I had a general idea of how to make huevos rancheros and was just gonna roll with it, but decided to peek at a few recipes at the last minute and ended up mostly following Jamie Oliver's recipe with a few little substitutions and additions along the way.
Huevos Rancheros
Adapted from Jamie Oliver
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bell pepper, chopped
generous dash cayenne
salt
black pepper
2 bay leaves
2 (226g) jars mild salsa
1 package black beans (230g drained), rinsed
1/4 c. fresh cilantro, chopped
6 eggs
6 whole wheat tortillas
Cheddar cheese, grated
1. Heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper, and bay leaves. Season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Cook until vegetables begin to brown.
2. Add salsa and beans. Cook until slightly thickened.
3. Stir in cilantro.
4. Make six wells in the tomato mixture. Break an egg into each well. Cover pan and reduce heat to medium-low.
5. When eggs reach desired done-ness, remove from heat.
6. Serve on warm tortillas with grated Cheddar.
If I'd been making this at home with access to my usual spices, I'd probably try replacing the cayenne with a bit of minced chipotle in adobo. I might also add a dried guajillo chile or two. I'd probably just use diced tomatoes instead of the salsa next time as well.
This is thoroughly delicious. I generally skip the salsa, and mix in a can of chopped tomatoes instead; likewise it ends up a can of beans and I skip the cayenne because there's heat enough already... it's a really versatile dish!
ReplyDeleteIt also, in extremis, resulted in a, ahem, self-christened variant:
Peasant's Eggs
Use Baked Beans as your source of both tomato and beans. Use whatever pepper you have on hand. It's not quite the same... but it'll do in a pinch. ;)