The Secret Texas ‘Hangover Food’ That’s Been Saving Mornings for Generations

A night out on the town is always fun and sounds like a great idea—until the next morning, when you realize you probably shouldn’t have had that last shot or final beer. Now you’re stuck with a massive hangover. In my opinion, having a hangover is equivalent to getting beaten up by 20 people at the same time, and after they’re done, they kick you one last time. Long story short, hangovers are painful all day long.

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Sorry, Waffle House: Texas Has a Different Definition of ‘Late Night Food’

In Texas, though, we have a remedy: good food and a good nap can get you over that hangover almost immediately. For a lot of us, our go-to hangover dish might be Vietnamese pho, Waffle House, or maybe a trip to your favorite taqueria for some menudo . But according to Spoon University , there’s only one meal that truly gets the job done as the number-one hangover dish in Texas.

Is This the Best Hangover Meal in America? Texans Certainly Think So

Texans have said that if you’re under the age of 40, the simple answer is this: you have to go to Texas’s well-known burger spot, Whataburger—and honestly, that makes perfect sense to me. In my younger years, Whataburger was what got me through the day after a long night of drinking and speaking to the porcelain gods.

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But even with Whataburger being known for just being that great, it's STILL not the go to meal. The go to hangover food will forever and always be the infamous breakfast taco!A warm, fluffy, buttery tortilla filled with fluffy eggs, bacon, shredded cheese, and topped with green salsa will guarantee a level of recuperation you didn’t even know was possible. Even if you’re not from Texas, think about it—across other parts of the U.S., people grab Jack in the Box tacos or late-night street tacos. It’s always a taco situation. Texas just happens to have the best of the best, so when we want to cure a hangover, we order two to three breakfast tacos with extra green salsa and a Coca-Cola. Trust me—you won’t be disappointed.