Taco de Cochinita Pibil
Cochinita pibil is the taco cooked underground: pork stained with achiote and sour orange, wrapped in banana leaf, baked in a Maya earth pit, and finished with sharp pickled red onion and habanero.
Flatbreads
Step into our Flatbread Sandwiches category - your passport to a culinary journey across cultures! Explore the world of sandwiches made with versatile flatbreads, such as the pocket-friendly Pita from the Middle East or the cheesy Quesadilla from Mexico. Learn how these breads, thin but packed with flavors, make for the perfect vessels for an array of fillings. Remember: whether it's enveloping a Gyro or getting toasted with cheese, flatbreads are the unsung heroes of the sandwich universe.
Taco de Cochinita Pibil
Pit-roasted pork taco; achiote-marinated, banana leaf-wrapped, slow-roasted. With pickled red onion.
Taco de Chorizo
Mexican chorizo taco; crumbled fresh chorizo, sometimes with potato.
Taco de Chorizo con Papa
Chorizo and potato taco; classic combination.
Taco de Chile Relleno
Stuffed pepper taco; battered, fried stuffed poblano in taco form.
Taco de Chicharrón
Pork crackling taco; crispy fried pork skin, often in salsa.
Taco de Chicharrón en Salsa Verde
A breakfast taco built around its tomatillo salsa: pork crackling stewed soft in salsa verde, spooned onto doubled corn tortillas with onion and cilantro. The most reached-for taco in Mexico.
Taco de Chicharrón en Salsa Roja
Chicharrón braised in red chile salsa taco.
Taco de Chapulines
Grasshopper taco; toasted grasshoppers seasoned with chile, lime, garlic. Oaxacan specialty, pre-Hispanic tradition.
Taco de Ceviche
Ceviche taco; lime-cured fish or shrimp with tomato, onion, cilantro, chile.
Taco de Carnitas
Braised pork taco; pork cooked in lard until tender with crispy bits. Michoacán specialty. Various cuts available: maciza (lean), costill...
Taco de Carnitas Surtida
Mixed carnitas taco; combination of cuts.
Taco de Carne Seca
The taco de carne seca is built from beef dried to a brittle third of its weight, then pounded back to soft threads. Machaca means the pounded one, a northern ranch preservation trick in one fold.
Taco de Carne Asada
The grill taco of Mexico's cattle north: skirt steak charred over mesquite, chopped fine on the board, and folded into a doubled corn tortilla with onion, cilantro, and lime.
Taco de Canasta
The basket taco of central Mexico: small corn tortillas brushed with seasoned oil, folded around a stew, and packed into a cloth-lined basket to sweat soft, sold off a bicycle for a few pesos.
Taco de Canasta de Papa
The potato basket taco is the cheapest hot thing on the street: seasoned mashed potato folded into an oiled tortilla, steamed soft in a covered basket, sold by the count before nine in the morning.
Taco de Canasta de Chicharrón
Basket taco with chicharrón in salsa verde.
Taco de Camarón
Shrimp taco; various preparations—fried, grilled, in garlic sauce.
Taco de Camarón al Mojo de Ajo
Garlic shrimp taco; shrimp in garlic butter sauce.