Walking Taco
A single-serve corn-chip bag, slit open down its long side, packed with taco-seasoned beef, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream, eaten with a plastic fork from the bag at a fair.
El Taco Tex-Mex
Taco Truck Taco
The wheeled mobile kitchen as institution: a vertical trompo, a flat-top, a tortilla warmer, a window, and three al pastor tacos out the gap in twenty seconds.
Taco Supreme
The hard-shell taco at its most loaded: seasoned beef and cheddar in a brittle fried corn shell, finished with cold sour cream and diced tomato. Taco Bell trademarked the name in 1978.
Taco Salad (in Shell)
Taco salad in shell: seasoned ground beef and salad layered into a deep-fried flour-tortilla bowl. An edible-vessel American Tex-Mex dish codified by Taco Bell in 1984.
Taco Bell Crunchy Taco
The iconic fast-food hard shell taco; seasoned ground beef, lettuce, cheddar cheese in crispy corn shell.
Street Taco (USA)
On a US menu, "street taco" is a promise about what the kitchen leaves off: small double corn tortillas, one seasoned meat, onion, cilantro, lime, no cheese, no lettuce. Old food, newer label.
Soft Taco (USA)
American soft taco; larger flour or corn tortilla with Tex-Mex fillings.
Puffy Taco
San Antonio specialty; masa dough fried until it puffs up, filled with picadillo or other fillings. Distinct from hard shell—lighter, air...
Nachos (Loaded)
A flat plate of fried totopos under melted cheese and piled toppings, eaten chip by chip while they still crack. Improvised in Piedras Negras in 1943 by Ignacio 'Nacho' Anaya.
Nacho Cheese Chalupa
Fried flatbread shell with nacho cheese, various fillings.
Meximelt
Soft taco with seasoned beef, pico de gallo, and three-cheese blend.
Mexican Pizza
Two fried flour tortillas with beans and beef between, topped with pizza sauce, cheese, tomatoes. Cult following.
Gordita Taco Bell
Taco Bell's gordita; flatbread-like shell, different from traditional.
Double Decker Taco
Hard shell taco wrapped in soft tortilla with beans between layers.
Doritos Locos Taco
Taco in Doritos-flavored shell; nacho cheese or Cool Ranch flavored taco shell. Taco Bell innovation.
Crunchy Taco
Hard corn shell taco; U-shaped crispy fried corn tortilla, filled with ground beef, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream. American inventi...
Crunchwrap Supreme
Hexagonal grilled wrap with tostada shell inside for crunch; seasoned beef, nacho cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomato.
Crispy Taco (Ground Beef)
Standard American crispy taco; ground beef with Tex-Mex seasoning packet.
Cheesy Gordita Crunch
Crunchy taco wrapped in flatbread with cheese between; warm soft exterior, crispy interior.
Breakfast Crunchwrap
Crunchwrap with breakfast ingredients—eggs, bacon, cheese.