What Tacos de canasta means
Tacos de canasta is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "basket tacos". It comes from Spanish taco + canasta (basket). It is pronounced TAH-kos deh kah-NAS-tah, and it is most associated with Mexico City.
Sold from a cloth-lined basket that keeps them warm and damp, which is why they are also called tacos sudados, sweated tacos.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Antojito means "little craving". These are the masa-based street foods named for their shape more often than their filling: a sope is a small mound, a huarache is a sandal, a gordita is a fat little one, a tlacoyo is an oval patty.
