On the menu tonight – Chilaquiles!
If you aren’t familiar with Chilaquiles, it’s kind of like a sloppy version of nachos. In my opinion, it’s Mexican comfort food at its finest. Traditionally, you’d take some corn tortillas, cut them into quarters and fry them to make the “chips”. But, if you have a bag of corn tortilla chips, you can just use those – which is what I did for this dish.
It’s a really easy dish to make and it doesn’t take very long at all to put it together. There are different versions using either red or green enchilada sauce.
This is one of those dishes you can have for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late-night snack. I hope you’ll try making this dish and let me know how it turns out!
Chilaquiles
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Ingredients
- Three 5-inch corn tortillas, cut into quarters OR bag of pre-made corn tortilla chips
- Avocado oil, for frying if you are making your own chips
- 15 ounce can green or red enchilada sauce
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 2 large eggs
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack cheese
- 2-3 Tbsp finely chopped red onion
- 2-3 Tbsp chopped cilantro
- 2-3 Tbsp of your favorite salsa
- 2-3 Tbsp of sour cream
Instructions
If making your own chips, heat the oil to 350 degrees
Carefully add some chips to the hot oil, cook about 1 1/2 min and then turn them over
Once browned to your liking remove them from the oil and put them on a baking sheet or plate lined with paper towels
Heat the enchilada sauce over medium heat until hot
In a separate pan, melt the butter over medium heat
Crack the eggs into the skillet and fry until fully cooked. You can either cover the eggs with a lid to finish cooking the top side of the eggs or flip them to finish cooking
Season the cooked eggs with salt and pepper to taste
While the eggs are cooking, start assembling the chilaquiles
In a shallow 1 quart dish, put a layer of the tortilla chips down, sprinkle them with about half of the cheese
Pour enough of the enchilada sauce over the tortillas and cheese to cover most of the chips
Add the remaining chips in an even layer
Top with the remaining cheese and more sauce (use as much or as little as you like)
Top with the fried eggs, red onion, cilantro, salsa and sour cream
Enjoy!
