Thursday, July 1, 2010

Chilaquiles

These are traditionally eaten for breakfast or brunch, but I was really craving them so we had them for dinner. This was my first time making them, and they ended up being very easy. The fried tortilla-salsa mixture is the base, and you can add pretty much anything on top: pulled chicken, beans, fried eggs, avocado...We topped ours with fried eggs, queso fresco, cilantro, and green onion. Since the tortillas are fried (making them delicious) this is not the healthiest recipe, but it does pack a lot of flavor.

Ingredients
~12 white corn tortillas, cut into sixths
~1.5 C salsa verde (you can buy this at the store)
~4 eggs, fried
-queso fresco (Mexican crumbling cheese)
-vegetable oil
-salt
Optional additional toppings:
-Cilantro, green or red onion, beans, chicken

Steps:
1. Get a fair amount of oil (about 1/4 of an inch) nice and hot in a large frying pan. Add your pieces of tortilla and fry on both sides until pieces are a nice golden brown. (This took me about 4-5 minutes, and I had to do three batches).

2. Once tortillas are done frying, place them on paper towels to remove excess oil, and lightly salt.

3. Start frying your eggs in another pan.

4. After you're done frying all your tortillas, dump out most of your oil (not down the drain), but reserve about 1 T of oil in the pan. Add your salsa verde to the frying pan and heat on medium. Once salsa is hot, stir in all your tortilla pieces until they all get some sauce on them.

5. Pour half the tortilla mixture onto a plate and top with two fried eggs.
6. Crumble some queso fresco on top, and garnish with cilantro and green onion.

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