Easy Mexican Huevos Rancheros (aka Chilitro)
If you love Tex-Mex food, you are going to love these Mexican Huevos Rancheros with a twist. We like to call this "Chilithro" in our house and everyone loves it!
Ingredients
- 2 links smokehouse smoked sausage we use Prasek’s or Burton Sausage
- 1 smallish jalapeno pepper or serrano pepper if you want a little extra spice
- 1 medium onion
- 12 ounce tomato sauce
- 6 cups of water
- 2 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1/2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon pepper
- Eggs
- Vegetable Oil
- Flour Tortillas
- Queso Fresco
- Queso Fresco
Instructions
- De-skin smoked sausage and chop it up into small triangular pieces.
- Dice onion.
- Finely dice jalapeno pepper.
- In a large skillet, fry sausage and onion until fully heated (approximately 10 minutes) on medium heat.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the skillet and cook for approximately 30 minutes on medium heat.
- While the chilithro is cooking, fry eggs in vegetable oil to your liking.
- Heat tortillas in a small skillet over low-medium heat.
- After everything is fully cooked, serve the chilithro over the eggs and a pinch of queso fresco. Pull a triangular piece off the tortilla to make a small taco boat for your eggs and huevos rancheros with a twist.