What Taquito means
Taquito is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "little taco". It comes from Spanish taco + -ito (diminutive). It is pronounced tah-KEE-toh, and it is most associated with the whole country.
In Mexico taquito usually just means a small taco. The rolled-and-fried sense is stronger in the United States, where it competes with flauta.
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.
