Chilaquiles! Friedcorn tortillas swimming in a spicy red salsa most garnished with Mexican cremaand crumbled queso fresco. In my opinion, these are the original Mexicannachos!
Course Brunch
Cuisine Mexican
Prep Time 25 minutesminutes
Cook Time 33 minutesminutes
Total Time 58 minutesminutes
Servings 2Servings
Ingredients
6corn tortillas100 gr
1 3/4cupsavocado or vegetable oil
6Roma tomatoes1.6 lbs
0.2ozdried chile de arbol
1ozfresh serrano peppers
0.4ozfresh garlic
2.2ozwhite onion
4 ½cwater
2tsps.Salt
2large eggs
1/4tsp.Salt
1/8tsp.pepper
1 ½tbsps.Onionfinely diced
¼cupqueso frescocrumbled
¼cupMexican crema
1tbsp.cilantrofinely chopped
6ozavocado slices
Instructions
Preheat 1 ½ cups of oil in a medium skillet at medium for 5-6 minutes. Slice the corn tortillas into wedges. Fry the tortillas for 7 minutes, turning as needed. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels. Set it aside.
Wash tomatoes and serrano peppers. In a medium pot, fill halfway with water. Bring to a simmer at medium heat. Carefully remove the stems from the serrano peppers and chili de arbol peppers. Score an X on the bottom of tomatoes. When water comes up to a light simmer, add the serrano peppers, chili de arbol peppers and tomatoes. Cook for 10 minutes or until skins from tomatoes start to pull away.
Transfer tomatoes to a plate and let cool for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, carefully peel the skin away from the tomatoes and discard the skin. Transfer tomatoes and all the juices on plate to the blender. Also, to the blender add the serrano peppers, onion, garlic, 1/3 cup of the cooking water and 1 ½ tsps. of salt. Blend on high until smooth, Set aside.
In a saucepan, preheat 2 tbsps. of oil at medium heat for a few minutes.
Once oil is hot, pour in the salsa from the blender jar. Stir well to combine. Reduce heat and continue cooking for 10 minutes. Taste for salt. Set it aside.
In a separate small nonstick skillet at medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of oil. Crack the eggs into skillet. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Cover skillet with lid and cook eggs while you finish preparing the chilaquiles.
Remove oil from the skillet. In that same skillet, at medium heat, add the fried chips. Pour in 6-7 ounces of salsa. Stir well to combine until all the chips are evenly coated. Reduce heat slightly and cook for 3-4 minutes.
Transfer chilaquiles to a large plate. Top with fried egg, onions, queso fresco, crema, cilantro, avocado and a pinch of salt. Enjoy!
Notes
Tips- Slice the corn tortilla one day ahead and let them dry out on the counter. The dried tortillas will fry up faster and absorb less oil when fried.