Cook the Book: Eggs-Any-Style Chilaquiles

Name: Cook the Book: Eggs-Any-Style Chilaquiles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter; 794 grams whole peeled tomatoes, drained; 8 6-inchs (6-inch) corn tortillas; 237 milliliters crumbled queso fresco or Cotija cheese; 118 milliliters crema or sour cream; 425 grams 1/2 cups dried black beans, cooked, or 1 drained and rinsed; 4 to 8 eggs; 2 medium cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; 4 servings Red sauce; 1 medium jalapeño, seeded and coarsely chopped; 4 servings Salt; 1 small shallot, coarsely chopped; 237 milliliters vegetable oil

Cook the Book: Eggs-Any-Style Chilaquiles is a gluten free and vegetarian main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 28g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 613 calories. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up sauce, jalapeño, vegetable oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the black beans you could follow this main course with the Black Beans and Sweet Potato Dessert as a dessert.

Instructions

To make the sauce, put the tomatoes, jalapeño, shallot, and garlic in a blender and process until smooth.

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Sauce

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Heat the btuter in a saute pan over medium heat.

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Frying Pan

Pour the blended mixture into the pan, stir in the black beans, and simmer the sauce for 15 minutes.

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Black Beans

Sauce

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Frying Pan

To prepare the chilaquiles, heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot or Dutch oven. Gently lower one or two tortillas into the hot oil with a pair of metal tongs and fry for about 1 minute on each side, until golden.

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Tortilla

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Remove from the oil and transfer to a cooling rack lined with paper towels.

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Wire Rack

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Sprinkle with salt. Repeat with the remaining tortillas. (Note: If you would prefer not to fry them, the tortillas can be toasted in a 375-degree F oven for 10-15 minutes.)

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Tortilla

Salt

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Prepare the eggs to order for each serving.

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Egg

Place a tortilla on a plate, ladle about 1/4 cup of the sauce on top, sprinkle with cheese, and add a dollop of crema. Stack a second tortilla on top of that layer, creating another in the same manner. Top with an egg and serve.

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Tortilla

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