Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates The Best Breakfast Food, Chilaquiles
*What is Chilaquiles?*
- A Mexican breakfast dish made with fried corn tortillas, salsa, and cheese.
- Can be served with eggs, beans, and avocado.
- Can be customized with different salsas and toppings like sour cream, guacamole, or chorizo.
*Google Doodle*
- Illustrated by Oakland-based guest artist Chava Oropesa.
- Features the beloved Mexican breakfast dish chilaquiles, which means “chilis and greens” in the Aztec language Nahuatl.
- Uses Mexican pink, or Rosa Mexicano, a color synonymous with Mexican culture.
- Incorporates a Talavera plate, a traditional Mexican ceramic, and cut tortillas into letters and fry them, a creative twist that adds depth and texture to the artwork.
*History of Chilaquiles*
- Born out of resourcefulness, people began cutting stale corn tortillas into strips, frying them up, and sautéing them in salsa.
- Can be found on menus in Mexican restaurants across Mexico and the southwest of the U.S.
- Usually garnished with a combination of cream, queso fresco, onions, and avocados.
- Traced back to ancient Aztec times, but were only introduced to American eaters by Encarnación Pinedo, “The Spanish Cook” in 1898.
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