Mexican · serves 2
Chilaquiles
Tortilla chips simmered in salsa with a fried egg on top. Fifteen minutes.
Ingredients
- 4 cups tortilla chips
- 6 tomatoes
- 4 dried red chillies
- 1 onion, 4 garlic cloves
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup grated cheese
- Curd or sour cream
- Coriander, raw onion
- Oil
Method
- Salsa: boil the tomatoes with the dried chillies, onion and garlic for 10 minutes, then blend with salt.
- Fry the salsa in 2 tbsp oil for 6 minutes until it darkens and thickens. Raw blended salsa tastes thin.
- Fry the eggs separately, runny yolks, crisp edges.
- Tip the chips into the hot salsa and toss for 60 seconds only. Any longer and they turn to porridge — you want them coated but still with some snap.
- Straight onto plates. Egg on top, cheese, curd.
- Raw onion and coriander. Eat immediately.