Great brunch recipe with vibrant Mexican flavours. Grab a tortilla (I tend to go for whole wheat ones but any will do), eggs and add the toppings of your liking. Here made with refried beans, pico de gallo, avocado and toped with hot sauce.
Recipe
Serves: 2 | Time: 10 to 15 min
Ingredients
- 2 tortillas
- 4 eggs, fried
- Refried beans (homemade or shop bought)
- 1 ripe avocado, sliced lengthwise
- Pico de gallo or salsa
- Salt
- Hot sauce to serve (optional)
Method
- Heat your tortillas in a hot pan, 1 or 2 minutes per side (you can also use your microwave or oven).
- Fry eggs to your liking, about 5min in a pan over medium heat for sunny side up eggs. Don’t forget to season your eggs with a pinch of salt.
- Reheat refried beans (microwave will do just fine).
- Slice avocado into strips.
- Assemble: spread refried beans over tortilla, top with 2 eggs per tortilla, 1/2 avocado per tortilla, pico de gallo and hot sauce.
Substitutions
I highlight here the core of the dish and suggest some possible substitutions to adapt the huevos rancheros to your preferences, diet and ingredients available to you.
Core: Fried egg on a tortilla.
Substitutions: Mix and match the other components to your liking. Aside from the options in the recipe above you can also consider:
| Recipe components | Possible substitutions* |
| Refried beans | • Black beans • Skip |
| Pico de gallo | • Salsa • Skip |
| Add | • Grated cheese • Hot sauce • Sour cream • Guacamole • Carnitas or other pulled pork or chicken • Fresh coriander |
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