Global eats: Chilequiles

Hola! I've been wanting to share our version of this Mexican dish ever since we had it on our honeymoon in sunny Cancun, where I searched for it each morning in the outdoor breakfast buffet.

To get you in the mood for this dish, here is one of my favorites pics from our Mexican adventure, the stunning cathedral in Valladolid, a serene 500-year-old Spanish town we toured on our last day. 

Cathedral of San Gervasio, taken by Ann Claire Green

Chilequilas are a simple, flavor-bursting baked dish - wonderful for a beach brunch, or just in your kitchen :) I use my great grandmother's cast iron skillet for oven-baked dishes, and this one has been seasoned from nearly 100 years cooking. Sunday fried chicken was her specialty in this pan, but I've never even attempted to try it since near-boiling oil makes me a little nervous. This is truly one of my new favorites, I'm always tweaking it with new add-ins.

ingredients //

bag of tortilla chips

red enchilada sauce

3 eggs

1 small potato

1 small sweet onion

1/2 cup arugala or spinach

small can Hatch green chiles

1/3 cup shredded cheese of your choice

handful of cilantro

avocado for garnish

steps //

• Heat oven to 350
• Get out a heavy cast iron skillet or shallow oven proof dish
• Slice a small onion and sauté in 1 tsp olive oil
• Slice small potato in thin rounds, cut those in half and sauté with onions
• Pour in red enchilada sauce and half a bag of tortilla chips and coat
• Stir in a 1/2 cup spinach or arugala
• 1/3 cup Hatch Green salsa or green chiles
• Toss together to throughly coat, simmer for 5 minutes
• Crack 3-4 eggs on top
• Sprinkle on cheese
• Bake 12 minutes or until whites set but yolks are runny
• Top with avocado and cilantro

EAT! If the eggs seem too runny they will set from the heat of the pan, no worries. Try not to leave it in too long or the dish can get a little dry.

P.S. This would be great with screwdriver or mimosa...and I added some honeymoon pics below of our sweet trip last November to the Yucatan and Riviera Maya!

We had Chilequiles at this table most mornings, it was glory.

View from our room in the evening, or maybe this was sunrise? It was always beautiful.

Touring Chichen-Itza, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world!