What's the trendy grilled taco (?) where you dip it into a broth (?) called?

Anonymous
I'm a gringo and love birria tacos! I hadn't heard of them until a few years ago. My favorite spot for birria tacos in the DMV is Cocineros in Hyattsville. SO good!
https://www.cocinerosmd.com/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/10/04/cocineros-restaurant-review/
Anonymous
They’re fine but the broth dip adds nothing. Better with some fresh acidic salsa to contrast the richness of the meat, cheese, and greasy shell.
Anonymous
Birria! Wheaton has a food truck that dies them Don Perez!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Quesabirria (also called birria tacos or red tacos) ("cheese birria") is a Mexican dish comprising birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth (Spanish: consomé) for dipping.

And lots of sodium!


The key component is dipping the raw tortilla shell you’re using into the skimmed fatty liquid the meat cooked in. When you grill that dipped shell to crisp it up, it gives it a richer flavor and red color.
Anonymous
There's a Pho food truck that had these. Amazing.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Birria! Wheaton has a food truck that dies them Don Perez!
That place is cool. One of the food halls (maybe Pike Kitchen?) has birria ramen. I tried it. I liked it.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:There's a Pho food truck that had these. Amazing.
It's not that different from making pho. It's a slow simmered meat broth that has many components and cannot be made properly quickly.
Anonymous
There is a place off Florida Ave right by the NOMA metro that makes amazing birria tacos. So yummy.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Overrated. Way too rich/greasy and the broth is always too salty.


Ok gringo.
Anonymous
Little Miner Taco has birria. They're excellent!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It is called a quesa-taco? And the tortilla gets that distinct color because it's dipped in the fat from the simmering meat before it's put on the grill?


No quesataco is specifically the tacos with a quesadilla instead of just a tortilla

This is just birria, there are different types - lamb, beef etc
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Overrated. Way too rich/greasy and the broth is always too salty.


Ok gringo.


Only gringos call somebody a gringo in 2023. My friends say blanquito instead.
Anonymous
It's Birria. I had some at Dogwood Tavern in Falls Church last week and wasn't going to bother to dip them, but then I did, and it was delicious.
Anonymous
Sound gross
Anonymous
Mmmmm! As others said, rich, greasy and salty…to me, that’s perfect!
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