What Are Tripas Tacos?

A tripas taco is beef small intestine, cleaned, boiled tender and then fried on the griddle until the outside is crackling-crisp and the inside stays soft, chopped onto a corn tortilla with onion, cilantro and salsa. It is a polarising, deeply savoury taco best eaten straight off a hot comal

Tripas Tacos

This guide covers what tripas are, how they should be cooked, and where to order them.

Tripas (Tacos de Tripas) are Central Mexico tacos made with cleaned beef intestine, boiled then crisped on the griddle, served on corn tortillas.

Also called

Tacos de Tripas

Family

Offal

Filling

Beef small intestine

Cut / main ingredient

Cleaned beef intestine

How it is cooked

Boiled then crisped on the griddle

Tortilla

Corn

Usually topped with

Onion, cilantro, salsa roja, lime

From

Central Mexico, Mexico

Ordered doraditas (crispy) or suaves (soft)

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