quesabirria
A beef birria taco with melted cheese, crisped on the griddle and served with consommé for dipping.
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Restaurants serve it
History
Quesabirria is Tijuana’s take on birria: a beef birria taco with cheese, crisped on the griddle and served with its consommé. Tijuana street stalls popularized it in the 2010s, and from there it jumped to Los Angeles and the rest of the United States, where it became a social-media phenomenon. The birria it comes from is native to Jalisco, where it is traditionally made with goat.
Cultural Notes
La quesabirria convirtió a la birria en un fenómeno global: el taco chorreando queso y sumergido en consomé es uno de los formatos más replicados de la comida mexicana en redes sociales. En Tijuana se come de madrugada, y en Estados Unidos impulsó una ola de birrierías en camiones y locales.
Main Ingredients
Variants
Where to try quesabirria
La Famosa Taquizas
Norwalk, CA
El Suegro's Tacos
Riverside, CA
Mezquite Taqueria And Michelada Bar
Miami, FL
Viva Tacos & Birria
Greenville, SC
El Jonuco
Monterrey, NLE
Fully Loaded Tacos
Ennis, MT
Street Tacos Los Cunados
O'Fallon, MO
Huguis Birria Tacos
Garden Grove, CA
Trap Sauce Mix
Houston, TX
Papas Red Tacos
Albuquerque, NM
Cordovas Mexican Food
Cove, AR
El Master Red Tacos
Long Beach, CA
