Chilaquiles

Name: Chilaquiles
Yield: makes 6 servings
Ingredients: Fifteen 5-inch corn tortillas, cut into 1-inch strips; Corn, grapeseed, or other neutral oil as needed; 3 garlic cloves, minced; 1 medium onion, diced; 4 chipotle, serrano, or jalapeño chiles, stemmed, seeded, and minced, or to taste; 4 cups diced tomatoes (canned are fine; don’t bother to drain); 2 cups chicken stock, preferably homemade (page 160); Salt and black pepper to taste; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 1/2 cups grated Mexican melting cheese, like queso asadero, Chihuahua, or Menonita (page 85); 1/4 cup Mexican crema or sour cream; 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves

December 14, 2011

A wonderful brunch dish, often served for breakfast in Mexico as a way to use up the previous day’s leftovers. But the combination of crunchy tortillas, spicy tomato sauce, and melted cheese is so irresistible you’ll want to make it just for its own sake. If you do not want to fry the tortillas, you can either bake them until quite crisp—this will take 15 minutes or so—or simply substitute unsalted (or lightly salted) corn tortilla chips.

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