By David Draper

I first encountered chilequiles when a friend ordered them at our local Mexican restaurant. Since then, I’ve been somewhat obsessed with them. For the uninitiated, this traditional dish takes nachos to 11 by tossing the chips with sauces, then topping everything with meat (usually chicken) and cheese and serving the whole mess with a couple of fried eggs. I’ve been told it’s the ultimate hangover cure, but of course, I wouldn’t know anything about that…

Chilequiles topped with Fried Eggs

Ingredients
-Chile Colorado
-6 corn tortillas, cut into wedges and fried (or a couple handfuls of tortilla chips)
-1 cup cooked and shredded meat of your choosing (browned venison burger is also great)
-1 cup Colby jack cheese, shredded

-Queso fresco
-1 Tbsp. canola oil or bacon grease.
-2 to 4 eggs

Garnishes
-Pickled red onion
-Chopped cilantro
-Lime wedges

Directions
Prepare Chile Colorado, omitting the pheasant. 

Preheat broiler.

Heat oil or bacon grease in non-stick pan set over medium-high heat.

Fill a large bowl with fried tortilla wedges or chips and meat. Pour in the red chile sauce and toss everything together. Transfer the mixture to an oven-proof pan or pie plate. Cover chips and meat with shredded Colby jack cheese. Place chilequiles in oven and broil 3-4 minutes, until cheese is melted.

Meanwhile, fry eggs in hot grease to preferred method. (I like mine over-easy to medium.)

Pile the chilequiles on a plate, top with fried eggs and crumbled queso fresco and enjoy.

Comments (6)

from Dave Hurteau wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

Looks fantastic, Dave.
We are big chilequiles fans. Impossible to find in the East; have to make them ourselves. But, for whatever reason, we'd never put the eggs on top. Have to try that soon.

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from subao88713 wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

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from themadflyfisher wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago

That looks great!

I always top burgers with a fried egg too. Got to love eggs!

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from Ryffel wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

Wow, that sounds awesome! Definitely will be looking for that on a menu to try!

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from 2Poppa wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

I've got to try this recipe in the next couple of days. Sounds delicious!

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from Half-of-two wrote 34 weeks 2 days ago

I'd never heard of Chilequiles, but after reading this, I had to go cook me up a batch! Needless to say, they were spectacular! I love the fact that just by putting eggs on top, I can now justify having nachos for breakfast...not that I ever really needed to justify it!

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from Dave Hurteau wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

Looks fantastic, Dave.
We are big chilequiles fans. Impossible to find in the East; have to make them ourselves. But, for whatever reason, we'd never put the eggs on top. Have to try that soon.

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from themadflyfisher wrote 36 weeks 2 days ago

That looks great!

I always top burgers with a fried egg too. Got to love eggs!

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from Ryffel wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

Wow, that sounds awesome! Definitely will be looking for that on a menu to try!

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from 2Poppa wrote 36 weeks 1 day ago

I've got to try this recipe in the next couple of days. Sounds delicious!

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from Half-of-two wrote 34 weeks 2 days ago

I'd never heard of Chilequiles, but after reading this, I had to go cook me up a batch! Needless to say, they were spectacular! I love the fact that just by putting eggs on top, I can now justify having nachos for breakfast...not that I ever really needed to justify it!

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from subao88713 wrote 36 weeks 3 days ago

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