Enchiladas

[Chile Chef]

Originally Posted by powerplantop

The only thing Taco Bell has in common with a Taqueria is they put meat in a tortilla.

That's what I've find of figured.

[MexicoKaren]

No orange cheese, no lettuce, no crispy taco shells. A taco in Mexico is simply anything you wish to put on a tortilla....and they are usually served like this:

[kitchenelf]

Originally Posted by MexicoKaren

No orange cheese, no lettuce, no crispy taco shells. A taco in Mexico is simply anything you wish to put on a tortilla....and they are usually served like this:

I'll have one of those too! I'm hungry. I can smell the cilantro!

[babetoo]

recently i had stew meat cooking in the crockpot. i used for tacos and enchiladas. i put taco seasoning while meat was cooking and a little bit of beef stock. super good.

[Scotch]

Originally Posted by MexicoKaren

No orange cheese, no lettuce, no crispy taco shells. A taco in Mexico is simply anything you wish to put on a tortilla....and they are usually served like this:

Commonly served that way in L.A., too. Here we call those "soft tacos" to distinguish them from the fried, hard-shelled kind. Both are legitimate Mexican cuisine, just from different regions. They come with carne asada, shredded beef, carnitas, chicken, deep-fried fish, shrimp, and other fillings. Instead of salsa, or in addition to it, soft tacos are usually served with pico de gallo (beak of the rooster), finely chopped onion, tomato, chilies, cilantro, and lime or lemon juice. Ground beef, however, is pretty gringo. The precooked "taco shells" are an abomination (a form of cardboard?) that no self-respecting cook would ever consider using.