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Two Southern California restaurants are often given credit for their roles in the early development of the taquito.

Check the way the guacamole-filled taquito is rising majestically out of the rice and beans.

In Mexico the residents refer to it as a burrito or in some rare cases, a taquito.

A corn burrito is essentially the same thing as a taquito, the difference being that taquitos are typically filled with meat.

Pesqueria, who used a recipe developed by his Mexican grandmother, has claimed credit for introducing the word "taquito" for the dish.

In some areas, such as New Mexico, taquito refers not to the rolled-up tortilla dish, but rather a smaller version of the taco.

On the show, I talked about one of my favorite foods is a taquito from this gas station called QuikTrip in the Midwest.

Guerrero's daughter used her taquito recipe in opening chain restaurants in Los Angeles, and soon competitors were selling similar dishes.

Oh, and finally, as if that isn't enough, you can add a guacamole-filled taquito, which basically means you'll have a guac burrito in your actual burrito.

His take on a taquito appetizer looks like a handbag full of jewels, Ramsay says, and using jicama in place of a tortilla blows the judges' minds.

Taquitos were among the early Mexican food items developed as a frozen food, with Van de Kamp's introducing a successful frozen taquito offering by 1976.

O'Neal eats three burgers (no buns), Vicky eats a single chicken wing and Ashley eats one taquito.

One of the best sequences shows him informally playing the Argentine "Taquito Militar" accompanied by the other students playing their classical instruments (violin, clarinet, harp).

Tender bites of the buffalo could be dragged through a red pepper aioli that leavened the dish’s sweetness with heat; nearby were a squash-filled taquito and jalapeño-spiked grits.

The Department of Agriculture, which oversees meat products, also announced a recall of 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that contain the ingredient.

Behind him glowed Olvera Street, a slice of the old California's Mexican heritage - an alley lit by the fires of glass blowers and blacksmiths, taquito vendors and candlemakers.

There are chicken-stuffed taquitos fried to golden perfection down the block by women who look like they've fried enough taquitos in their lives to know taquito perfection in their bones.

Over time La Esquina, which serves pared-down, priced-up Mexican food, will rise or fall on the merits of its chorizo quesadilla, chiles rellenos, pulled-pork taquito and grilled whole red snapper.

The taquito or small taco was referred to in the 1917 Preliminary Glossary of New Mexico Spanish, with the word noted as a "Mexicanism" used in New Mexico.

Jesus Cortez, 43, manned El Taquito Veloz, "The Speedy Little Taco," in the rough Tepito neighborhood, offering roasted pork on a spit as its specialty—tacos al pastor.

Mr. Ramos, who is a third-generation Mexican-American and is bilingual, said he had heard various politicians speaking what he called "burrito and taquito" Spanish and had found it insulting.

Recorded in 1973 and released by Music Hall Records in the same year, the album contains elaborate vocal arrangements for nine classic tangos and a milonga ("Taquito Militar", the first track in side two).

Corn tortillas are generally used to make taquitos; the dish is more commonly known as flautas when they are larger than their taquito counterparts, and can be made with either flour or corn tortillas although using corn is more traditional.