Huevos Rancheros - America's Test Kitchen

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 10 roma tomatoes, cored and halved
• 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and halved
• 1/2 onion, peeled and cut into wedges
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• salt and pepper
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans
• 1 tablespoon bacon fat
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 flour tortillas or 4 corn tortillas
• olive oil
• salt
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 for the salsa: toss the first 8 ingredients together in mixing bowl, then spread out onto a baking pan and roast in preheated 375°f oven for 40 minutes.
• 2 for the beans: pulse beans 10 times in food processor. heat bacon fat made from cooking one slice of bacon chopped and strained. add onion, jalepeno peppers, and garlic. cook until tender (about 5 minutes). stir in cumin and salt. add beans and heat through.
• 3 take out the roasting vegetables for the salsa and let cool for 10 minutes.
• 4 raise temperature in oven to 450°f.
• 5 for the tortillas: brush both sides of the tortillas with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. place on baking pan and cook in oven for 5 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. flip over and cook 2-3 minutes more.
• 6 continue the salsa: 1st pulse onions and peppers in food processor for 10 seconds. add the tomatoes and pulse an additional 10 seconds. add cilantro and lime juice.
• 7 for the eggs: heat salsa in frying pan to simmer then turn off heat. make 4 wells in the salsa crack the eggs into them (or first crack each egg into a bowl to be sure not to get any shells into the salsa). season each egg with salt and pepper and heat on medium low 3-4 minutes for runny eggs or 5-7 minutes for well done eggs.
• 8 place tortilla on plate, top with egg and salsa and serve beans on the side. garnish with fresh cilantro and a lime wedge.
• 9 enjoy!