Huevos rancheros (, 'ranch-style eggs') is a breakfast dish consisting of eggs served in the style of the traditional large mid-morning fare on rural Mexican farms.
Basic dish
The basic dish consists of fried eggs served on lightly fried or charred
corn
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or
flour
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tortillas topped with a
pico de gallo made of
tomato
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es,
chili pepper
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s, onion, and
. Common accompaniments include
refried beans, Mexican-style rice, and
guacamole or slices of
avocado
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, with cilantro as a garnish.
Variants
As the dish spread beyond Mexico, variations using
wheat flour
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tortillas instead of corn, and pureed chili or
enchilada sauce instead of tomato-chili pico de gallo, have appeared.
Non-Mexican additions such as cheese, sour cream, and lettuce also have become common additions beyond the dish's native range.
Huevos divorciados
"Huevos divorciados" (divorced eggs) are simply two eggs served in the same style as huevos rancheros but with a different sauce for each egg – usually a
salsa roja
Salsa roja () is a type of spicy red sauce in Mexican cuisine. It is made of jitomate (red tomato), ground with onion, garlic, chilli, salt and pepper to taste.
This red sauce comes in subtypes: ''salsa cocida'' ("cooked sauce"), in which the i ...
and a
salsa verde
Salsa verde () is a type of spicy, green sauce in Mexican cuisine based on tomatillo and green chili peppers.
The tomatillo-based Mexican ''salsa verde'' dates to the Aztec Empire, as documented by the Spanish physician Francisco Hernández, a ...
.
Similar dishes are
huevos motuleños
''Huevos motuleños'' () is a breakfast food which originated in the town of Motul (Yucatán). The dish is made with eggs on tortillas with black beans and cheese, often with other ingredients such as ham, peas, plantains, and hot sauce. In ad ...
of
Yucatan and New Mexican
enchiladas montadas.
Another variation, "
huevos ahogados ''Huevo'' is the Spanish-language translation of the word "egg", but can also be used as a Spanish slang term for "testicle".
''Huevo''(s) may also refer to:
Food
* '' Chorizo con huevos'', a popular Mexican dish consisting of fried chorizo with s ...
" or drowned eggs, is a traditional Mexican breakfast of eggs
poached in a tomato-chile salsa.
See also
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Huevos motuleños
''Huevos motuleños'' () is a breakfast food which originated in the town of Motul (Yucatán). The dish is made with eggs on tortillas with black beans and cheese, often with other ingredients such as ham, peas, plantains, and hot sauce. In ad ...
*
List of egg dishes
This is a list of notable egg dishes and beverages. Egg as food, Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including bird egg, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have been eaten by humans for thousands of years.Kenneth F. Kiple, ...
*
List of Mexican dishes
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century. The basic staples since then remain native foods such as corn, beans, squash and chili peppers, but the Europeans introduced many other foods, the most important of which were ...
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Menemen
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Shakshouka
Shakshouka ( ar, شكشوكة : šakšūkah, also spelled ''shakshuka'' or ''chakchouka'') is a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper ...
Notes
References
*Leonard, Jonathan Norton, (1968) ''Latin-American Cooking'',
Time-Life Books
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*Ortiz, Elizabeth Lambert, (1967) ''The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking'', M. Evans and Co.
*Paddleford, Clementine, (1960) ''How America Eats'', Charles Scribner's Sons
External links
Huevos Ahogados-Hispanic Kitchen*
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