Tacos de Requesón
Ricotta-like cheese taco; fresh requesón with epazote, often fried.
El Taco Callejero
Tacos de Papa
Potato taco; mashed seasoned potato, often fried (dorado) or soft.
Taco
Corn or flour tortilla folded around filling; Mexico's most iconic food, infinite regional variations. Street tacos typically use small d...
Taco Sudado
Steamed taco; alternative name for basket-style tacos.
Taco Placero
The market-floor taco of Mexico's covered municipal halls: a warm corn tortilla folded around the morning guisado, served standing between errands, named for the plaza it is sold on.
Taco de Verdolagas
Purslane taco; succulent greens cooked with pork or in salsa verde.
Taco de Tripas
Beef small intestine taco; cleaned, cooked until crispy on griddle. Chewy-crispy texture.
Taco de Tripa de Leche
Milk-fed calf intestine taco; more delicate than regular tripas.
Taco de Tinga de Pollo
Chicken tinga taco; shredded chicken in chipotle-tomato sauce.
Taco de Suadero
Beef brisket taco; suadero is the cut between belly and leg, slow-cooked in lard until tender, slightly crispy edges. Classic CDMX street...
Taco de Sesos
Beef brain taco; creamy, delicate. Traditional but less common now.
Taco de Salbutes
Salbut-style taco; puffed fried tortilla (no bean pocket, unlike panucho) topped with meat.
Taco de Ropa Vieja
Shredded beef taco; 'old clothes'—braised beef in tomato sauce.
Taco de Relleno Negro
Black stuffing taco; turkey in burnt chile sauce (chilmole), very dark, complex flavor.
Taco de Rajas con Crema
Poblano strips in cream taco; mild, creamy.
Taco de Quelites
Wild greens taco; various foraged greens (quelites, quintonil, verdolagas).
Taco de Pollo Desmenuzado
Shredded chicken taco; often in salsa.
Taco de Poc Chuc
Grilled pork taco; thin pork cutlet marinated in sour orange and grilled over flame. Mayan origin.
Taco de Picadillo
Ground beef hash taco; picadillo (ground beef with tomato, potato, sometimes raisins and spices).
Taco de Papadzules
Papadzul taco; egg-filled tacos in pepita (pumpkin seed) sauce, topped with tomato sauce. Pre-Hispanic dish.
Taco de Panuchos
Panucho-style taco; fried tortilla stuffed with black beans before topping with meat. Yucatecan specialty.
Taco de Ojo
Beef eye taco; gelatinous, rich. Adventurous eating.