How to pronounce Taco rice

Taco rice is written タコライス where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tako ɾaisɯ/. In plain English letters that is TAH-koh RYE-soo, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Taco rice?

Taco rice is a rice dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Kin, Okinawa. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and late at night. Its main ingredients are beef, rice, dairy & cheese and vegetables. It tastes savory and spicy.

Where Taco rice comes from

Taco rice is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map. See all dishes from Okinawa Prefecture.

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  Goya champuru is chanpuru made with goya, or bitter melon.

• Okinawa soba 沖縄そば · Noodles & pasta · Okinawa

  Okinawa soba is the noodle soup of Okinawa Prefecture.

• Rafute ラフテー · Main dish · Okinawa

  Rafute is Okinawan braised pork: skin-on pork belly, or sometimes leg, stewed in soy sauce, brown sugar and awamori, the local rice spirit, until sweet and savoury.

• Sata andagi サーターアンダーギー · Dessert · Okinawa

  Sata andagi are deep-fried sweet buns from Okinawa, much like doughnuts.

• Awamori 泡盛 · Drink · Okinawa

  Awamori is a distilled spirit made from rice that is unique to Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Taco rice in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Taco rice:

• Bibimbap 비빔밥 · Rice dish · Jeonju, South Korea

  Bibimbap simply means "mixed rice": a bowl of warm rice topped with seasoned vegetables, often beef and an egg, all stirred together with chilli paste just before eating.

• Risi e bisi · Rice dish · Venice, Italy

  Risi e bisi, "rice and peas" in Venetian, sits between a risotto and a soup: rice cooked in a broth made from pea pods, with plenty of young spring peas, onion, pancetta, butter and Parmigiano, loose enough to eat with a spoon.

• Bisi bele bath ಬಿಸಿ ಬೇಳೆ ಬಾತ್ · Rice dish · Karnataka, India

  Bisi bele bath, "hot lentil rice", is a spicy rice dish from Karnataka.

• Nasi kerabu · Rice dish · Kelantan and Terengganu, Malaysia

  Nasi kerabu is a Malay rice dish from the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, also eaten in the provinces of southern Thailand, where it is called khao yam.