It consists of a grilled, or sometimes pan-fried steak, with fried eggs on top.
In Argentina, bife a caballo is usually served with French fries.
It may be prepared from several beef cuts, such as alcatra, coxão-mole, maminha, or fraldinha.
[citation needed] "Steak on horseback" is a recipe of European origin,[2] believed to be from England.
[3] In France, it was known as bifteck à cheval or œuf à cheval ("egg on horseback"), consisting of grilled beef steak, with fried eggs on top.