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Small bag of Fritos or Doritos split open, topped with taco meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream; eaten with fork from bag. Fair food.

Tacos from mobile taco trucks/carts; typically more traditional Mexican preparations in urban USA.

Loaded hard shell taco; ground beef with sour cream, tomato, cheese in crispy shell.

Taco fillings served in large crispy fried tortilla bowl; technically a sandwich vessel.

American home-style tacos; ground beef with seasoning packet, hard shells, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream.

The iconic fast-food hard shell taco; seasoned ground beef, lettuce, cheddar cheese in crispy corn shell.

American term for small, traditionally-styled tacos; usually double corn tortilla with simple toppings (onion, cilantro), distinguishing ...

American soft taco; larger flour or corn tortilla with Tex-Mex fillings.

San Antonio specialty; masa dough fried until it puffs up, filled with picadillo or other fillings. Distinct from hard shell—lighter, air...

Tortilla chips with melted cheese and toppings; invented in Piedras Negras, Mexico in 1943 by Ignacio 'Nacho' Anaya. Not a sandwich but s...

Fried flatbread shell with nacho cheese, various fillings.

Soft taco with seasoned beef, pico de gallo, and three-cheese blend.

Two fried flour tortillas with beans and beef between, topped with pizza sauce, cheese, tomatoes. Cult following.

American crispy U-shaped taco shell.

Taco Bell's gordita; flatbread-like shell, different from traditional.

Hard shell taco wrapped in soft tortilla with beans between layers.

Taco in Doritos-flavored shell; nacho cheese or Cool Ranch flavored taco shell. Taco Bell innovation.

Hard corn shell taco; U-shaped crispy fried corn tortilla, filled with ground beef, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream. American inventi...

Hexagonal grilled wrap with tostada shell inside for crunch; seasoned beef, nacho cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomato.

Standard American crispy taco; ground beef with Tex-Mex seasoning packet.

Crunchy taco wrapped in flatbread with cheese between; warm soft exterior, crispy interior.

Taco Bell's 'elevated' street taco style.

Crunchwrap with breakfast ingredients—eggs, bacon, cheese.