Recipe: Huevos Rancheros

Mette Nielsen, Special to the Star TribuneSeasonal cooking: Huevos Rancheros recipe with the aid of Beth Dooley.

Huevos Rancheros

Note: I don’t bother making my own when it involves salsa until the tomatoes are in season and clean. Instead, I depend upon the small-batch prepared salsas from local makers located at farmers’ markets and co-op and grocery store shelves. From Beth Dooley.

• Two avocados

• 1 to two tbsp. Freshly squeezed lime juice to taste

• Sunflower or vegetable oil

• eight (five-in.) corn or flour tortillas

• eight eggs, divided

• Salt and freshly floor black pepper

• 1 c. Prepared corn or tomato salsa of your desire (see Note)

• Chopped cilantro for garnish

Directions

Preheat the oven to 200 stages. Stack 4 ovenproof plates on the oven rack to warm them up. Peel and pit the avocado. Spoon the avocado indoors into a medium bowl and destroy with the lime juice; set aside. Film a medium skillet with oil and set over medium heat. Working fast, prepare dinner for each tortilla in approximately 20 to 30 seconds in keeping with aspect, and stack them on a sheet of aluminum foil as you move. Film the pan with the oil as needed. Wrap the toasted tortillas in the foil and preserve them inside the oven to preserve them. Film the skillet with oil, return to moderate warmness, and wreck four eggs into the skillet. Cook approximately three to 4 minutes for runny yolks and longer for less assailable eggs. Slide the eggs onto a platter and cover to maintain heat. Film the pan with oil, and prepare dinner for the remaining eggs.

Remove the plates and the tortillas from the oven and set 2 tortillas on each plate. Smear the tortillas with the smashed avocado and region two eggs on every tortilla. Spoon the salsa over the eggs and garnish with the chopped cilantro. Serve straight away. My hobby is cooking. I didn’t realize it until I showed a friend how to prepare and cook a Moroccan Chicken Pie that hit me. I enjoy cooking. I will spend days in the kitchen, making Indian Pe, Asian, or Moroccan dishes and invite my friends to a feast. My husband thinks I’m crazy, my friends think I’m a fantastic cook, and I have the best time introducing my friends to new cuisines.