Machaca con Huevo

Machaca, a type of dried meat, is particularly associated with miners in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. Before the arrival of refrigeration, it was common in northern Mexico for miners, ranchers, and cowboys to preserve meat by drying, a practice that extended into Arizona, California, Texas, and New Mexico.

Traditional machaca is marinated beef or pork that is rubbed with spices, pounded, dried, and then shredded, much like beef jerky. Back in the old days (before my