Ranch-Style Eggs with Refried Beans
- Two 15 oz (420g) cans pinto beans
- 3 tbsp lard or vegetable oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 vegetable stock cube, crumbled, or salt to taste
- 4 small dried hot red pequin chiles
- 1/4 cup boiling water
- 1 1/2 lb (750 g) ripe tomatoes, peeled
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 4 corn tortillas
- 6 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 large eggs
- 1 avocado, pitted, peeled, and sliced
- To make the beans, drain the beans, reserving some of the liquid from the can.
- Rinse the beans.
- Heat the lard in a frying pan over medium heat.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook about 7 minutes, until the onion is golden.
- Increase the heat to medium high.
- In batches, add the beans and stir and mash them with a wooden spoon, adding some of the bean liquid, as needed, to make a coarse puree.
- Add the stock cube and reduce the heat to low.
- Cook, stirring often, until thick
- To make the sauce, combine the chiles and boiling water in a small bowl and soak for 15 minutes.
- Drain, discarding the liquid.
- Puree the tomatoes, chiles, onion, and garlic in a blender.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan over medium heat.
- Add the tomato mixture and cook, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes.
- Add the vinegar, tomato paste, cumin, oregano, and sugar and simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
- To assemble, heat 4 tbsp of the oil in a frying pan over high heat until shimmering.
- Fry each tortilla for approximately 30 seconds on each side, until hot but not crisp.
- Transfer to paper towels.
- Add the remaining 2 tbsp oil to the pan.
- Add the eggs and fry according to your taste.
- To serve, place each tortilla on a dinner plate and top with an egg.
- Spoon some of the tomato sauce over each, and garnish with the avocado slices and cilantro.
- Add a spoonful of the beans to each tortilla, and serve hot.
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Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/ranch-style-eggs-with-refried-beans (may not work)