List of tortilla-based dishes facts for kids
A chimichanga with rice
This article is about yummy foods made with tortillas! A tortilla is a soft, thin, flat bread. It comes from Mexico and Central America. People traditionally cook tortillas on a special pan called a comal.
Long ago, people in the Americas made tortillas from finely ground corn. These were called corn tortillas. After people from Spain came to the Americas, they brought wheat flour. Then, people started making tortillas from wheat flour too! These wheat tortillas are made with simple dough, pressed flat, and cooked just like corn tortillas.
Delicious Tortilla Dishes
A burrito prepared with a flour tortilla
Many different and delicious foods use tortillas as their main ingredient. Here are some popular ones you might know or want to try:
- Alambre
- Arizona cheese crisp
- Burrito
- Chalupa
- Chilaquiles
- Chimichanga
- Corn burrito
- Don Tacos
- Empalme
- Enchilada
- Entomatada
- Fajita
- Garnache
- Gringas
- Güirila
- Huevos motuleños
- Huevos rancheros
- Nachos
- Panuchos
- Quesabirria
- Quesadilla
- Salbutes
- Sincronizada
- Taco
- Talo
- Taquito
- Tlayuda
- Tortilla chip
- Tostada
More to Explore
- Corn tortilla
- List of bread dishes
- List of Mexican dishes
- Mexican street food
- New Mexican cuisine
- Tortilla warmer
- Wheat tortilla
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