Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chilaquiles. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chilaquiles is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Chilaquiles is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Chilaquiles are basically corn tortilla pieces that are fried, cooked in salsa, and sprinkled with cheese. They are often served for breakfast with eggs and a side of beans or nopalitos. My mother grew up with her mother making them with green chile tomato salsa and grated longhorn cheese, a Tex Mex version.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chilaquiles using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chilaquiles:
- Make ready Sauce
- Make ready 28 oz can of peeled whole tomatoes
- Make ready 8 oz can of diced chilis
- Prepare 5 mushrooms, chopped
- Take 15 oz can of corn, drained
- Make ready Meat
- Get 2 lbs chicken
- Take 1.5 cups chicken broth
- Make ready Adobo seasoning (or seasoning of your choice)
- Prepare Final Dish
- Make ready 1 large onion thinly sliced
- Prepare 1 head garlic finely chopped
- Get Tortilla chips
- Make ready Shredded parmesan cheese
- Prepare Shredded mozerella cheese
- Prepare 1 bundle chopped cilantro
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Get Olive oil
- Prepare (Optional) sour cream
You may add or withhold the red chile pepper content to adjust the heat. Blue Corn Chilaquiles This is a super-fast breakfast. It is scaled for one serving, just increase the portions to suite your needs. Get Chilaquiles Recipe from Food Network.
Steps to make Chilaquiles:
- (Sauce may be prepped the day before). Combine tomatoes and chilis into blender and blend until almost smooth. In a large container, combine this mixture with corn, chopped mushrooms, and a pinch of the garlic and onions. Set aside.
- Note: For the chicken, I used my pressure cooker (set to poultry) and cooked it for 45 min. This way I get even cooked chicken I can easily shred it and get some amazing stock, but you may prep the chicken however you like.
- In a pressure/slow cooker, combine chicken, broth, and adobo seasoning and cook. Salt & pepper to taste. After cooking, separate meat from remaining stock. Save stock for later.
- The next steps will require you to judge portions based on cookware size and desired portions.
- Add oil to skillet. Cook onions until edges are slightly brown. Throw in garlic and cook for 1 min.
- Pour sauce mix onto skillet and bring to a simmer. Add saved chicken stock if available (or add original stock). Cook for 5 min, occasionally stirring, until sauce starts to thicken.
- Remove from heat and add chicken. Mix and allow to cool for 3-5 min. Note: I learned that allowing the food to cool let the chicken absorb more of the sauce and prevented the tortilla chips from getting too soggy too quickly when added.
- Add cheese and tortilla chips and mix, carefully covering all the chips.
- Top with cilantro and serve immediately.
Chilaquiles verdes are made with a salsa made from tomatillos, onions, jalapeños, and cilantro (hence the "greens" in the translation). Chilaquiles rojos are made with a salsa made from tomatoes, onion, jalapeños, garlic, and broth. A standard Mexican breakfast, chilaquiles (chee-lah-KEE-lays) turn yesterday's unused tortillas into a tasty base for an assortment of possible toppings. The cook cuts or tears the tortilla into strips (corn being traditional but flour an acceptable option if you prefer), then fries them in oil until they turn slightly brown and crispy. Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican peasant dish of fried tortillas bathed in green or red salsa (depending on the region) until tender.
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