Huevos Rancheros

I saw this recipe this morning on another (and much better) food blog and I knew right away that I had found tonight's dinner. This meal is super fast and on top of that is a combination of all the foods that Ben and I like to make on a regular basis anyway.

Huevos rancheros are a traditional Mexican breakfast dish, the basis of which is simply corn tortilla with fried egg on top. You can serve huevos rancheros with a variety of toppings; tonight we've made salsa fresca and black beans.

We started with taco-sized soft corn tortillas. Fry tortilla in a lightly oiled pan, flip when browned. Sprinkle a little bit of cheese over the tortilla.

When the cheese starts to melt, crack an egg onto the cheese-covered tortilla.

When the egg white starts to set, flip the tortilla.

Action shot!

Let the egg cook. Flip onto a plate and top as you please.

Toppings

Black beans we cooked the same way we do when we're making tacos. I put the beans on to simmer (although sometimes they were at a rolling boil because I wasn't paying attention) while we made the huevos rancheros; timing worked out pretty well.

Salsa fresca is delicious: fresh chopped vegetables with salt and lime juice--can't go wrong. Cut up:

2 large tomatoes
half a red onion (or white onion)
2 jalepeños

Add 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1 teaspoon salt


P.S. I hope that no one ever tells me that black beans are unhealthy because Ben and I go through at least 4 cans a week.

P.P.S. A shout out to the locals who have tried to get jalepeño peppers through the self-checkout at the County Market. Their system is super glitchy when it comes to hot peppers. We almost had to steal the ones we used in the salsa fresca.