I have grown a real affection for Mexican food. Perhaps it is because I am married to a man completely in love (like wild mad crazy love) of all Mexican food. He could eat salsa on everything for every single meal of the day - probably even cold cereal. So when he suggested at our usual Breakfast for Dinner night that we make Huevos Rancheros, I was all for it, but I confess, I had to google them to see what they were.
I think that dishes that are considered Comfort Food in different cultures are really interesting. They are usually really simple and inexpensive to make - they are usually hearty and filling and don't take a lot of skill to prepare. All of those things are very "comforting" to me.
When I discovered how easy these were to make, and the way my family went just crazy for them, I resolved to make them quite a bit and put them into our regular Sunday night rotation.
Ingredients
4 6- to 8-inch soft corn tortillas
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 16-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 chipotle chili in adobo sauce, diced; or 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
1/2 cup mild salsa
4 large eggs, fried to your liking... Hard.. over medium, soft.. (my husband makes an over medium egg that has me just dying!)
2/3 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 ripe avocado, sliced
Heat oven to 425° F.
Put the tortillas on a baking sheet and place in the oven to warm, about 5 minutes. (Cover with foil if you don’t like crisp tortillas.)
Add the beans and chipotle or red pepper (if using).
Remove the tortillas from the oven.
Spoon some beans onto each, then top each with some salsa, 1 fried egg, and some cheese.
Bake until the cheese has melted. Serve with the avocado.
Keep in mind that this isn't a "hard dish", keep it simple - tortillas, salsa, egg and beans. Then build from there, if you have avocado use it, if you have cheese you can use that. But enjoy the simplicity of delicious ingredients served in a simple way. - Enjoy.
