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L.A.’s First ‘Salvi Breakfast Burrito’ Arrives, With Yuca Frita, Chicharrón, and Curtido In A Flour Tortilla

This breakfast burrito is genuinely “very L.A.” It reflects the time and place well, with Salvadoran cooks and a Japanese-Jewish co-creator taking on a Mexican favorite that was originally an amalgamation of Mexican and North American cuisine itself.

11:23 AM PST on November 25, 2024

Los Molcajetes burrito

Los Molcajetes’ Salvi breakfast burrito. Photo by Vladimir Santos for L.A. TACO.

At 9:56 a.m. on November 19th, 2024, Los Angeles pupusería Los Molcajetes invented their “Salvi Breakfast Burrito.” It was a planned and half-happy accident, but the city of L.A. and the world are both better for it. 

This innovation on the famed breakfast burritos, of purported New Mexican origins, was built with distinctly Salvadoran ingredients. Instead of hashbrowns, it has yuca frita. Instead of bacon, sausage, or ham, it is filled with chicharrón, chorizo Salvadoreño, and bacon.

What remains of the familiar is a flour tortilla, bacon, eggs, and Monterey Jack cheese. The final Salvi touch is an added curtido, the lightly pickled cabbage blend that cuts through the burrito's savory richness. It is the latest win in a city of champions.