Huevos Rancheros (Ranch Eggs)
Ingredients
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| 1 tbspn oil | ¼ - ½ tspn cayenne pepper |
| 10 gm butter | 1 bay leaf |
| 100 gm onion (prepared weight) | 100 gm red kidney beans ( ½ small tin) |
| 1 red chilli | 1 egg |
| 1 clove garlic | 15 gm cheese |
| 3 tbspn chopped tomatoes | 1 dried birdseye chilli (or some chilli flakes) optional |
Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 200° C.
- Chop the onion.
- Crush the garlic.
- Deseed (or not to your taste) the chilli and finely chop.
- Drain the beans.
- Grate the cheese.
- Crush the birdseye chilli in a pestle and mortar into flakes. (optional)
Cooking
- Heat the oil and butter in a wok or pan and fry, stirring, the onion, chilli and garlic for 5 min.
- Add the chopped tomatoes, cayenne pepper and bay leaf, season to taste, and simmer, stirring regularly, for 3 min, adding a little water if needed to prevent drying.
- Stir in the beans and warm through.
- Spoon the mixture into an ovenproof dish (see notes) and after making a hollow in the centre, 'break in' an egg.
- Top with the grated cheese and bake in the oven for 12 min.
Serving
- Serve with a couple of tortillas and optionally garnish with the chilli flakes.
Notes
A ramekin that holds about 300 ml (12 cm diameter and 5 cm deep) is ideal. This can be taken straight to the table (carefully as it will be hot).I'd like to know if you enjoyed this so please email admin@cook4one.co.uk – also feel free to ask for help.
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