section: Crispy tacos
question: What type of cheese is typically used in a taco?
article: Taco
candidates: A mostly California variation where the (sometimes over-sized) corn tortilla is fried or deep-fried in oil (originally, lard). The meat can be anything, such as ground beef, steak, shredded beef, chicken or pork (carnitas). Ground beef is generally diluted with refried bean paste and/or potato, and heavily seasoned. Steak will usually be heavily chili-marinated, diced beef tip ("asada"). The meat is generally topped with jack and/or cheddar cheese, lettuce and tomato (and sometimes avocado and/or sour cream), with salsa on top.