousands of workers).

The burrito is a type of food known in the United States as fast-casual, as opposed to fast-food, which has the hamburger as its main icon

In recent years, hamburger chains are losing market to the boom of the burritos. The current commercial war between burritos and hamburgers is being won by the disciples of Juan Méndez.

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