If you can’t find machaca at your local Mexican mercado (market), this is the recipe I use. But it would also make a great filling for a breakfast burrito. We eat it with a side of refried pinto beans and flour tortillas. Serve, topping each serving with cilantro, queso fresco and avocado. Stir in the shredded beef, tomato(es), salt and pepper.Īdd the beaten eggs and cook, stirring to scramble until just set or however you like your scrambled eggs. Huevos con Machaca (Eggs with Shredded Dried Beef)Ģ tablespoons grape seed oil (or other neutral oil)ġ/2 cup medium onion (I used white), finely choppedĢ jalapeño chiles, seeded and finely choppedġ-2 medium Roma (plum) tomatoes, cored and finely choppedĬook the onion and chile,in stirring, until softened. My eyes are usually hungrier than my stomach, but you probably have better self-control than I do! This is a very filling breakfast, so adjust your portions to how hungry you are. My great-grandmother (far right), my grandmother (next to her) and my mom’s cousins and her uncle on the farm east of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, circa 1940s. But everything was great after breakfast and we (all the kids) were running around the farm having fun for the rest of the day! I remember it as a scary experience, especially for a kid from el otro lado (the other side of the border/ the US). As the oldest grandchild of my grandmother, I had to “represent” the rest of the family. When I first read it, I thought of those trips to visit my abuelita‘s brothers and sisters. This recipe is from Marge Poore’s 1,000 Mexican Recipes cookbook. We would enjoy it for breakfast on the weekend, which meant Sunday for us since we (me and my siblings) usually had Corn Flakes before church on Saturday. Sometimes, my parents would bring back machaca, along with the produce we were allowed to take across the border. This was a morning meal we would enjoy whenever we would visit my mom’s aunts and uncles at their ranchos (farms) in Baja California, Mexico. If you want a hearty breakfast, this is it! No need for a “second breakfast.”
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