Chilaquiles
Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican dish. Typically, corn tortillas cut in quarters and lightly fried are the base of the dish. Green or red salsa or mole, is poured over the crisp tortilla triangles, called totopos. The mixture is simmered until the tortilla starts softening. Eggs (scrambled or fried) and pulled chicken are sometimes added to the mix. The dish is topped with cheese (typically grilled chihuahua cheese ) and/or sour cream (crema), and it is served with refried beans. Like many dishes, regional and familiar variation are quite common.
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| Chilaquiles - This looks weird, but it was really good! - My apologies to Catalina and Ale! | |
| Servings: | Serves 4 |
| Calories per serving: | 974 |
| Ready in: | 40 minutes |
| Prep. time: | 15 minutes |
| Cook time: | 25 minutes |
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| Recipe author: | Chef |
| First published: | 8th August 2013 |
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Best recipe reviewBetter than it looks here 5/5 Delicious and unusual. |
Ingredients
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- 10 corn tortillas cut up in triangles (tortilla chips)
- ½ Cup of corn oil
- 3 Cloves of garlic
- ½ Onion
- 4 Medium Size Tomatoes
- 3 chilli peppers (I suggest Chile Serrano)
- * Serrano is classed as a hot chilli if you are looking for an equivalent
- 1 Cup of sour cream
- 1 Cup of grated chihuahua cheese or Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/2 a teaspoon of salt.
Method
- On a deep frying saucepan fry the tortillas
- On a pot toast the tomatoes, chilli peppers, onion and garlic. Liquidate the tomatoes, salt, chilli peppers, onion and garlic.
- As the tortilla is frying add the sauce.
- Let the tortilla dunk into the sauce but make sure the chips don't get too soft.
- Add the chihuahua cheese and it will melt with the heat.
Serving suggestions
Serve with sour cream and grilled chihuahua cheese on top.
Chef's notes
You may add epazote leaves, to the sauce!
recipe source
- By Catalina Garcia and Ale Angeles from Mexico
Chef's notes
If you're making this in Europe, a mild white cheddar is a good substitute for chihuahua cheese or Monterey Jack cheese.
Chef's notes
If you want to do this en Ecuador, use ripe mozzarella cheese and you can use paico is the same that epazote (A.V)
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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