Panchos Mexican Grill Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing the menu at Panchos Mexican Grill, located in El Cajon, CA, offers a wide range of authentic Mexican dishes with a modern twist. From signature burritos like the California Burrito with carne asada, fries, guacamole, and cheese to flavorful soups like Caldo De Res and Menudo, Panchos has something for everyone. Customers rave about the quality and taste of the food, with favorites like the Chile Verde Chimichanga and the Beef Chimichanga receiving high praise. The restaurant also stands out for its friendly service and vibrant ambiance, making it a great spot for lunch or dinner. Don't miss out on the opportunity to try their delicious homemade Mexican food and experience a taste of Mexico right in California.
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Caldo De Res
Beef shank and vegetable soup.
Menudo
Beef tripe soup.
Shrimp Soup
Seven Seas Soup
Shrimp, fish, mussels, scallops, crab, octopus, and clams.
Panchos Burrito
Carne asada, pico, cheese, beans, and mole.
Surf 'N' Turf Burrito
Carne asada, shrimp, rice, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.
Steak Ranchero Burrito
Carne asada, ranchero sauce and beans.
Baja Shrimp Burrito
Beer battered shrimp, pico, cabbage, and chipotle cream sauce.
Angus Chipotle Burrito
carne asada, bacon, guacamole, cheese, chipotle cream sauce.
Shrimp Diabla Burrito
Shrimp, rice, and spicy a la diabla sauce.
Chile Verde Burrito
slow roasted pork, salsa verde, beans. Topped with salsa verde and cheese,
Santa Fe Burrito
Grilled chicken, rice, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.
San Diego Burrito
Grilled chicken, fries, sour cream, and cheese.
Chicken Chipotle Burrito
grilled chicken, bacon, cheese, rice, and chipotle cream sauce.
Chukis Burrito
Carne asada and adobada, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.
Flamin' Hot Burrito
carne asada, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, nacho cheese, guacamole, sour cream
Cabo Burrito
Shrimp, Bacon, Pico, Cheese, and Chipotle crema
cali SURF Burrito
shrimp, carne asada, fries, pico, chipotle crema.
CHAPO burrito
adovada, fries, guacamole, cheese, chipotle crema.
SONORA burrito
carne asada, chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro
Soups
Signature Burritos
California Burrito
Carne asada, fries, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.
Carne Asada Burrito
Carne asada, pico, and guacamole.
Pollo Asado Burrito
Grilled chicken, pico, and guacamole.
Carnitas Burrito
Slow cooked pork, pico, and guacamole.
Adobada Burrito
Adobada pork, guacamole, onions, and cilantro.
Shrimp Burrito
Shrimp, ranchero sauce, and rice.
Fish Burrito
Beer battered fish, cabbage, pico, and house made tarter cream sauce.
Chile Relleno Burrito
Chile relleno, beans, cheese, and mole.
Veggie Burrito
Rice, lettuce, pico, and guacamole.
Mix Burrito (Beef and Bean)
Marinated shredded beef with beans.
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Cabeza Burrito
California Fries
Carne asada fries, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.
Angus Chipotle Fries
Carne asada, bacon, guacamole, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.
Chukis Fries
Carne asada and adobada, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.
Surf 'N' Turf Fries
Carne asada, shrimp, guacamole, cheese, and chipotle cream sauce.
Flamin' HOT fries
Chips and Guacamole
Chile Relleno
Chile relleno, chipotle sauce, crema, and queso fresco
Flying Saucer (Taco Salad)
Crispy flour tortilla bowl with shredded chicken or beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and guacamole.
Regular Burritos
California Fries
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs, ranchero sauce, cheese. All breakfast plates come with rice, beans, queso fresco.
Huevos A La Mexicana
Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, cilantro . All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, queso fresco
Machaca con Huevo
Scrambled eggs with shredded beef chuck, onions, and bell peppers. All breakfast plates come with rice, beans, queso fresco.
Chorizo con Huevo
Scrambled eggs with chorizo sausage. All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, queso fresco.
Red Chilaquiles
Scrambled eggs with crispy corn tortilla squares, mole, cheddar-jack cheese, queso cotija, sour cream. All breakfast plates are served with rice and beans.
Green Chilaquiles (verde)
Scrambled eggs mixed with crispy tortilla squares, salsa verde, cheddar-jack cheese, crema. All breakfast plates are served with rice, beans, and queso fresco.
Ham Burrito
Ham, eggs, beans, and cheese.
Bacon Burrito
Bacon, eggs, potatoes, and cheese.
Sausage Burrito
Sausage, egg, potatoes, and cheese.
Big Breakfast Burrito
Ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, potatoes and cheese.
Steak and Egg Burrito
Eggs, carne asada, pico, and cheese.
Chorizo Burrito
chorizo sausage with eggs and potatoes.
Machaca Burrito
Scrambled eggs with shredded beef chuck, onions and bell peppers.
Sunrise Burrito
eggs mixed with salsa mexicana, hash browns, cheese.
Breakfast Torta
ham, eggs, cheese, beans.
Breakfast Plates
Breakfast Burritos
Carne Asada Taco
Carne asada, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.
Pollo Asado Taco
Grilled chicken, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.
Carnitas Taco
Slow cooked pork, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.
Adobada Taco
Pork marinated in a guajillo chile sauce, guacamole, diced onions and cilantro.
Cabeza Taco
With diced onions and cilantro.
Fish Taco
Beer battered fish, cabbage, pico, and our house made tarter cream.
Shrimp Taco
Beer battered shrimp, cabbage, pico, and chipotle cream.
Shredded Beef Taco
Fried beef taco with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Three Rolled Tacos
Three rolled tacos with guacamole and cheese. You can add lettuce at no charge.
Five Rolled Tacos
Five rolled tacos with guacamole and cheese. You can add lettuce at no charge.
SONORA taco
carne asada and chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro
3 tj Carne Asada Tacos
Carne asada, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.
3 tj Pollo Asado Tacos
Grilled chicken, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.
3 tj Carnitas Tacos
Slowly cooked pork, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.
3 tj Adobada Tacos
Marinaded pork, guacamole, diced onions, and cilantro.
3 tj Cabeza Tacos
Topped with diced onions and cilantro.
3 tj Sonora Tacos
3 tj Sonora Tacos - asada with chorizo, guacamole, onions, cilantro
Tacos
3 tj Tacos
Shrimp Ceviche Tostada
Carne Asada Tostada
Pollo Asado Tostada
Bean Tostada
Adobada Tostada
Carne Asada Torta
Carne asada, salsa fresca, lettuce, guacamole, and beans.
Pollo Asado Torta
Grilled chicken, salsa fresca, lettuce, guacamole, and beans.
Especial Torta
Carne asada, ham, lettuce, salsa fresca, guacamole, and beans.
Adobada Torta
Tostadas
Tortas
Two Beef Enchiladas
Two beef enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions and cilantro.
Two Chicken Enchiladas
Two chicken enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions.
Two Cheese Enchiladas
Two cheese enchiladas topped with sour cream, diced onions, and cilantro.
Panchos Quesadilla
Carne asada, guacamole, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Carne Asada Quesadilla
Pollo Asado Quesadilla
Shrimp Quesadilla
Shrimp Diabla Quesadilla
Cheese Quesadilla
Cabo Quesadilla
Shrimp, Bacon, Chipotle, and Cilantro.
Adobada Quesadilla
Enchiladas
Quesadillas
Combo #1 Beef Taco and Cheese Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Combo #2 Chile Relleno and Cheese Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Combo #3 Enchiladas
Two cheese, chicken, or beef enchiladas. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #4 Beef Taco, Cheese Enchilada, Bean Tostada and Rice
Served with rice and beans.
Combo #5 Beef or Chicken Chimichanga (or Flautas)
Chimichanga or Flautas. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #6 Choose any Two Tacos
Served with rice and beans.
Combo #7 Steak or Chicken Fajitas
Steak or Chicken Fajitas. Served with guacamole, sour cream, rice and beans.
Combo #8 Carnitas
Carnitas (shredded pork) served with guacamole, fresh pico salsa, rice and beans.
Combo #9 Chile Verde Plate
Cooked pork in our house made chile verde salsa. Served with rice and beans.
Combo #10 Carne Asada Plate
Carne Asada plate. Served with guacamole, fresh pico salsa, rice and beans.
Combo #11 Steak Ranchero Plate
Carne asada cook in our house made ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chipotle Shrimp Plate
8 large shrimp sauted in our chipotle crema sauce served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.
Shrimp Ranchero Plate
Seven large shrimp cooked in our house made ranchero sauce served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.
Shrimp A La Diabla Plate
8 large shrimp cooked in our house made diablo sauce (very spicy) served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.
Shrimp in Garlic Sauce (Scampi) Plate
Seven large shrimp cooked in garlic and butter served on a bed of rice, beans and salad.
Combination Plates
Seafood Plates
Shrimp Coctel
Mexican shrimp coctel served chilled.
Campechana Coctel (Shrimp and Octopus)
Mexican shrimp and octopus mix served chilled in our house made coctell sauce.suace
Kids #1 - Two Rolled Tacos with Fries
Two rolled tacos with fries.
Kids #2 - Quesadilla with Fries
Kids quesadilla with fries.
Kids #3 Bean and Cheese Burrito
Kids bean and cheese burrito with a side of fries.
Seafood Cocteles
Kids menu
8oz Rice or Beans
French Fries
8oz Guacamole
8oz Crema Guacamole
Sour cream infused with avocados.
8oz Sour Cream
Order of Chips
Spicy Jalapeo Carrots
8oz Salsa
Choices include chile de arbol, salsa verde, habanero salsa, creamy California, Chunky Salsa
Churros
Churros served with your choice of dipping sauces. Mexican caramel, Sweet Cream, or strawberry.
Bunuelos
Sides
Desserts
Can Soda
Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr Pepper
Aguas Frescas
Horchata, jamaica, tamarindo, orange bang, or raspberry iced tea.
Soft Drinks
Coca-Cola, diet coke, sprite, orange fanta, or Dr. Pepper.
Jarritos
1/2 L Mexican Coca Cola
Mexican Coke, Sweetened with Sugar Cane