What is the difference between an enchilada and a burrito?

[Ghost Post]

What is the difference between an enchilada and a burrito?

[Taflinel]

I think enchilada=roll while burrito=envelope. Just a different way of using tortillas...

Ta ta

[extropalopakettle]

No, burritos are rolled (tacos are envelopes). But burritos are typically eaten with the hands, while enchiladas are typically served on a plate with sauce on top, and eaten with knife and fork. I think.

[Taflinel]

Enchilada:


Burrito:


I really don't know. I checked some tortillas I got in the fridge and it said the same thing I told you above.
What about corn and flour tortillas? Could the difference be hidden there?

Ta ta

[Lilifreid]

I think flour vs corn determines some of it. This seems helpful as well:

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/mexicanfooddictionary.asp

[mith]

Enchilladas are filled, covered with sauce, and then baked (usually). Burritos are just filled. Burritos are basically just tacos with soft flour tortillas instead of hard corn, though I usually call both tacos if I'm making them myself.

Enchilladas are also usually corn, though I don't think it matters.

[mith]

(Of course, my sole claim to expertise here is that I just stuffed myself silly of enchilladas )

[luminous]

yeah, enchiladas are eaten with a fork off of a plate, because they're filled and covered with sauce and cheese and then baked.
and burritos are like, filled rolls.
i had some awesome enchiladas in puerto rico like two days ago. jdslkflkdsjf;lstreetfoodrawr.

[Buzzsaw]

I like tacos. They resemble female genitalia.

[extropalopakettle]

Not a burrito man, aye?

[extropalopakettle]

Strangely, my search for taco images on the internet turned up some borderline tentacle rape hentai:

http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~konekone/18kinanimals/taco.s.gif

[Persona]

tako is japanese for octopus...

[Quailman]

As you can see in Taf's photo links, you can get a smothered burrito, and some places will put it in the oven or under a heat lamp to melt the cheese. The basic burrito is made with (cooked) ingredients rolled in a flour tortilla, but enchiladas are baked in flour tortillas. There's not a whole lot of difference between a soft taco and a burrito, except for (a) the customary ingredients, and (b) the rolling job. A burrito usually has at least one end tucked in so the innards, which could be quite goopy, won't spill out the end during consumption. A soft taco is often just rolled with open ends.

[Dr. Borodog]

Reminds me of a comedy bit I saw once:

"What's the, uh, en-chee-la-da?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."

"And what is the boo-ree-toe?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."

"What about the tah-co?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."

"How about this he fah-jit-ta?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."

"The queasy-dilla?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."

"The chee-mee-chonga?"

"Meat, cheese, beans and rice in a tortilla."



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[extropalopakettle]

I googled for "mole sauce recipe", and the first hit was this: http://www.sales-take-off.com/links/mole-sauce-recipe.php

quote:

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Recommended mole sauce recipe Site:

No More Moles or Warts
The secret techniques I used to stop warts and moles

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(mole sauce is a traditional Mexican sauce made with chili, sometimes chocolate, and various other ingredients)

[luminous]

mole sauce is so gross.
like...seriously.
don't even go there.

[Quailman]

Yumm! Mole sauce is one of my favorites. I wanted to try it at home once, but the recipe I found (in a paper and ink cookbook) listed about sixteen ingredients, the last being the chicken. That would have been way too much work for me until I noticed that the directions began, "Combine the first fifteen ingredients in a food processor and..."

[The Ktulu]

Boro's post brought something up that even I, a person of Mexican descent from my father's side, do not know...

...what the frick is the difference between a burrito and a chimichanga?! I have seen and eaten many, with no clue as to the difference. Same style wrapping and baking, seemingly same ingredients...whatever...

[Quailman]

Burrito = all the innards are cooked first, then wrapped in a flour tortilla.
Chimi = I think the innards are cooked first, but after wrapping in the tortilla, it is deep-fried.

[The Ktulu]

Wow, I am enlightened. Thank you.