EGG RECIPES
Looking for amazing Mexican recipes to make at home? Get cracking on these recipes that all feature eggs, they make for a great breakfast!
Egg Recipes
Huevos Motulenos
From 'The Road to Mexico' by Rick Stein
Fried eggs on tortillas, with tomato salsa, ham, and peas; this breakfast dish is a great way to start your day.Ingredients
- 2 tsp lard
- Refried beans, black or pinto
- 200ml vegetable oil, for frying
- 4 x 12cm corn tortillas
- 4 eggs
- 75g Lancashire or Feta cheese, crumbled
- 4 slices cooked ham, chopped or torn
- 1 avocado, stoned, peeled, and sliced
- Handful frozen peas, cooked
- 1 tbsp coriander, chopped
- For the Tomato Sauce
- 2-3 large ripe tomatoes, quartered
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1-2 red serrano or jalapeno chillies, stems removed, seeds in or out as you like
- ½ tsp dried Mexican oregano
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp salt
Recipe
- To make the tomato sauce, put the tomatoes, garlic, chillies, and oregano in a blender with 125ml of water and process until smooth.
- Heat the oil in a pan, add the tomato mixture and cook for 5-6 minutes. Season with salt.
- Heat the lard and warm the refried beans, then set them aside.
- Heat the oil and fry the whole tortillas in batches for a minute or so on each side until crisp. Drain them on kitchen paper and keep them warm in a tortilla warmer.
- Fry the eggs.
- Put a crisp tortilla on each plate with refried beans.
- Top with a fried egg, then add the tomato sauce, crumbled cheese, and ham.
- Top with a few slices of avocado and scatter with cooked peas and chopped coriander.
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