steak and eggs
{{Short description|American breakfast dish}}
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Steak and eggs is a dish of beefsteak and fried eggs. Originating in Australian cuisine, it is most typically served as a breakfast or brunch food.
History
Steak and eggs had emerged as an Australian breakfast by the 1880s. During the Second World War, it declined as a breakfast staple in Australia due to food rationing. Today it is primarily associated with American breakfast cuisine.{{cite web | url=https://www.australianfoodtimeline.com.au/steak-and-eggs/ | title=Steak and eggs glorified in poem - Australian food history timeline | date=16 September 1920 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1581298/history-steak-and-eggs-australia/ | title=The Rich History of Steak and Eggs Begins in Australia | date=15 May 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.mashed.com/1302474/history-behind-why-eat-steak-breakfast/ | title=The History Behind Why We Eat Steak for Breakfast | date=4 June 2023 }}
Ingredients
Various types of beefsteaks can be used, such as ribeye, strip, sirloin and flank, among others. Additional ingredients may include capsicum, garlic, onion, butter, salt, pepper, hot sauce, and other seasonings or condiments. Accompaniments may include various sauces, such as steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, chimichurri and others.
Variations
Variations include steak and egg sandwiches, open sandwiches and steak and Eggs Benedict. A version of steak and egg salad uses greens such as arugula, poached eggs and steak.
File:Steak and egg sandwich.jpg|A steak and egg sandwich with bacon and cheddar cheese
File:Eggs Benedict on steak.jpg|An open sandwich prepared with steak and eggs
File:Steak and Eggs Benedict.jpg|Steak and Eggs Benedict
File:Steak and eggs at Woods of Windsor restaurant.jpg|Steak and eggs at a restaurant, with salad and onion rings
File:"Steak and Eggs".jpg|A unique version of steak and eggs with carpaccio beef, quail egg, deviled egg and vegetable salpicon
In culture
Steak and eggs is the traditional breakfast served to NASA astronauts before a launch. The tradition was established after Alan Shepard had steak and eggs for breakfast the morning before his flight on May 5, 1961.
Steak and eggs are popular amongst bodybuilders.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGEoquh_x_MC&dq=steak+and+eggs+bodybuilding&pg=PA198 | title=Bodybuilding - Successful. Natural. Healthy: The Drug-free Way for Building Massive Muscles and Getting Ripped! | isbn=978-3-8482-4750-9 | last1=Breitenstein | first1=Berend | date=2013 | publisher=BoD – Books on Demand }}
The meal is also the customary pre-landing breakfast of the United States Marine Corps.{{cite web|url=http://www.monroetalks.com/events/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=40052|title=Steak and Eggs Landing Party Breakfast at Monroe VFW hall – MonroeTalks.com calendar, powered by Helios Calendar|date=24 March 2012|publisher=Monroetalks.com|access-date=29 June 2012}}{{dead link|date=April 2016}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4c10DGX84ZYC&pg=PA389|title=Terranova, a Remembrance|author=Steven J. Morabito|year=2008|publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781467864909|access-date=29 June 2012}}
See also
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