The term burrito means “little donkey” in Spanish.
In Central and Southern Mexico, burritos are called tacos de harina (flour tacos).
Today burritos are served worldwide in Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants.
The Burrito is especially popular in Ciudad Juarez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua where they were invented.
Typically, American style burritos are larger than Mexican ones, and stuffed with more ingredients than the principal meat or vegetable filling.
Chimichanga is a deep-fried burrito that is popular in Southwestern U.S. cuisine, Tex-Mex cuisine, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
The story about the invention of the burrito is that a man named Juan Mendez used to sell tacos in a street stand of Ciudad Juarez. One day Juan came up with the idea on how to keep the food warm, so he rolled the tacos individually in flour tortilla wraps. Thus means the burrito was invented.
