How to Cook Huevos Rancheros

Serves: 2

Ingredients needed to make huevos rancheros:

• 4 soft corn tortillas
• 4 fresh eggs can (15 oz) whole tomatoes, fire-roasted
• ½ medium onion, chopped
• ½ can (6 oz) green Anaheim chilies, diced
• 2 tbsp fresh cilantro, chopped
• Dash of ground cumin
• 1 tbsp chitpotle in adobo sauce, minced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp butter
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Cooking instructions for huevos rancheros:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over moderate heat and toss in the onions.
• Saute them until they wilt and turn lucid while stirring frequently to prevent it from burning.
• Empty the can of fire-roasted tomatoes, along with the juice into the skillet, breaking the whole ones with your hands as you do so.
• In case, you are using fresh tomatoes, chop them first before adding to the skillet and extend the cooking time since they need some time to cook.
• Throw in the chopped green chilies, along with the minced chitpotle in adobo sauce as well as a dash of ground cumin, and stir them all together.
• Lower the heat and bring the sauce to a simmer over slow flame, stirring frequently.
• Season with salt as well as black pepper and continue to simmer for last 10 minutes.
• Turn off the heat and set it aside for furture use.
• Warm up your oven to 150 degrees F and preheat the serving plates in it.
• Pour a tsp of olive oil in a separate skillet over moderately high heat and place the tortillas, one at a time, after the oil heats up.
• Toast the tortillas for a couple of minutes on each isde until they soften but don’t turn crispy.
• Pile them up on a warm serving plate, inside the oven, to keep them warm while you prepare the eggs.
• Melt a small dollop of butter in the pan over moderate heat, and crack the eggs, one by one, onto the hot skillet.
• Cook them for about 3-4 minutes until the whites are properly done yet the yolk remains wobbly.
• Place a tortilla on each plate and spread a layer of the prepared tomato sauce over it.
• Top it up with a fried egg and smother it with more spoonfuls of sauce.
• Finish it off with chopped cilantro on top and serve.

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Last Updated on December 13, 2012 by