Mexican
Huevos a la Mexicana
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Huevos a la Mexicana 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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Dice the tomato, onion, and serrano chile into small, even pieces.
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Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the onion and chile for 1 minute.
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Add the tomato and cook until it softens and releases its juice, about 3 minutes.
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Beat the eggs with the salt, pour them into the skillet, and scramble gently until just set.
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Serve hot, with warm tortillas and beans on the side.
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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 Huevos a la Mexicana, 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. Huevos a la Mexicana carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| 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
- 200 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 390 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Huevos a la Mexicana takes about 12 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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