Wynette Richards

Huevos Rancheros

The Recipe

• eggs
• cheddar cheese
• flour or corn tortillas
• cooked pinto or black beans, rinsed and drained (canned works fine or, make a batch of beans yourself.)
• green chile (frozen works fine, but if it's fall and you live in New Mexico, get some fresh roasted Hatch Chile, nothing like it)
• chopped fresh tomato (optional)
• salsa (optional)
• sour cream (optional)
• cilantro (optional)

1. Grate the cheddar cheese.
2. Heat the beans.
3. Heat the green chile.
4. Fry 1 or 2 eggs per person, fry to order (e.g. "over easy")
5. Do the following for each plate, 1 plate per person:
   1. Put tortilla on the plate.
   2. Add beans on top or on the side.
   3. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
   4. Spoon green chile over all.
   5. Put in microwave (or hot oven if plates will allow) and heat till cheese is melted and everything is hot.
6. Put fried egg(s) on top of hot tortilla/cheese/beans/etc. (Try to time it so egg is done just as plate finishes heating.)
7. If you have fresh tomatoes, chop and put those on top. Lots.
8. Serve with salsa, sour cream, cilantro, etc.