burrita

burrita

English

Etymology

Spanish burrita. See burrito, burrito for more.

Noun

burrita (plural burritas)

1. (uncommon, cooking) A Latin American dish of meat and cheese in a tortilla, especially if folded rather than rolled like a burrito.
   • 2013, Bruce Kraig, Colleen Taylor Sen Ph.D., Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, ABC-CLIO (→ISBN), page 79:

     Burritas are another favorite, only they are not like the burritos familiar from North American-Mexican foods. Instead, they are two flour tortillas stacked with some meat, fried beans, grated cheese or onions, and avocados on top.

   • 2015, Juan Felipe Herrera, Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler, University of Arizona Press (→ISBN), page 45:

     We ate at his fine pad on Nápoles. His maid made burritas. Burritas white flour tortillas stuffed with ham and cheese. A writer with a maid that makes burritas?

   • 2019, Lonely Planet, Ashley Harrell, Ray Bartlett, Celeste Brash, Paul Clammer, Steve Fallon, Bridget Gleeson, Paul Harding, John Hecht, Anna Kaminski, Brian Kluepfel, Tom Masters, Carolyn McCarthy, Regis St Louis, Isabel Albiston, Lonely Planet Central America, Lonely Planet (→ISBN)

     A Tegucigalpa breakfast institution since 1973, everyone will tell you they love this place but no one can remember the name. The specialty is burritas, tortillas stuffed with a variety of fillings (scrambled egg, cheese, […] )