Taquito
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A taquito (from the Spanish diminutive of taco) is a Mexican dish consisting of a small rolled-up tortilla and some sort of filling. Taquitos most often contain beef or chicken, and sometimes include cheese, pork, potato, or vegetables. They are generally thin and tend to be about six inches long.
Taquitos are very popular as a frozen food. They are also sold by 7-Eleven and QuikTrip convenient stores in a variety of flavors, as well as established restaurants such as Chico's Tacos. Taco Bell has also jumped on the bandwagon and has started to sell steak and cheese taquitos.
Crispy fried taquitos sold in Mexico are often called tacos dorados ("golden tacos") or flautas ("flutes"). Flautas are traditionally cooked using flour tortillas rather than corn. These may be covered by cabbage, cream, guacamole, green chile sauce and crumbled Mexican cheese such as queso fresco. Chorizo (sausage), or machacado (dried beef), etc. These can be found on the menu of Whataburger and various South Texas Mexican restaurants.
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