How to Make Chilaquiles

Use these simple instructions to make a tasty dish of fried tortillas in tomato sauce. Feeds three to four people as a main course, more as an appetizer.

Instructions

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

1. Stack a dozen corn tortillas and cut the stack into eight wedges (like a pizza).
2. Heat 4 ounces of vegetable oil in a large cooking pot.
3. 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.
4. In a blender, mix the tomatoes, garlic and chilies.
5. Lay sliced tortilla strips in the hot oil and fry until golden brown.
6. Drain oil from pot, then immediately add two eggs and scramble with tortilla strips.
7. Add tomato sauce mixture to fried tortillas and egg.
8. Top with thinly diced onion, dried oregano and grated cheese immediately after adding tomato sauce.
9. Allow chilaquiles to simmer for 2 minutes undisturbed, and serve.

Tips & Warnings

• Ideally chilaquiles should be served with warm sourdough bread and a side of refried beans.
• Once chilaquiles begin to simmer, serve quickly so that tortillas maintain crunchy texture.
• Green tomatillos could replace the red tomatoes to make chilaquiles in salsa verde.