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Food & Drink > Recipes > Chilaquiles (Tortillas and Eggs)
 

Chilaquiles (Tortillas and Eggs)

This is a way to use up left-over tortillas - cut them into strips and cook with eggs. First, you cook the tortillas crisp in oil and then they soften up with the eggs and achieve an almost meaty texture.

The first recipes I found on food.com is a traditional one, where you make your own chili sauce. Very easy to do, I might add, and no doubt worth it, but in a pinch you could use a can of enchilada sauce.

Guadalajara Traditional Recipe

For the sauce:
4 large tomatoes
3 chiles de arbol
1/2 cup water
1 garlic clove
1 tablespoon oil
Salt

12 dry and hard tortillas
4 tablespoons corn oil
3 eggs

1 large white onion, finely chopped (garnish)
1 cup of grated oaxaca cheese (or any cheese)

Boil tomatoes and chiles until soft. Mix them in blender with the garlic and water. Heat 1 tbsp of oil and fry this paste, lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt. Cut the tortillas in strips with a pair of kitchen scissors. Heat 4 tbsp of oil and fry the tortilla strips until crispy. Drain oil and add the three eggs to pan. Stir strips and eggs quickly so they don't stick to the pan. Add salt to taste. Place on a serving bowl, pour the sauce over them and sprinkle with onion and cheese. Serve immediately. Enjoy with a side of refried beans.

Sunset Magazine Chiquaquiles

6 corn tortillas
3 tablespoons salad oil or butter
1/2 cup diced onions
1/4 cup chopped canned green chiles
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 eggs
1 cup shredded Jack cheese or medium-sharp cheddar
Red chile sauce (canned or home-made), heated

Cut the tortillas into strips about 3/8 inch wide. Fry in the salad oil over medium heat, stirring, until crisp. Add the diced onion, chopped chiles, salt, and eggs, mixing well. Cook, stirring, until the eggs are partially done. Sprinkle with shredded cheese and continue cooking, stirring, until eggs are cooked as you like. Top each serving with the sauce. Serves 4.

posted on May 12, 2011 11:34 AM ()

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Both of these recipes sound wonderful!
comment by dragonflyby on May 14, 2011 7:03 AM ()
I use tortillas a lot--many faceted.
comment by solitaire on May 14, 2011 6:31 AM ()
You're right, tortillas are so versatile. Mr. YouKnow is arriving here today for a few weeks so I'm going to have to start planning meals.
reply by kitchentales on May 14, 2011 6:45 AM ()
Mexican food is the best but I didn't like it the first time I tried it.
For one thing you need to like hot and spicy. I think we all disagree
about authentic Mexican or Tex-Mex which is my preference. I started with
sublime chicken tacos, hand fried and with both white and dark meat. I
have never tasted anything better but alas, they just stuff white meat in a
tortilla shell in most restaurants. I have eaten tortillas in scrambled
eggs and it is very good. It changes the taste of eggs and I hate eggs
except in cooking.
comment by elderjane on May 13, 2011 9:07 AM ()
I wonder if chili con carne with beans counts as Mexican food. It does and it doesn't. I'm betting that when my dad ate it every Saturday for 40 years (homemade) if you asked him he'd say 'I don't like Mexican food' because he'd be thinking of the tacos and burritos and the chili was just a given.
reply by kitchentales on May 14, 2011 6:43 AM ()
On occasion, I watch Chef Rick Bayless on PBS prepare all sorts of Mexican food with relish, and I wonder why Mexican cuisine has never appealed to me and my taste buds. True, I never ate it growing up, but I also haven't eaten any that I really liked. I think maybe it's time to go to a good Mexican restaurant and try a variety of dishes. Maybe there's hope for me yet.
comment by marta on May 12, 2011 8:03 PM ()
It may be an acquired taste. Try it once or twice and you will soon crave it.
reply by elderjane on May 13, 2011 8:59 AM ()
I was thinking how unimaginable because we have some form of Mexican food several times a week, but then I got to thinking, and I feel the same way about Thai food. Each to his own, right?
reply by kitchentales on May 12, 2011 8:14 PM ()

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