Tex-Mex

Texas

Tex-Mex tacos. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Tex-Mex is Texas's Mexican-American cuisine: fajitas sizzling on iron skillets, queso (the melted-cheese dip Texas invented), breakfast tacos, and enchiladas under chili gravy. It is distinct from interior Mexican food and proud of it.

The breakfast taco is the daily ritual: Austin's taco trucks serve migas, brisket and potato-egg from dawn. Queso is the appetizer; the margarita is the accompaniment.

Key ingredients

Flour tortillas
Queso (melted cheese dip)
Fajita beef or chicken
Breakfast-taco fillings
Chili gravy

How it is eaten

The breakfast taco is the daily ritual: Austin's taco trucks serve migas, brisket and potato-egg from dawn. Queso is the appetizer; the margarita is the accompaniment.

Where to try it

Austin's taco trucks (Veracruz All Natural for migas)
San Antonio's River Walk Mexican restaurants