Machacado con huevo, Machaca con huevo, or Huevos con machaca is a dish consisting of shredded dry beef that is scrambled with eggs. Its name means "shredded with eggs" in Spanish. The shredded dry beef, carne seca or "machaca", is said to have originated in the town of Ciénega de Flores, about 20 miles north of Monterrey, Mexico.[1][2] The early settlers in the area air-cured beef so that it would be preserved.[3][4][5][6]
 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 |
The basic machacado con huevo is made with eggs and dried beef. Chopped tomatoes, onions and jalapeños or serrano chili peppers can be added, or salsa can be cooked into it, to create another version. This is a traditional dish in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo León that is usually eaten at breakfast, but was also eaten at other meals.[7] In the US, this breakfast or brunch dish is popular in Texas.[3][8][9]
History
editAccording to one legend, the dish was invented in the 1920s by Fidencia Quiroga, who was known locally as "Tía Lencha" (Aunt Lencha).[1][8][10] Although there is minimal evidence that the dish originated with her, there is little doubt that she popularized it when she began to serve it in her restaurant to construction workers building the nearby Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway in 1928.[11] As a result of her association with machacado con huevo, a major manufacturer of the shredded dried beef that is used in it—Productos Alimenticios Tia Lencha SA—is named after her.[11][12]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Adame, Homero (3 November 2013). "El origen del machacado con huevo" [The origin of machacado con huevo]. Mitos y leyendas de Homero Adame (in Spanish).
- ^ "Machacado con huevo, una tradición muy regia" [Machacado con huevo, a royal tradition]. Telemundo 52 (in Spanish). 9 April 2014. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ a b Meesey, Chris (25 November 2009). "On The Range: Machacado Con Huevos". Dallas Observer.
- ^ "Latino Recipes For The Holidays: Machaca Con Huevos". Huffington Post. 26 December 2013.
- ^ Kennedy, Diana (1986). The Cuisines of Mexico. Harper & Row. pp. 244–245. ISBN 9780061814815.
- ^ Chavez, Stephen; Rodriguez, Art (December 26, 2013). "Latino Recipes For The Holidays: Machaca Con Huevos". Huffington Post.
- ^ Chavez, Stephen (August 19, 2014). "A breakfast of machaca con huevos". Alhambra Source. Archived from the original on December 24, 2014.
- ^ a b Walsh, Robb (1 February 2010). "Machacado con Huevos". Houston Press.
- ^ Shilcutt, Katharine (8 February 2012). "Morning Machaca: This tiny East End restaurant — attached to a dried-beef factory — serves tasty, old-school Tex-Mex classics". Houston Press.
- ^ Guerrero Aguilar, Antonio (1 March 2012). "La tía Lencha y el machacado con huevo" [Aunt Lencha and machacado con huevo]. SabinasHidalgo.net (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Torres, Armando (22 March 2012). "Tía Lencha ampliará su mercado de exportación" [Tía Lencha expand its export market]. El Economista (in Spanish).
- ^ "Nuestra Historia". Tía Lencha (in Spanish).