migas
Americannoun
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a Tex-Mex dish of scrambled eggs with fried corn tortilla strips, hot peppers, onion, tomato, and seasonings, often served with tortillas, salsa, etc.
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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.
Etymology
Origin of migas
First recorded in 2005–10; from Spanish: literally, “crumbs”
Example Sentences
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AUSTIN, Texas — It was early morning in the lobby of the Line Hotel, and everyone was eating migas.
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
Brunch, that most scorned of meals, is revived with the everything-bagel babka, the enormous Dutch baby, and the Fritos migas, served in a Fritos bag.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 18, 2018
That pork belly migas is on the weekend brunch menu.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2017
I made migas for Mom and Dad last night for dinner.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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