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Chilaquiles Verdes con Huevos, Como Los Hacemos Nosotros
This is the breakfast my mother made before the sun was fully up, and her mother before her — tortillas from the day before, a quick salsa from the comal, eggs broken right into the pan. We eat this to start a real day, something that holds you. It is fast, but it is not simple — the char on the tomatillo, the lard hot enough to fry properly, the moment you pull the pan off the heat before the eggs go too far. Those things matter. #oaxacan #mexican breakfast #chilaquiles #eggs #traditional #comal
35
min total
(Prep:
15
| Cook: 20)
4
servings
2
Tortilla, corn
8.0 1 medium
Peppers, hot chili, green, raw
4.0 pepper
Tomatillos, raw
5.0 medium
Garlic, raw
3.0 clove
Cilantro, raw
10.0 1 sprig
Egg, whole, raw
4.0 1 egg
Lard
5.0 1 tablespoon
Salt, table
1.0 tsp
Onions, white, raw
0.5 g
Nutrition Facts
Energy
1472.5 kilocalorie
Protein
44.0 gram
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1, Omega-7)
2.1 gram
Gondoic acid (C20:1, Omega-9)
0.6 gram
Erucic acid (C22:1, Omega-9)
0.0 gram
Oleic acid (C18:1, Omega-9)
33.3 gram
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (C22:6, Omega-3)
0.0 gram
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) (C20:5, Omega-3)
0.0 gram
Pufa 2:5 N-3 (epa)
0.0 gram
Linoleic acid (C18:2, Omega-6)
13.0 gram
Alpha-Linolenic acid (ALA) (C18:3, Omega-3)
0.7 gram
Stearidonic acid (SDA) (C18:4, Omega-3)
0.0 gram
Arachidonic acid (ARA) (C20:4, Omega-6)
0.0 gram
Docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) (C22:5, Omega-3)
0.0 gram
Palmitic acid (C16:0)
20.1 gram
Capric acid (C10:0)
0.1 gram
Lauric acid (C12:0)
0.1 gram
Myristic acid (C14:0)
0.8 gram
Butyric acid (C4:0)
0.0 gram
Caproic acid (C6:0)
0.0 gram
Caprylic acid (C8:0)
0.0 gram
Stearic acid (C18:0)
9.9 gram
Trans Fat
0.0 gram
Dietary Fiber
21.0 gram
Lactose
0.0 gram
Maltose
0.0 gram
Sucrose
0.3 gram
Fructose
1.1 gram
Galactose
0.0 gram
Glucose
1.1 gram
Carotene, Alpha
62.0 microgram
Carotene, Beta
1710.6 microgram
Choline
765.9 milligram
Folate (Vitamin B9)
638.9 microgram
Retinol
358.0 microgram
Vitamin A
2828.7 microgram
Vitamin B-12
2.0 microgram
Vitamin B-12, Added
0.0 microgram
Vitamin B-6
1.3 milligram
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin)
0.6 milligram
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
1.2 milligram
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
8.4 milligram
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)
0.4 milligram
Vitamin C
461.0 milligram
Vitamin D
6.5 microgram
Vitamin E
5.2 milligram
Vitamin K
74.7 microgram
Calcium, Ca
355.1 milligram
Copper, Cu
0.9 milligram
Iron, Fe
9.7 milligram
Magnesium, Mg
271.1 milligram
Manganese, Mn
0.9 milligram
Phosphorus, P
1251.4 milligram
Potassium, K
1896.8 milligram
Selenium, Se
79.1 microgram
Sodium, Na
2708.1 milligram
Zinc, Zn
6.6 milligram
ALA (Alpha-Linolenic Acid, Omega-3)
0.3 gram
Alcohol, Ethyl
0.0 gram
Arginine
0.2 gram
Ash
8.1 gram
Aspartic Acid
0.6 gram
Caffeine
0.0 milligram
Cholesterol
879.0 milligram
Cryptoxanthin, Beta
138.4 microgram
Cystine
0.1 gram
Fluoride, F
0.1 microgram
Folic Acid
0.0 microgram
Glutamic Acid
0.5 gram
Glycine
0.2 gram
Histidine
0.1 gram
Isoleucine
0.1 gram
Leucine
0.2 gram
Lutein + Zeaxanthin
3199.6 microgram
Lycopene
0.0 microgram
Lysine
0.2 gram
Methionine
0.1 gram
Nitrogen
0.1 gram
Phytosterols
0.0 milligram
Proline
0.2 gram
Proximates
0.0 gram
Serine
0.2 gram
Theobromine
0.0 milligram
Threonine
0.1 gram
Tryptophan
0.1 gram
Tyrosine
0.1 gram
Valine
0.2 gram
Water
621.3 gram
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Take your corn tortillas — day-old is better, they fry drier — and cut them into quarters the way you always have. Get your lard hot in a wide, heavy pan over medium-high heat until it moves like water and the smell opens up, lively and clean. Fry the tortilla pieces in two batches, giving them room to breathe in the pan, four or five minutes each batch. You want the edges golden and crackling, a little softness still living in the middle. Lay them out on paper when they're done and leave them alone.
1
While the tortillas rest, go to your comal. Put it over medium-high heat — no oil, nothing — and lay your green chiles and tomatillos directly on the surface. Turn them every minute or so, patient, until the skin blackens in places and the flesh starts to give under your finger, five or six minutes. When the smell sharpens and turns deep and green, they are ready. Do the same with the onion quarter and the garlic. The comal does the work here. Trust it.
2
Everything roasted goes into the molcajete — the chiles, the tomatillos, the onion and garlic, a fistful of cilantro, a good pinch of salt. Grind it the way stone was made to grind: with weight and patience, not speed. You want something rough and alive, tasting of char and fresh chile, not a smooth cream. If you are using a blender, pulse it — a few times only. The texture is the point.
3
In the same pan where you fried the tortillas, heat two more spoons of lard over medium heat and pour in all your salsa. Let it sizzle and spit for two or three minutes, stirring once or twice, until it deepens in color and the raw edge cooks off — you will smell the difference. Then add every piece of tortilla and turn them through the sauce gently, coating everything without breaking it apart. A minute, maybe two. The tortillas will begin to soften and drink in the salsa. This is what you want, but do not walk away.
4
Push the chilaquiles out toward the edges of the pan and open up a space in the center. Crack your eggs into that space and let them sit undisturbed over medium heat until the whites just begin to set, a minute or two — the yolks should still tremble. Then break them gently and pull them through the chilaquiles, scrambling slowly right there in the pan. Two or three minutes more until the eggs are creamy and wrapped around everything. Taste it. Salt if it needs it. Your tongue will tell you.
5
Serve it now, while the pan is still warm and the tortillas carry both softness and the memory of crispness. A few cilantro leaves if you have them, nothing more needed. Chilaquiles do not wait for anyone — they are ready when they are ready, and so should you be. Sit down and eat.
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