By
eHow Food & Drink Editor
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Things You’ll Need:
- Peppers
- Salt
- Vegetable Oils
- Large Pots
- 12 tortillas
- 2 finely diced onions
- 1 oz. dried oregano
- 2 jalapeño chilies
- 1 garlic cloves
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 oz. grated cheeses
- 2 to 3 large eggs
Step1
Stack a dozen corn tortillas and cut the stack into eight wedges (like a pizza).
Step2
Heat 4 ounces of vegetable oil in a large cooking pot.
Step3
In a separate pot, boil two tomatoes, a clove of garlic and 2 jalapeño chilies in 8 ounces of boiling water and add a touch of salt and pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
Step4
In a blender, mix the tomatoes, garlic and chilies.
Step5
Lay sliced tortilla strips in the hot oil and fry until golden brown.
Step6
Drain oil from pot, then immediately add two eggs and scramble with tortilla strips.
Step7
Add tomato sauce mixture to fried tortillas and egg.
Step8
Top with thinly diced onion, dried oregano and grated cheese immediately after adding tomato sauce.
Step9
Allow chilaquiles to simmer for 2 minutes undisturbed, and serve.