What Are Carne Guisada Tacos?

By Niam Hocaine, founder and food writer · Updated August 31, 2026

Carne Guisada are South Texas tacos: beef, slow-braised in a thickened gravy, on flour tortillas.

Carne Guisada Tacos

Carne Guisada (Tacos de Carne Guisada) is a meat taco from South Texas, United States. The filling is beef, specifically beef chuck in gravy, slow-braised in a thickened gravy.

It is served on flour tortillas, usually with nothing, or cheese. In the US it turns up most in San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley.

A Tex-Mex staple, almost always on a flour tortilla.

Carne Guisada (Tacos de Carne Guisada) are South Texas tacos made with beef chuck in gravy, slow-braised in a thickened gravy, served on flour tortillas.

Also called: Tacos de Carne Guisada
Family: Meat
Filling: Beef
Cut / main ingredient: Beef chuck in gravy
How it is cooked: Slow-braised in a thickened gravy
Tortilla: Flour
Usually topped with: Nothing, or cheese
From: South Texas, United States

A Tex-Mex staple, almost always on a flour tortilla

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Last updated August 31, 2026. Venue details refresh with each data import.