Huevos Rancheros
- 8 corn tortillas
- 2 pounds fresh ripe tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 2 to 3 serrano or jalapeno chiles, seeded for a milder sauce, and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled, halved, green shoots removed
- 1/2 small onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Salt to taste
- 4 to 8 eggs (to taste)
- Chopped cilantro for garnish
- Wrap the tortillas in aluminum foil, and heat in a 350-degree oven while you prepare the salsa and fry the eggs.
- Place the tomatoes, chiles, garlic and onion in a blender and puree, retaining a bit of texture.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of the canola oil over high heat in a large, heavy nonstick skillet, until a drop of puree will sizzle when it hits the pan.
- Add the puree and cook, stirring, for four to ten minutes, until the sauce thickens, darkens and leaves a trough when you run a spoon down the middle of the pan.
- It should just begin to stick to the pan.
- Season to taste with salt, and remove from the heat.
- Keep warm while you heat the tortillas and fry the eggs.
- Warm four plates.
- Fry the eggs in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat.
- You wont need much oil if you have another nonstick skillet.
- Use the remaining tablespoon of oil if necessary.
- Cook them sunny side up, until the whites are solid but the yolks still runny.
- Season with salt and pepper, and turn off the heat.
- Place two warm tortillas on each plate, overlapping if you are only serving one egg.
- Top with one or two fried eggs.
- Spoon the hot salsa over the whites of the eggs and the tortillas, leaving the yolks exposed if possible.
- Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
corn tortillas, fresh ripe tomatoes, serrano, garlic, onion, canola oil, salt, eggs, cilantro
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1014000 (may not work)