Love birria tacos? Try these 6 dishes next

If you like birria tacos, try shawarma, biryani and khao soi. Shawarma is the closest flavor match (70/100): rich handheld, like birria tacos, but tangier.

Birria tacos are tortillas dipped in the fat of a chili-braised beef or goat stew, griddled crisp with cheese and meat, and served with a cup of the broth (consomé) for dipping. Its strongest traits: rich, deeply savory, spicy.

Try biryani: rich and spicy, like birria tacos, but softer. It scores 68/100 against birria tacos on flavor.

Shawarma is lighter (3 vs 5), tangier (3 vs 1), less savory (4 vs 5) and milder (2 vs 3) than birria tacos, and differs on 4 more traits. Ratings are 0 to 5, written as shawarma vs birria tacos. Overall it scores 70/100 against birria tacos on flavor.

Each dish has a flavor profile rated 0 to 5 on richness, savoriness, heat, tang, sweetness, freshness, smoke and crunch. The match score compares two profiles and gives a small boost to dishes eaten the same way, like two noodle soups. In the Palytt app, your match score uses your own taste instead.