Recipe
Huevos Rancheros
This hearty breakfast dish from Mexico combines eggs, salsa, chorizo sausage and corn tortillas for a fortifying start to any day.
Ingredients
Salsa
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup chopped yellow onion (about 1/2 small onion)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (about 1 medium clove)
- 21/2 cups chopped tomatoes
- (about 2 medium tomatoes)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon seeded, minced jalapeno (about 1/2 small jalapeno)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Eggs
- 1 cup diced chorizo sausage (about 5 ounces)
- 6 corn tortillas
- 6 large eggs
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup grated queso fresco or Monterey Jack cheese
Directions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onion and saute for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep from sticking. Add the garlic and cook, stirring for 30 seconds. Stir in the tomatoes, lime juice, jalapeno, cilantro, salt, and pepper. This is called a salsa. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Simmer the salsa, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside. Cover with the lid to keep warm.
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add the chorizo and cook, stirring, 8 to 10 minutes, until the sausage is golden brown and cooked through. (Be careful when stirring so that the grease from the chorizo doesn't pop out of the pan.) Remove the chorizo with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside. Reserve 11/2 tablespoons of the drippings from the sausage.
- Heat a clean nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add 1/2 teaspoon of oil to the pan and place one tortilla in the oil. Cook for 1 minute and turn. Cook an additional 30 seconds. The tortilla will be slightly golden but still soft. Transfer the warm tortilla to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Continue to cook the remaining tortillas, using about 1/2 teaspoon of oil for each tortilla.
- In the same skillet, heat half of the reserved drippings from the chorizo over medium-high heat. One at a time, carefully break 3 eggs into the skillet, making sure that the edges of the eggs don't touch one another. Season the eggs with 1/8 teaspoon salt each, and fry each egg about 1 minute. Using a spatula, carefully flip the eggs and fry for 1 minute longer, or to the desired degree of doneness. Transfer the eggs to a plate and sprinkle each egg with 2 tablespoons of the grated cheese.
- Using the remaining chorizo drippings, cook the remaining 3 eggs and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of cheese each.
- To serve, place 1 tortilla on each plate. Top each tortilla with a fried egg and cheese. Sprinkle chorizo over the egg and top with salsa. Serve warm.
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