Taco Bell Quesadilla
Taco Bell's quesadilla; creamy jalapeño sauce, cheese, various proteins.
Mexico
Taco Bell Crunchy Taco
The iconic fast-food hard shell taco; seasoned ground beef, lettuce, cheddar cheese in crispy corn shell.
Taco Bell Burrito Supreme
Taco Bell's loaded burrito; seasoned beef, beans, rice, cheese, sour cream, tomatoes.
Taco Bell 7-Layer Burrito
Vegetarian Taco Bell burrito; beans, rice, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce.
Taco al Pastor
Al pastor is a clock. A cone of adobo-stained pork turns past a flame, only the outer face cooks, and the craft is one cut: the instant the crisped band is shaved off before the heat reaches past it.
Taco al Pastor con Piña
A whole pineapple riding the top of the trompo separates the taco al pastor con piña from plain al pastor: pork shaved off a vertical spit, the fruit roasting and caramelizing beside it.
Taco al Carbón
Taco al carbón is named for its fuel, not its filling: skirt or flank over live charcoal and mesquite, the lacquered smoke-char a flat griddle cannot fake, from the cattle north to the Texas border.
Sushi Burrito
A hand roll scaled to Mission-burrito size, never cut, eaten end-on: the sushi burrito was trademarked before it existed, opened in San Francisco in 2011, and outlived the company that named it.
Surf and Turf Burrito
The surf and turf burrito runs two proteins on two clocks: carne asada charred hard, camarón pulled in two minutes, in one flour tortilla where a Baja seafood counter meets the border asada grill.
Super Burrito
Extra-large burrito with everything; rice, beans, meat, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, salsa.
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.
Steak Quesadilla (USA)
The Tex-Mex steak quesadilla: carne asada or fajita beef griddled into a flour tortilla over a heavy bed of melting cheese, cut into wedges with salsa, sour cream, and guacamole alongside.
Sope
Thick corn masa base with pinched edges; topped with beans, meat, lettuce, cheese, crema. Like an open-faced gordita.
Sope de Tinga
A sope de tinga sets smoky chipotle-braised chicken inside a fried masa wall over a bed of beans, the rim built to hold a sauce that would otherwise flood the plate.
Sope de Chorizo
The sope de chorizo is run by rendered fat: Mexican chorizo fried loose until its red grease sinks through the beans and seasons the thick masa rim from above.
Sonoran Hot Dog (Dogos)
The Sonoran dogo: a bacon-wrapped frank on warm pinto beans in a split-top bolillo, loaded with tomato, onion, jalapeño salsa, and striped sauces, a roasted güero pepper alongside.
Soft Taco (USA)
American soft taco; larger flour or corn tortilla with Tex-Mex fillings.
Smothered Green Chile Burrito
A rolled flour tortilla drowned in roasted Hatch green chile and gratinéed cheese, baked until the top browns, then plated and eaten with a fork. Ordered green, red, or Christmas.
Smothered Burrito
Burrito covered in chile sauce (red or green) and cheese, baked.
Sincronizada
Two flour tortillas with ham and cheese, griddled; like a Mexican grilled cheese/ham sandwich.
Shrimp Taco (USA)
American shrimp taco; grilled or fried shrimp.
Shrimp Fajita
Shrimp fajita; grilled shrimp with peppers and onions.