I am excited to get the ball rolling with a favorite of mine, Huevos Rancheros. To start things off, I wanted to make something that was easy and quick to make. That was the plan anyway, I ended up taking longer than expected because I had no clue what I was doing. Five minutes in I found myself yelling “MAMA!?” After she told me how many jalapenos I needed, I got to work! I have the list of ingredients with the procedure to follow.

Huevos Rancheros

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes [5]
• Onion [1]
• Jalapenos [2]
• Garlic [3]
• Eggs
• Tortillas
• Black beans [1 can]
• Avocados (optional, for some. Mandatory for others)

I’m going to be honest with you, I did not measure anything for this recipe. There was this meme I found a while back that described the Mexican process fairly accurately:

Thankfully, I had my mom on the other side of the counter top telling me when to stop adding salt or how much water needed to go into the beans. I took an educational guess and put the quantity in brackets for you if you give this a shot.

Directions

Enough for 5 people to have one

For the sauce-

1. Gather tomatoes, half the onion, jalapenos, and garlic on an sheet pan and put to broil on high until lightly charred on one side. Once the vegetables start to get some color, flip them to char on the other side.
2. Move all roasted veggies to a blender and add salt to taste. Pulse 4-5 times until well combined and set aside.

For the beans-

3. Chop a “tablespoon” of the onion into small pieces along with some chopped garlic, and sauté in olive oil for 30 seconds.
4. Drain a can of black beans pour into saucepan, and stir carefully
5. After 5 min, mash the beans and add more water if needed to create a spreadable consistency.
6. On a clean pan, add olive oil and let the pan heat up for a minute or two.
7. Grab a tortilla and set in the pan for 30 seconds on each side, or until crispy.
   • An alternative to this method is place the tortillas in a toaster oven to get the same crunch.
8. After the tortilla is ready, place an egg in hot oil and cook the egg as you prefer it. It is best to make it over easy or over medium.
9. For the assembly, spread the black beans onto the tortilla first then add your egg on top
10. Pour some of the ranchero salsa over the egg and top with avocado or cilantro (Maybe both)
11. To make a more filling meal, add some golden potatoes sautéed with garlic salt and some pepper.

If you decide to make the potatoes, start cooking them on the stove while the vegetables for the sauce are roasting in the oven. I completely forgot about them, so I wasted time making them after everything else was done. Do as I say, not as I do and learn from my mistakes.

The spice level really depends on how many jalapenos you use. In my sauce, I used two and it had a nice spiciness to it and I had no issues breathing while eating it. So it depends how spicy you like your food.

Something I learned about cooking the way my family grew up, is it’s all based on instincts and that is something I DEFINITELY don’t have right now. But I’m working on it, my attempt at huevos rancheros came out pretty good. My dad loved it; he even thought my mom made it. Big win for me. The only thing that sucked was eating my creation, and then turning around to see the mess I had to clean up. It was worth it! If I can pull this off, then you will have no problem putting this together yourself. If you take the time to try this out, post it on Facebook or Instagram and make sure to tag me! Links to my social accounts will be at the bottom. Thanks for reading and come back Thursday for another recipe.

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