Mexican
Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles)
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Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Toast the guajillo chiles in a dry pan for 30 seconds per side, then soak them in hot water for 10 minutes.
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Blend the softened chiles with the tomato and a little of their soaking water into a smooth salsa, then simmer it in a pan for 5 minutes.
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Fry the tortilla wedges in the oil until crisp, or use tortillas left out overnight to dry, then break them into pieces.
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Add the fried tortilla pieces to the simmering salsa and toss gently for 1 minute so they soften but keep some crunch.
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Plate immediately and top with the crema, crumbled queso fresco, and raw onion. The green version already lives on the shelf; this is the honest weekday red one, made from yesterday's tortillas, never a from-scratch mole.
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Serve it with
A Mexican breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 260 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 31 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 50 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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