Mexican
Chilaquiles Verdes
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Chilaquiles Verdes 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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Cut the corn tortillas into wedges and fry in the hot oil in batches until crisp and golden, then drain on paper towels.
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Warm the salsa verde in a wide skillet over medium heat until it simmers.
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Add the fried tortilla chips and toss just until lightly coated but still slightly crisp, about 1 minute.
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Meanwhile fry the eggs in a separate pan to your liking, about 3 minutes for runny yolks.
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Divide the chilaquiles among plates and top each with a fried egg.
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Scatter thin onion rings, queso fresco, and cilantro over the top and drizzle with crema.
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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 Verdes, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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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 Verdes carries dairy and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 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 | Yes | Arroz con Pollo |
| 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
- 430 kcal
- Protein
- 16 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Saturated fat
- 8 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chilaquiles Verdes takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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