Name: Huevos Rancheros

Ingredients:

• 2 tomatoes
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish
• 1/4 cup diced yellow onion
• 1 large clove garlic, peeled and smashed
• 4 1/2 oz can of chopped green chilis
• 1/2 teaspoon salt substitute
• 5 ounces cured chorizo, diced
• Vegetable oil
• Four 6-inch corn tortillas
• 16-ounce can refried beans
• 4 large eggs
• 1 avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
• 3/4 cup (3 ounces) crumbled queso fresco or grated Monterey Jack, for serving
• Yogurt, or sour cream as an alternative

Instructions:

• Chop the tomatoes, onion, cilantro, garlic, chilis, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• Simmer the mixture in a small skillet over medium heat until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Cover and keep warm over low heat.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the chorizo until browned.
• Add to the sauce and cover again.
• Add 1 tablespoon vegetable oil to the fat in the large skillet.
• Cook each tortilla in the skillet until light golden but not crisp, about 30 seconds.
• Flip and cook for 30 seconds more, then transfer to dinner plate.
• Cook the remaining tortillas, adding a bit more oil to the pan, if necessary.
• Heat the refried beans (if using) in a large skillet.
• Spread the beans on the tortillas.
• Add another tablespoon of oil to the skillet.
• Working in batches, crack the eggs into the pan.
• Cook until the bottoms are set and the edges golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Turn the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook until set, about 1 minute more.
• Place one egg on each tortilla and spoon the warm sauce over the eggs.
• Sprinkle with the cheese and additional cilantro.
• Top with a dollop of yogurt, or sour cream.
• Put avocado slices alongside the tortilla.

Comments: 9/15/2018 - This took about an hour and a quarter. It tasted good. I used two sausages from a package of five Natures Promises Chorizo Chicken Sausages.
3/5/2022 - It took a long time, so long that Gail had to go to her 6:30 meeting before eating and we ate in shifts. I used plum tomatoes, Monterey Jack, and omitted the yogurt and sour cream. Because Gail was having stomach difficulties, I had two Field Roast Smoked Apple & Sage plant-based sausages for her and one Spicy Argentine Smoked Chorizo for me. I had to separate the sauce into two halves with the different sausages. I served the huevos with Roasted Asparagus. Gail thought that one huevos would have been sufficient.

Inspired by https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamies-huevos-rancheros-recipe-1921736

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