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One plate of huevos rancheros: two crisp corn tortillas with mashed black beans, three sunny fried eggs, warm red tomato-chile salsa, crumbled queso fresco, sliced avocado and cilantro (AI-generated photo)

Breakfast · Mexican

Huevos Rancheros

Crisp tortillas, beans, fried eggs, ranchero salsa.

20 min totalMakes 4 plates
Method in ProVegetarian

Huevos rancheros is a big, colourful breakfast: crisp-edged corn tortillas spread with black beans, fried eggs on top and a warm tomato-chile salsa spooned over everything. Queso fresco and a little avocado finish it. It's a weekend plate that takes twenty minutes.

Ingredients

For 4 plates.

Ranchera salsa

  • 1 cup crushed tomatoes
  • 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  • 1 jalapeño, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

Beans and tortillas

  • 1 (15 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 8 corn tortillas
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil

Eggs

  • 12 large eggs
  • cooking spray

Toppings

  • 2 oz queso fresco, crumbled
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Method

  1. Simmer the tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, garlic, cumin and salt in a small pan for 6 minutes until thick.

  2. Meanwhile, warm the beans in a small pot and mash them roughly.

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Tips

  • Fry the eggs in batches so each one has room to set.
  • Warm the beans with a spoon of the salsa for extra flavour.

Food photo is AI-generated to show the finished dish. Recipe written with AI and checked by our QA process; nutrition computed from USDA data.

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