quesabirria
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thumb|A corn tortilla stuffed with beef, lamb, or goat meat and mozzarella cheese. Quesabirria ('cheese ') (also called birria tacos or red tacos) is a Mexican dish comprising birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth () for dipping. The dish has origins in Tijuana, Mexico, where it was originally made with goat meat, and gained popularity in the United States through Instagram. It is now made also with other meats, such as beef and chicken.
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thumb|A corn tortilla stuffed with beef, lamb, or goat meat and mozzarella cheese. Quesabirria ('cheese ') (also called birria tacos or red tacos) is a Mexican dish comprising birria-style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth () for dipping. The dish has origins in Tijuana, Mexico, where it was originally made with goat meat, and gained popularity in the United States through Instagram. It is now made also with other meats, such as beef and chicken.
==History== Quesabirria was created in Tijuana, Mexico. The dish is inspired by the traditional birria stew of Jalisco. California food writer Bill Esparza saw birria being served in tacos at a taco truck called Tacos Aaron in Tijuana around 2009. Other taco trucks added cheese to the birria taco.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “quesabirria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.