Huevos Rancheros

Total Time: 1 hr 8 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 3/4 cup chopped roasted mild green chili pepper (preferably new mexican or poblano)
• 2 cups canned crushed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 -2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed, toasted and ground
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• vegetable oil (for panfrying)
• 8 corn tortillas
• 8 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup grated monterey jack cheese or 1/2 cup mild cheddar cheese or 1/2 cup asadero cheese
• mexican crema or sour cream
• fresh cilantro stem

Recipe

• 1 to make the sauce: warm the oil in a skillet over medium heat; stir in the onion and garlic; cook 2-3 minutes or until limp.
• 2 mix in the chile, tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, cumin, and salt; bring to a boil.
• 3 decrease heat to a simmer; cover and cook 15 minutes or until thickened but still spoonable.
• 4 stir in the cilantro and lime juice shortly before removing from the heat; set aside.
• 5 heat about ¼ inch of oil in a large skillet; dip the tortillas into the oil, 1 or 2 at a time, and cook for a few seconds, until soft and pliable.
• 6 drain the tortillas and arrange 2 overlapping on each of 4 plates.
• 7 break the eggs, 2 by 2, into cups or small bowls.
• 8 pour out of the skillet all but enough oil to generously coat the surface.
• 9 warm the skillet again over medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
• 10 add 1 to 2 teaspoons of the butter, and when the foam subsides, in a about 1 minute, pour in the eggs and begin to fry them, 2 to 4 at a time, depending on the size of your skillet.
• 11 cook for 1 minute, seasoning generously with salt and pepper while the eggs cook.
• 12 as they cook, use a spatula to scoop up some of the butter to drizzle over the whites.
• 13 then turn the heat down to low and continue cooking and drizzling with butter for about 1 minute or until done to your liking.
• 14 repeat with remaining eggs, adding more butter to the skillet as necessary.
• 15 top each tortilla with a fried egg; sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of the cheese over each serving of eggs and top with equal portions of the sauce.
• 16 serve the eggs immediately, with crema and cilantro.