Why these juicy red birria tacos are an LA favorite

• We meet and chat with Teddy Vazquez, the owner of Teddy's Red Tacos
• Teddy explains the origin of his delicious recipe as well as what is inside his Deluxe Plate.
• Teddy's Red Tacos is blowing up Instagram with their eye catching bright red tacos
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Following is a transcript of the video.

Customer 1: I feel like I am home because it said Tijuana style and I wanted to see if it was actually from Tijuana and, to be honest, it really is.

Teddy Vasquez: I don't know how to explain it, the flavor you get. The meat is so, so juicy and tender. I don't know, you just have to try it for yourself.

Teddy Vasquez: Hi guys, my name is Teddy Vazquez and I'm the owner of Teddy's Red Tacos. This meat is all beef, shoulder cut from the beef part. Everything is cooked in a pot, it boils for several hours. We put tomatoes, spices and this is how it comes out after a couple hours of getting, getting cooked overnight. This is all shredded beef. So we just chop it up and then we like to throw in some of the juice. This is what Teddy's Red Tacos is all about. We just get a tortilla, a plate, throw a handful of meat with onions, some cilantro, some hot sauce, and some juice. Boom. And there you go. Teddy's Red Tacos.

Producer: Double dipping.

Teddy Vasquez: We got Mario on the grill. Mario, one of the best ones. We have Delfino here.

Delfino: Hola.

Teddy Vasquez: A great superstar here as well. This is our famous deluxe plate. It consists of four items. This is a taco, tostada, this round one, we call it a molita because it has meat and cheese inside, onions, cilantro. And my favorite one is the quesadilla. Put some hot sauce, squeeze a little bit of lime, put in some broth. This is the juice of the meat. Like it like this, I like to do this. You close it up and you enjoy. Mmm. I don't know how to explain it, the flavor you get. It's, the tortilla's crunchy, the meat is so, so juicy and tender. You know, the broth makes it extra juicy and tender. I don't know, you just have to try it for yourself. When we cook the meat, it releases its fat and we wet the tortillas in the pot and we throw it on the grill. The tortillas are wet red. That's why our tortillas come out extra crispy and all that.

I've seen it on TV and my boyfriend's cousin actually lives close by so we just wanted to stop by. But we've seen it through TV, Instagram. It's soft, it's very moist. It kinda just sinks in. It's good. It's good.

The tortilla's red and it's just like, crispy, you know, definitely different.

It's just unbelievably amazing because with this simple concept, just four items on a plate, one meat, simple, people making lines. People are excited to come check it out. I'm just beyond blessed, beyond grateful. Back in October 2016, I started selling my tacos on the weekends in a little, old warehouse. At first, in the beginning, people didn't know me and I didn't know, I didn't have any customers whatsoever. But, when I was done cooking, I put everything in the trunk of my car and during the week I was driving for Uber and for Lyft and I would get a ride and people would be like, "Hey, what's that smell? Why does it smell like food?" And I'm like, "Hey, I'm glad you asked "because actually I sell tacos." And like, "What do you mean? Like tacos?" Yeah. And within nine months, I was able to get my first truck. I had the vision to park somewhere where, I wanted to put tents and tables. So I saw this spot here on Slauson, the railroads, and I said to myself, "Wow, this is a pretty cool spot." And I just had the vision. What if you're able to park here, put tents and tables, put some music in the background, you're having some tacos. That'd be pretty cool. For me, opening the restaurant was more simple because I have a partner over there. I don't have to worry as much as over there. I was kinda hesitant. I'm like, "What if people doesn't respond to our food, "to our concept?" But then the same thing kicked in. Yes, it's possible. Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Man] I sampled everything and everything was really delicious.

[Woman] And how does it compare to other tacos that you have had in other restaurants? These are definitely up in the top, they're delicious.

Best birria ever. The meat, the soup, everything. Delicious.

The best thing that I love about my job is the people's reaction. And to people react to me excited and they're willing to wait in line for 30, 40, one hour, two hours. I'm beyond grateful for that.

Regardless if it's, like, the quesadillas, the tacos, the lemons, everything is so good here.

It's good, it's got a little bit of kick to it, but with the onions and everything, it's a good taco. Definitely lives up to the ratings.