Machacado con huevo facts for kids
Machaca con huevo, hot sauce and wheat flour tortilla
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| Course | Breakfast |
| Place of origin | Northern Mexico |
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| Main ingredients | machaca, eggs, tomatoes, onions and jalapeños or serrano chili peppers |
| Variations | salsa |
Machaca con huevo (say "mah-CHAH-kah kon WEH-voh") is a yummy dish from Northern Mexico. Its name means "shredded with eggs" in Spanish. It's made with shredded dry beef mixed with scrambled eggs.
The special shredded beef used in this dish is called machaca or carne seca. It's said to have first come from a town called Ciénega de Flores, near Monterrey, Mexico. Long ago, people in that area would dry beef in the air. This helped to keep the meat fresh for a long time.
You can make a basic machacado con huevo with just eggs and dried beef. Sometimes, people add chopped tomatoes, onions, and jalapeños or serrano chili peppers to it. You can also cook it with salsa for extra flavor. This dish is a traditional food in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It's usually eaten for breakfast, but people enjoy it at other meals too. In the United States, it's a popular breakfast or brunch meal in Texas.
The Story Behind Machaca
According to a popular story, a woman named Fidencia Quiroga created this dish in the 1920s. People knew her as "Tía Lencha" (Aunt Lencha). She might not have been the very first person to make it, but she definitely made it famous!
Tía Lencha started serving machacado con huevo at her restaurant in 1928. Many construction workers were building the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway nearby. They loved her dish! Because it became so popular, a big company that makes the shredded dried beef for this dish is now named after her: Productos Alimenticios Tia Lencha SA.
See also
In Spanish: Machacado con huevo para niños
