Tacos and birria originated as two entirely separate dishes. Birria is a traditional Mexican dish. It is technically a meat stew but let me tell you. I've never had a meat stew that tastes like the magic that is birria. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEssentially, you make the most deliciously flavorful sauce to ever exist. Then you braise meat in that sauce until the meat is perfectly tender and falling apart. That's birria! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThen one day, someone whom I consider to be a culinary genius, decided to coat a tortilla with birria sauce, stuff it with the shredded birria meat, sprinkle on some cheese,  and then then fry it to crispy golden perfection. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBirria tacos were born!