if you have never heard of chilaquiles, just know that it is a mexican dish, often served for breakfast [though you can top it with anything and eat it anytime]
Ingredients:
-1 dozen corn tortillas [preferably stale - so if they're fresh, throw them in the oven for a few minutes to dry them out], quartered or cut into a pizza pie, depending on the size of your tortillas
-corn oil
-salt [sea salt is best]
-2 cups salsa [there are homemade recipes you can use - either red chile sauce or salsa verde if you actually have the time. me, i just used El Pinto salsa! much easier for a sunday morning impromptu brunch]
-5-6 eggs, scrambled
-1 can of black beans
-cheese of some sort [i used cheddah, you may prefer to use a legit mexican cheese product ie. cotija cheese or queso fresco]
-sour cream [if you are unlike me and like it]
-cilantro
-chopped red onion
-avocado
ok. so. here's what you do.
-generously coat a large saute pan with the corn oil [about 1/8 inch] and heat on medium-high heat. when the oil's nice and hot, add your cut tortillas and fry until they are golden brown. remove your newly formed chips and place them on a paper towel-lined plate, so as to soak up all that oil. sprinkle a bit of salt on the tortillas.
-leave about 2 Tbsp of oil in the pan [or clean the pan out and start fresh..but this is all ending up in the same place, so may as well recycle] and add the salsa, letting it cook for several minutes. once your salsa is looking nice and cooked up, add your chips. gently turn over the tortilla pieces until they are fully coated in the salsa. let em cook for a few minutes more [chips will be a bit on the soggy side].
-remove from heat and add your scrambled eggs, your beans, and the rest of your garnishes.
this recipe is good for 3 hefty servings. MMMMM!!!
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