migas

American  

[mee-gahs] / ˈmi gɑs /

noun

1. a Tex-Mex dish of scrambled eggs with fried corn tortilla strips, hot peppers, onion, tomato, and seasonings, often served with tortillas, salsa, etc.

2. a Spanish or Portuguese appetizer made from moistened cubes of leftover bread, sautéed with garlic in olive oil, and served with bacon, sausage, spinach etc.

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Etymology

Origin of migas

First recorded in 2005–10; from Spanish: literally, “crumbs”

Example Sentences

But if the migas, sold in the hotel and five other locations, are attention-grabbers, their creators are quite the opposite.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021

Despite the dish’s assembly of peppers, onions, tomatoes, fried tortilla strips and soft wedges of avocado, you’ll still need Burrell’s grand unifying salsa to bring order to your migas tacos, freshly composed at the table.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2019

The logo speaks of strings of lights over picnic tables in dirt yards, of migas, scrambled eggs with flour tortillas, of a bar with sawdust on the floor and a mechanical bull.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 2, 2019

That pork belly migas is on the weekend brunch menu.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2017

I asked Mom why you made migas, since my library book said it was really from Texas, and you never lived in Texas.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones