Huevos Rancheros Recipe

closeup view of the eggs over tortilla and tomato sauce

5 from 1 vote

Huevos Rancheros is a delicious Mexican breakfast recipe featuring toasted tortillas, refried beans, sunny side eggs, and a mouthwatering vegetable sauce topping. Garnish it with avocados, queso fresco, chorizo, and more veggies.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Mexican

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings:

Calories: 656kcal

Author: Lyuba Brooke

Ingredients

8 eggs
8 corn tortillas taco sized

Salsa:

1-2 tbsp canola oil
4 medium tomatoes on a vine
1 small yellow onion
1 red bell pepper
1-2 jalapeno peppers
2 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
1/2 lime - juice only
salt

Refried Beans:

12 oz refried beans
3 oz canned chopped green chilis drained
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp paprika
salt to taste

Optional Additional Toppings:*

3 avocados
2-3 oz queso fresco

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Instructions

For the beans:

In a mixing bowl, mix together all the ingredients for the refried bean layer until completely incorporated. Set aside.

Salsa:

Dice tomatoes, onion, bell peppers and jalapenos. You can choose to leave the jalapeno seeds in or take them out to make it milder.
Preheat the cooking pan over medium heat and add oil to the pan.
Cook onions and both peppers until starts to soften and then add diced tomatoes. Season with some salt and cook until veggies are completely softened. Take off heat and stir in lime juice and minced cilantro.

Putting together Huevos Rancheros:

Raise the heat to medium high heat and add some oil. Add the tortillas and toast them on both sides, until crispy. Take them out.
Lower the heat to medium (add a little more oil if needed) and cook eggs to desired doneness.
Spread some refried beans over the tortillas and add egg on each one. Spread some of the cooked salsa over the top, crumble some queso fresco, and add any other toppings over it.*

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Notes

Additional Toppings Options:

Some of my favorite optional additional toppings include: avocados, queso fresco or shredded cheese, Nacho cheese, black beans, corn, Spanish rice, fresh veggies like chili peppers, cilantro, raw onions, meats like chorizo, bacon, taco beef, or leftover chopped or salsa chicken, and so much more!

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