# Tonight's Dinner: Enchiritos!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 6, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonights-dinner-enchiritos/1029824 "2026-05-06T02:23:47Z")\
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> [@bobot](#):
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> Taco Bell’s beans come in a burrito. I think you can also get them as a side.

In the era when I first encountered the enchirito, an order of beans on the side consisted of an order for “a Frijole”. Yeah, as if you were placing an order for a single bean. It was refried beans, in a round cardboard container with melty cheddar cheese on top, and you could get it with broken taco shells in lieu of them having tortilla chips.

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