Huevos Rancheros with Black Beans and Ranchero Red

Sibby Barrett

Huevos Rancheros with Black Beans and Ranchero Red

Such a typical Texas Hill Country Breakfast, made even more authentic with the Ranchero Red Sauce. I'm teaching a class this summer on canning this sauce (sign up!) so I'll post the recipe later. In the meantime, a canned Enchilada Sauce will do the trick, just not as wonderful! Anyone who knows me well knows I don't eat fried eggs but I will cook them for people I love. This version has a smear of black beans under the eggs so that's the way I eat them, "huevo-less"!

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Servings: 4

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Bread

Cuisine: Mexican, southwestern, tex mex

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

8 Crispy Tortillas
4 cups Spicy Black Beans
8 fried eggs
4 ounces Pepper Jack or Monterey Jack Cheese grated

Serve with

Avocado Slices
sour cream
Ranchero Red Sauce (or canned Enchilada Sauce)

Crispy Tortillas

8 corn Tortillas
1 cup vegetable oil

Spicy Black Beans

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion diced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 teaspoons dried oregano
OR 1 tablespoon Chimayo Spice Mix
1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce mince2
2 15 ounce cans black beans drained and rinsed, reserve liquid

Method

Crispy Tortillas

Preheat oven to 250º. Pour enough oil into a small skillet or saute pan to reach a depth of about ½ ". Heat over medium high heat until hot but not yet smoking. Add 1 tortilla at a time, oil should sizzle vigorously. Fry each tortilla for about 15-20 seconds and then flip and fry for another 20-30 seconds on the second side until lightly browned and just getting crispy. Place on a paper towels and let drain. When all tortillas are fried, place on a sheet pan in the oven to continue to crisp and keep warm.

Spicy Black Beans

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion, cumin and oregano. Cook for about 4 minutes. Stir in the chipotle chile and black beans with about 1 cup of the reserved liquid. Reduce heat to low and cook for about 5-10 minutes. Mash about half of the beans in the pan using a fork or a potato masher.

Assembly

. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the Spicy Black Beans onto each Crispy Tortilla. Top with a fried egg; sprinkle with about 2 tablespoons of cheese. Place in oven for a couple of minutes to melt cheese. Serve with avocado slices, sour cream and Ranchero Red Sauce.