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Breakfast Burrito

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The breakfast burrito, sometimes called a breakfast wrap outside the American Southwest, is an American breakfast dish made of breakfast items wrapped inside a flour tortilla. It originated in New Mexican cuisine before spreading through Southwestern and Tex-Mex cooking, with the Southwestern style commonly filled with scrambled eggs, potatoes, beans, cheese, peppers, salsa, onions, chorizo, bacon, or sour cream, and regional versions sometimes adding tomatoes, ham, or other fresh ingredients.

Facts
Partially Attested
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1975 1
This is the year Tia Sophia's diner in Santa Fe first used the term "breakfast burrito" on a menu; the source states the dish itself existed in New Mexican cuisine earlier without giving a year
Origin Region
New Mexico, United States 1
FAQs

How do breakfast burritos differ from place to place in New Mexico?

Variations include green and red chile sauces, chorizo and white cheddar cheese.

Tasting Table reports that different takes on the original breakfast burrito found along the Breakfast Burrito Byway, a New Mexico State Tourism Board creation, include topping burritos with a mix of green and red chile sauces, adding chorizo sausage as the breakfast meat, and using white cheddar cheese, among other variations.
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Street Food Culture, Food Traditions
Source Breakfast burrito, Wikipedia

In Cuisine

American Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Breakfast burrito, Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Egg, Ingredients
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Potato, Ingredients
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Originated In

Mexico

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

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United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Breakfast burrito, Wikipedia
Sources
1. Breakfast burrito, Wikipedia
  • History section
    a rolled tortilla containing some combination of eggs, bacon, potatoes, and cheese existed in New Mexican cuisine well before that
  • History section [origin-start-year]
    Tia Sophia's, a New Mexican diner in Santa Fe, claims the first use of the term "breakfast burrito" on a menu, in 1975.
  • Expresses Tradition: Street Food Culture, Wikipedia category: Category:Street food in the United States
  • In Cuisine: American Cuisine, lead paragraph
    The breakfast burrito (Spanish: Burrito de desayuno), sometimes referred to as a breakfast wrap outside of the American Southwest, is a variety of American breakfast composed of breakfast items wrapped inside a flour tortilla burrito.
  • Uses Ingredient: Potato, Infobox: main_ingredient
    eggs, potatoes, wrapped in a tortilla.
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox: main_ingredient
    eggs, potatoes, wrapped in a tortilla.
  • In Group: Wraps, Burritos and Tacos, Lead paragraph
    The breakfast burrito (Spanish: Burrito de desayuno), sometimes referred to as a breakfast wrap outside of the American Southwest, is a variety of American breakfast composed of breakfast items wrapped inside a flour tortilla burrito.
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