The late, great Diana Kennedy describes chilaquiles as “Mexican soul food”, and I couldn’t agree more. They’re essentially yesterday’s corn tortillas, broken into pieces, cooked in salsa and sprinkled with cheese, making a great brunch dish that oozes comforting familiarity. If you like, use a chopped fresh salsa instead, or, to make this even more of a feast, serve with some crisp slices of fried chorizo or mushrooms.
FOR THE CHARRED SALSA VERDE | |
3 | garlic cloves, peeled |
1½ | onions, peeled and cut into quarters (270g) |
2 | green chillies (20g), stems removed |
1 | avocado (170g), skinned, stoned and flesh roughly chopped |
2 | kiwi fruit (100g), peeled and roughly chopped |
20g | coriander, roughly chopped |
2 | limes, 1 juiced, to get 1 tbsp, the other cut into wedges |
Fine sea salt and black pepper | |
FOR THE CHILAQUILES | |
3 tbsp | vegetable oil |
8 | corn tortillas, each cut into 8 triangles – I like the ones from Cool Chile Co |
20g | unsalted butter |
6 | eggs, beaten |
½ | onion, finely chopped |
1 tbsp | coriander leaves |
1 | green chilli (10g), cut into thin rounds |
75g | feta, crumbled |
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