Easy Red Salsa Chilaquies "Chilaquiles Rojos"
Easy red salsa chilaquiles "chilaquiles rojos" are tasty and effortless to make!
Ingredients
Easy Red Salsa
- 4 Tomatoes
- 2 Small jalapeños
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 garlic clove
Tortilla and Eggs
- 6 eggs
- 12 tortillas
- ¼ cup vegetable oil (If pan frying tortilla chips)*
Toppings
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- ½ cup crumbled queso fresco (optional)
Instructions
Salsa
- Bring water to a boil and add the tomatoes, jalapeño (ribs and seeds remove before adding to pan) and garlic clove, let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Remove from the stove and let it cool. Then remove tomatoes, jalapeño and garlic from the pan and add to the blender with 1-2 ounces of the boiling water and blend until smooth. Add salt to taste and set aside. I add about ½ teaspoon or more salt to taste. This makes about 2 cups of red salsa.
Baked Tortilla Chips*
- For the baked tortilla chips: Preheat oven to 350. Cut tortillas into 6-8 triangles. Spray both sides of tortilla chips with cooking spray or brush with olive oil then place tortilla chips in one layer on a baking sheet and bake for 15-18 minutes. After six minutes turn the tortilla chips with kitchen tongs and bake for another 5-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and add salt to taste.
Eggs
- Spray cooking spray to clean frying pan on medium high heat, add eggs. Once eggs look cooked add ½ of the salsa and combine and start adding your chips in batches mixing with the eggs. Add remaining of the salsa and once it starts boiling remove from stove. Add shredded mozzarella on top and its ready to serve!
Notes
If you rather Pan-Fry your chips:
Add about ¼ cup of oil ( I use vegetable or olive oil) to a pan in medium high heat then add your tortilla triangles in a single layer turning after about minute with your cooking tongs. Cook for about another minute once they look golden and crisp remove from the pan, and lay on plate with paper towel, so excess oil from the chips is absorbed into the paper towel. I do few batches of this process since not all tortilla triangles will fit in the pan. Add more oil if needed to the pan and repeat the process. Add salt to taste.
If you rather air fry the tortilla chips check this post on how to Air-fry Corn Tortilla Chips
* Instead of mozzarella you can crumble queso fresco on top.
Want to do green salsa chilaquiles instead? try these Chicken Salsa Verde Chilaquiles
Nutrition
Calories: 1077kcal
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