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Machacado Con Huevo

A Mexican breakfast dish of scrambled eggs mixed with shredded beef, served with tortillas, beans, cheese, and salsa.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Butter and cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7,962 recipes. Both carry delta-dodecalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Machacado Con Huevo

Serves 10
Time2–3 minutes per cooking step

Ingredients

Directions

Cook

  1. Heat butter in large skillet over medium‑high heat.

  2. Add eggs; cook, stirring frequently, for 2–3 minutes or until eggs just begin to set.

  3. Stir in shredded beef filling and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2–3 minutes or until eggs are cooked and beef is heated through.

Serve

  1. Serve eggs with tortillas, beans, cheese, and salsa.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1273Calories
64 gProtein
55 gFat
125 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Beannot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Butter + cheesetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,962 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  2. Flour + beanstop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,080 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  3. Beef + beanstop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,134 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Butter + flourtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Beans + cheesetop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together741 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Butter and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Set into soft curds that give the dish its main structure and texture.
Shredded beef filling
Adds savory flavor and substance to the eggs.
Cheddar or monterey jack cheese
Melts into the warm filling and adds richness and savory flavor.
Refried beans
Add moisture and a creamy body alongside the eggs.

The step that matters

Stop cooking the eggs when they just begin to set. Eggs keep cooking from residual heat after leaving the pan. Overcooking them over medium-high heat makes them dry and rubbery, so remove them while still slightly moist and glossy.

Swap the beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, egg, beef, flour, cheese):

  1. Almondfits better
  2. Walnutfits about as well
  3. Beansthe original
  4. Peanutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, egg, beef, flour, cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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