birrias

Noun

birria (countable and uncountable, plural birrias)

1. A Mexican dish of stewed meat (usually goat, beef or lamb; sometimes pork or chicken) and spices, typically served like a soup with (or sometimes in) tortillas.
   • Birria was late in coming to many parts of the border; I first became aware of it when a former student of mine, a native of Guadalajara, opened a birrieria, or birria restaurant, in Tucson in 1980. Now there are several such restaurants in Tucson. […]2017, Gregory McNamee, Tortillas, Tiswin, and T-Bones: A Food History of the Southwest, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 211