Burrito

Burrito

A smothered burrito served with rice
Place of origin	Mexico
Main ingredients	Flour tortillas, meat and beans or refried beans
Ingredients generally used	Cheese, rice, lettuce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream (in the U.S.)
Variations	Breakfast burrito, Mission burrito

A burrito (US English /bəˈritoʊ/,  buˈrito ) is a type of Mexican and Tex-Mex food, consisting of a large wheat flour tortilla with a filling, wrapped into a closed-ended cylinder, in contrast to a taco, where the tortilla is simply folded around the filling. The flour tortilla is sometimes lightly grilled or steamed to soften it, make it more pliable and allow it to adhere to itself when wrapped.

In Mexico, meat and refried beans are sometimes the only fillings. In the United States, burrito fillings may include a combination of ingredients such as Mexican-style rice or plain rice, beans or refried beans, lettuce, salsa, meat, guacamole, cheese, sour cream and various vegetables. Burrito size varies.

The word burrito means "little donkey" in Spanish, as a diminutive form of , or "donkey". The name burrito as applied to the dish possibly derives from the appearance of bedrolls and packs that donkeys carried.