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Huevos Rancheros
Huevos Rancheros
Huevos Rancheros is the most popular choice for breakfast and brunch in Mexican cuisine. The meal consists of fried eggs topped on corn tortillas with a red sauce, crumbled queso, and cilantro; served with a side of refried beans and sliced avocado. The dish is easy to put together, inexpensive, and oh-so satisfying.There are also a couple of variations of the dish. Huevos ahogados features the eggs poached instead of fried. Huevos divorciados has a different sauce for each egg: one red, one green. Huevos motulenos, originating from the city of Motul in the Yucatán, features the eggs on tortillas served with black beans, ham, peas, fried plantains, and salsa picante.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 4 corn tortillas
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- queso fresco
- cilantro chopped
- refried beans
- avocado sliced
Sauce
- 2 tomatoes diced
- 1 serrano pepper diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 green onion chopped
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Add the tomatoes, garlic, serrano, and green onions to a food processor.
- Pulse until smooth.
- Heat up the cooking oil in a pot over medium heat. Pour in the salsa. Fry for 10 minutes to cook out the raw flavor. Season with salt to taste. Set aside.
- Heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil on a griddle over medium high heat. Fry the tortillas for a minute on each side until crispy. Set aside.
- In an egg skillet, heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil over high heat. Crack in the eggs and fry sunny side up until the whites are cooked; about 3 minutes.
Tinapa Fried Rice
Tinapa Fried Rice
Tinapa fried rice is fried rice made with smoked fish. I had previously made some smoked mackerel and figured that it would be a great addition to some rice. Smoked trout, smoked whitefish, and smoked tilapia are all great options to use. Tinapa fried rice is commonly eaten for breakfast, but is also a great side dish to accompany your meal.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 1/2 medium white onion diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 3 smoked mackerel fillets flaked
- 4 cups cooked day old rice
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat. Scramble the eggs and remove from the pan.
- Add another tbsp of vegetable oil to the pan. Sauté the onions and garlic for 4 minutes.
- Add in the flaked mackerel. Cook for 2 minutes and remove from the pan.
- Add the last 2 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add in the cooked rice, making sure to break up all of the clumps. Fry for 2 minutes.
- Season with the soy sauce, salt and pepper. Fry for 1 more minute.
- Add the mackerel, onions, garlic, and eggs back into the rice. Cook for 2 more minutes.
Tortilla Paraguaya
Tortilla Paraguaya
Tortilla Paraguaya is really more of a cheese omelette than an actual tortilla. The tortilla is made from eggs, flour, milk, and Paraguayan cheese. The batter is almost pancake-like in consistency but has more of a eggy spongy texture. They are eaten for breakfast and throughout the day as an accompaniment to meals and as a snack.
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 6 oz queso fresco or queso paraguayan, grated
- 2 green onions chopped
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup flour
- salt to taste
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Mix together the cheese, green onions, and beaten eggs.
- Mix in the flour and milk until a batter forms. Season with salt.
- Heat up enough cooking oil to thinly coated the bottom of a griddle over medium heat. Scoop a large ladles worth of the batter onto the griddle.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes a side.
