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Quesabirria

"cheese birria"

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kehยทsahยทBEEยทryah

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Spanish quesocheese+birriastew

What Quesabirria means

Quesabirria is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "cheese birria". It is built from Spanish queso (cheese) and birria (stew). It is pronounced keh-sah-BEE-ryah, and it is most associated with Jalisco.

A blend word of the 2010s, a compression of quesadilla de birria, that travelled from Tijuana to Los Angeles and back.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Antojito means "little craving". These are the masa-based street foods named for their shape more often than their filling: a sope is a small mound, a huarache is a sandal, a gordita is a fat little one, a tlacoyo is an oval patty.

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Quesabirria means cheese birria

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