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Every Style Of Burrito We Could Find Across The United States
Jun 27, 2025
Today On Weird History we re diving deep into that most incredible food invention, the burrito - travel around with us as we go into the history and origins of some of the most favorite types of burritos we have all chowed down on at one point or another
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Today, we're chomping down on every style of burrito we could find
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As the burrito developed into a unique food item all its own, it came to commonly include a protein and some refried beans
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along with salsa and sometimes cheese, all wrapped up in one of these comparatively small flour tortillas
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The Mission-style burrito can be huge, and they can be filled with just about anything
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What makes these burritos distinct from their Mexican counterparts is their inclusion of Mexican rice, sour cream, onion, and whole beans
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San Diegans' carne asada burrito is thereby packed full of marinated grilled steak
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And oftentimes, the only additional toppings are salsa or guacamole. The California burrito usually comes with carne asada and guacamole
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But what sets this little donkey apart from the herd is its inclusion of cheese, onion, sour cream, and, most uniquely, french fries
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While the concept of a breakfast burrito has been around for who knows how long
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they first popped up in restaurants in the 1970s. People found it more convenient to wrap their bacon, hash browns, and eggs up into a flour tortilla than to consume each item all individually
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The L.A. Burrito usually consists solely of refried beans, cheese, and salsa
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The Korean Burrito is a fusion of Mexican and Korean cuisine. Combining the practicality of the flour tortilla with the savory deliciousness of bulgogi-style beef or chicken katsu
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the sour spiciness of kimchi and the savory sweetness of gochujang paste The chimichanga grew to include a wide variety of ingredients from rice or beans to shredded chicken or marinated pork
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Today, chimichangas are usually topped with cheese, salsa, or sour cream. The wet burrito is simply a burrito, often in the mission style
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that's been smothered in sauce and covered with melted cheese. The guisado-style burrito usually contains within its flour tortilla one single ingredient
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guiso, which, translated into English, means stew. This guiso is really just a meat, usually either
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pork, chicken, or beef, that's been seasoned and slowly cooked using a variety of traditional
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Mexican ingredients. The adobado burrito utilizes a large portion of pork that's either been
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marinated in a simple red chili sauce or has been marinated in a complex mixture of citrus
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herbs, and ground chilies. The resulting meat is then grilled on a flat top, rolled up into a flour
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tortilla and served with guacamole and salsa fresca. Dorado style burritos are seared on an
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oiled plancha, making their exteriors golden and crunchy. The burro percherons are usually made
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from oversized flour tortillas, often as big as 16 inches in diameter, and are often stuffed with
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grilled meat, avocados, chihuahua cheese, and tomatoes. The burrito bowl is the deconstruction
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of its namesake. Its ingredients mimic the devil-may-care attitude of the mission-style
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burrito from which it evolved, but it typically contains rice, whole beans, protein, cheese
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corn, sour cream, guacamole, and, well, anything else you could think of throwing it. Skittles
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