Taco de Escamoles
Ant larvae taco; 'Mexican caviar'—creamy, nutty ant eggs sautéed with butter, epazote, and chile.
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Taco de Discada
Mixed grilled meats taco; 'discada' is a mix of meats (beef, pork, bacon, chorizo, hot dogs) cooked on a plow disc. Northern specialty.
Taco de Costra
Cheese crust taco; cheese melted on griddle, tortilla placed on top, filled, folded. Crispy cheese exterior.
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.
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
Grilled beef taco; marinated, grilled beef (usually flap meat, skirt, or sirloin), chopped.
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.