Chilaquiles
When visiting my family in Southern California {and by southern I mean only a few miles from the Mexican border} I discovered Chilaquiles. The first time I tried them my husband ordered it for breakfast and they were served with two fried eggs on top.
What is Chilaquiles you ask? While they don’t look like it I think they taste just like cheese enchiladas. I prefer to describe them as a NEW way of making nachos. Either way you are going to love these. I plan on serving it to my hungry game watchers. The only draw back is I recommend using a fork. Unlike nachos these do get messy but it’s completely worth it.
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Chilaquiles
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 8 small corn tortillas
- 1 cup mild enchilada sauce
- 2 ounces whole green chilies
- 1 to 1-1/2 cups Mexican cheese blend, shredded
Instructions
- Pour oil into a medium skillet.
- Heat oil on medium high heat.
- Cut tortillas into 4 wedges (like tortillas chips)
- In a small saucepan heat the enchilada sauce and chilies.
- Once oil is hot enough to fry the tortillas, add 5 pieces at a time.
- Fry only a few seconds on each side. (like when frying a tortilla for tacos)
- Place on a plate lined with paper towels.
- Do this in several batches, adding a new paper towel to soak up any extra oil.
- Place fried tortilla pieces into a bowl, add some of the enchilada sauce. (enough to coat the tortilla pieces)
- Add one layer of the coated tortilla pieces to a plate, sprinkle with some of the shredded cheese, repeat until all the tortilla pieces are layered, finish with cheese.
- Drizzle over the top of the tortilla pieces with the remaining enchilada sauce.
- Melt the cheese in the microwave. (about 1 minute)
- TIP: You can choose to treat this dish like enchiladas and add sour cream, cilantro and sliced green onions.
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wow, so delicious.
Thanks!
I made this early in the day I also made them all in one pan and left the cheese out until I warm it up in the microwave when my kids get home from school…I love this…
Great idea Evelyne!
So Simple! I was on other Pinterest Pages and they made other recipes look so complicated, thank you so much Sheryl! -Nat
Thanks Natalia. They’re yummy too! 🙂
Thank you for posting this recipe. I am making it as I type this. 😉 I used to live in Chula Vista in San Diego where I could easily find a place that made these. My luck is not as good in Northern CA and I’ve been craving this!
That’s awesome Michelle. Enjoy!
Oooh! These look so good!! You can NEVER go wrong with Mexican. I think I’m going to give them a try and maybe add some canned black beans OR maybe refried black beans in taco seasoning for an extra kick! Thanks for the posting ♥