My first taste of chilaquiles was in Cabo San Lucas in 2016. I know, I’ve been living under a rock. Since then I’ve had them a few additional times and it’s heaven every time. There’s one big problem with restaurant chilaquiles: they’re using chips fried in vegetable oils. I don’t 100% avoid vegetable oils, but I avoid them about 95% of the time. Not sure why I avoid vegetable oils, read more here.
How do Chilaquiles fit into a seasonal eating model? Cilantro, radishes, and onions are all in season right now. Plus, I made these for Cinco de Mayo!
Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles just might be the perfect food. There is a nice balance of carbohydrates, protein, and fat, plenty of vegetables and they are packed with flavor! If you haven't made them, you will not regret making them for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!
Ingredients
Chilaquiles Sauce
- 7 oz organic tomato paste
- 12 oz chicken bone broth
- 4 tsp ancho pepper adobo sauce
- 2 tbsp taco seasoning
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- fresh ground pepper
Ingredients
- 4 eggs pasture-raised
- 1 lb pasture-raised ground turkey or ground meat of choice
- 1 tbsp taco seasoning
- 1 bunch radishes cut into half moons
- 2 spring onions thinly sliced
- 2 avocados halved and thinly sliced
- 8 oz sour cream
- 8 oz cotija cheese crumbled
- 3 tbsp cooking fat ghee, butter, bacon fat, etc.
- 2 bags Masa Tortilla Chips
- 1 lime quartered
- sea salt to taste
- fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the broth and tomato paste to a large sauté pan at low-medium heat (the larger the pan the better). Mix together with a whisk. Add the ancho pepper adobo sauce, taco seasoning, sea salt, and pepper. Mix again. Allow the moisture to evaporate and thicken the sauce a little. Be sure to stir the sauce so that it doesn't stick to the pan and burn. The consistency should be similar to that of enchilada sauce. (Too thick? Add more broth. Too thin? Cook a little longer, continuing to mix with the whisk.) Set aside. Alternately, you can buy enchilada sauce. Caution here, as so many store bought items have junky ingredients. I like the Siete brand enchilada sauce.
- In large skillet, add 1 tbsp. of cooking fat. Melt over medium-heigh heat. Add ground meat and use a spatula to break up the meat and cook through. Add the taco and fajita blend while the meat is still raw to increase the flavor. Continue cooking until the meat is cooked through. Set meat aside in a medium bowl.
- Add remaining cooking fat to the skillet of medium-high heat. Once fat is hot, crack the eggs in the pan one at a time. Keep each separate from each other for ease of cooking and serving. Cook until whites are cooked through and yolk is at desired consistency.
- Depending on the size of the pan you used for the sauce, you may need to coat the tortilla chips in the chilaquiles sauce in two batches. Turn the chilaquiles sauce pan back on to low and add Masa Tortilla Chips (Masa tortilla chips are seed oil free and are my FAVORITE. Use code cleaneatingwithkatie to save 20%). Slowly mix to coat each chip. Chips should be soggy but still hold their shape.
- On each plate layer ¼ of chilaquiles chips. ¼ of the ground turkey, ½ an avocado, 1 fried egg, and onions, radishes, cilantro, sour cream, and cojita cheese to taste. Add a squeeze of lime and serve.