huevos rancheros

Breakfast for dinner is always in our meal plan rotation.  Thursdays roll around and it just sounds so comforting and hits the spot every time.  Normally I lean more towards pancakes or omelets, but for this BFD (that we ate on a Saturday – double BFD dose that week!) we mixed it up with huevos rancheros!

I picked huevos rancheros for my Secret Recipe Club reveal from Cookin’ Mimi.  Micha writes the blog and has a serious love for cooking.  Her recipe collection is massive.  Great if you need inspiration, but dang it was hard to pick what I wanted to make!  After browsing through her breakfast recipes I settled on huevos rancheros.  I’ve had it once or twice in my life and had never made it at home.  No better time than now to change that, right?  I even had an extra taste tester to share the recipe with!

Jacob’s brother came into town and spent the weekend with us.  We spent a morning at the zoo, then later that evening had these for dinner.  And they were perfection!

The dinner came together in a snap.  As the chorizo was cooking away I prepped all the toppings, warmed the refried beans and tortillas, then 5 minutes before we were going to eat I fried up the eggs.  My little kitchen helper was eagerly learning how to make huevos rancheros as well. Totally.

I love sharing meals with people.  And it’s just so fun to have a big spread at the table for dinner time.  Everyone adds what they want on their plate.  I opted for everything on my huevos rancheros – tortilla, refried beans, egg, chorizo, cheese, salsa, avocados, and then at the last minute added sour cream.  A great choice.

In case you wanted to know the english to spanish translation for huevos rancheros, it means rancher’s eggs (so the internet says 🙂 ).  Now go make some!

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Huevos Rancheros

I love sharing meals with people.  And it’s just so fun to have a big spread at the table for dinner time.  Everyone adds what they want on their plate.  

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time20 minutes mins

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: breakfast, easy, huevos rancheros

Ingredients

• 12 oz chorizo
• 15 ounce can refried beans or 2 cups  homemade
• 1 14 oz can salsa style or Tex-Mex fire roasted tomatoes
• 8 corn tortillas
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4-8 eggs
• ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar
• optional toppings: avocado, sour cream

Instructions

• Begin by browning the chorizo in a medium pan until fully cooked through.  Keep warm on low.
• Warm refried beans on low in a small pan until warmed through.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil and fry the eggs (I cooked 2 per adult, 1 per kid).
• Prepare all other toppings: diced avocado, sour cream, shredded cheddar, salsa and warm tortillas.
• When everything is ready top a tortilla with a thin layer of refried beans, add the fried egg, a spoonful of chorizo, salsa, cheese, avocado and sour cream.  I ate it with a fork, the guys ate it taco style.  We all really enjoyed it!

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Huevos Rancheros

recipe slightly adapted from here

Serves around 4

Ingredients

• 12 ounces chorizo
• 15 ounce can refried beans or 2 cups homemade
• 1 14 ounce can salsa style or Tex-Mex fire roasted tomatoes
• 4-8 corn tortillas
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4-8 eggs
• ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar
• optional toppings: avocado, sour cream

Directions

1. Begin by browning the chorizo in a medium pan until fully cooked through.  Keep warm on low.
2. Warm refried beans on low in a small pan until warmed through.
3. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the oil and fry the eggs (I cooked 2 per adult, 1 per kid).
4. Prepare all other toppings: diced avocado, sour cream, shredded cheddar, salsa and warm tortillas.
5. When everything is ready top a tortilla with a thin layer of refried beans, add the fried egg, a spoonful of chorizo, salsa, cheese, avocado and sour cream.  I ate it with a fork, the guys ate it taco style.  We all really enjoyed it!

Have you ever had or made huevos rancheros?  What toppings would YOU pick?  Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Heather