An enchilada is a tortilla dish covered or filled with chili sauce.
The tortilla is commonly filled with meat, cheese, beans, or vegetables, then rolled or folded and covered with a sauce. Tex-Mex versions often use cheese, beef, onions, and a red chili-based sauce, although restaurant recipes vary widely.
The name comes from the Spanish verb enchilar, meaning to season or add chili. Enchiladas are part of Mexican cooking as well as Tex-Mex cuisine, and their forms differ across regions. Some versions use corn tortillas, while others may be adapted with flour tortillas in U.S. restaurants.
A burrito is usually a filled flour tortilla enclosed around its contents, without requiring the entire tortilla to be covered in sauce. That difference helps separate the two dishes, although modern menus sometimes blur traditional boundaries.