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Birria tacos are among the top food trends according to a new study on traffic on social media such as TikTok, Instagram and Google searches to determine which dishes are trending on around the world.
Birria is a popular dish of Mexican gastronomy , is one of the most representative of the state of Jalisco. It is a type of barbecue seasoned with a sauce of a mixture of chili peppers and abundant spices that is usually prepared with lamb or goat meat .
Birria tacos have become a trend
Exante, a UK company that offers smoothies and other meal replacement products, reviewed online traffic data on social media to determine which dishes were all the rage around the world. Birria tacos are ranked as the fifth most popular food trend , behind banana bread , focaccia, crème brûlée and cloud bread.
To get the most popular dishes, was considered the number of views on TikTok videos with hashtags that mentioned one more food the number of Instagram posts they used the same hashtag . They also counted the global Google searches for those items between June 2020 and May 2021.
The videos with the term “tacos de birria” were of the most viewed dishes on TikTok, almost 465. 8 million times, while the banana bread had 275 .2 million views. The tacos appeared in 135, 214 Instagram posts and reached an annual Google search volume of 11,2 millions.
From a “birria” to a tasty and popular dish
Birria means person or thing of little value or importance, regrettable in appearance. It is believed that the dish was named that way because goat meat was considered by the Spanish as a tough and odorous bad meat, so that they destined it for the Mexican natives, who marinated and baked the meat under the ground the meat obtaining a tasty dish.
Traditionally, the meat is wrapped in maguey leaves and cooked in a pot until very soft . Previously it was cooked in an oven on land, over time it was passed to the wood oven, then to gas stoves and pressure cookers.
According to the Encyclopedia of Mexican Gastronomy Larousse, birria can be made also from pork, mutton, beef, fish and chicken . One, two or three different types of meat can be used; the most used are lamb and goat, as well as veal and pork.
Birria is usually served in a similar way to pozole in a bowl with a caldillo , It is accompanied by chopped onion and oregano. The meat is also commonly used to prepare tacos. They are the birria tacos, which have gained popularity outside of Mexico, in the United States and the world.
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