The Mexican dish of a large flour tortilla wrapped around beans, meat, and rice is a burrito.
A burrito is made by placing savory fillings inside a flour tortilla and folding it into a sealed cylinder. Common fillings include beef, chicken, pork, beans, rice, cheese, salsa, guacamole, and crema. Unlike a taco, which is usually folded around its filling, a burrito is wrapped so the ends or sides help contain the food.
The modern burrito is especially associated with northern Mexico, including Ciudad Juárez in Chihuahua, where flour tortillas are traditional. In central and southern Mexico, similar foods may be called tacos de harina, or wheat-flour tacos. The word burrito means “little donkey” in Spanish, although the exact origin of the name is uncertain and several folk explanations exist.
Regional styles vary considerably. A Mission burrito from San Francisco is typically large and may contain rice, beans, meat, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. A wet burrito is covered with sauce and eaten with utensils, while a burrito bowl contains the fillings without the tortilla and is therefore not technically a burrito.