Difference between Enchilada and Burrito | Enchilada vs Burrito

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These are both Mexican food which looks quite similar but differs in taste flavor and ingredient.

What is Enchilada?

To prepare Enchilada a corn-based tortilla is rolled, it is then stuffed with meat, cheese, vegetables, etc, and then wrapped and served with chili sauce. Initially, it started as street food in Mexico, but it is popular in the US and Canada.

What is Burrito?

Burrito also belongs to Mexican cuisine but the tortilla is flour-based instead of corn. After filling it is steamed or grilled to make it soft. Filling consists of refried beans, meat, or Mexican rice. However, in US-style Burrito lettuce, salsa, avocado, etc are also filled. It is larger in size as compared to enchilada.

Enchilada

Burrito

Tortilla is corn-based.

Tortilla is wheat-based.

Served by layering it with chili sauce. 

Chili sauce not used.

It has chicken or mutton filling.

The filling includes refried beans and meat. 

Folded and soaked with sauce.

Not soaked with any kind of sauce.

Eaten mostly with fork and knife.

Eaten with hands.

It has a cylinder shape. 

It looks like an envelope that completely encloses the filling.