Burrito vs. Chimichanga — What's the Difference?

A burrito (English: , Spanish: [buˈrito] (listen)) is a dish in Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine that took form in California cuisine, consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped into a sealed cylindrical shape around various ingredients. The tortilla is sometimes lightly grilled or steamed to soften it, make it more pliable, and allow it to adhere to itself when wrapped.

A chimichanga (; Spanish: [tʃimiˈtʃaŋɡa]) is a deep-fried burrito that is common in Tex-Mex and other Southwestern U.S. cuisine. The dish is typically prepared by filling a flour tortilla with various ingredients, most commonly rice, cheese, beans, and a meat such as machaca (dried meat), carne adobada (marinated meat), carne seca (dried beef), or shredded chicken, and folding it into a rectangular package.

A flour tortilla wrapped around a filling, as of beef, beans, or cheese.

A deep-fried burrito.

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

(US) A deep-fried wet burrito

(slang) To wrap someone or something up like a burrito.

A flour tortilla folded around a filling.

A flour tortilla folded around a filling