Baked Ranchero Eggs
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Serves: 3-4 Servings
 
Ingredients
  • Sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon avocado oil (can use olive or canola oil)
  • ½ jalapeño pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
  • 1½ cups (1 14-ounce can) fire-roated tomatoes
  • ½ medium yellow onion, roughly chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 1½ cups (1 15-ounce can) black beans, drained and rinsed
  • Tortilla Strips:
  • 1½ tablespoons avocado oil (can use olive or canola oil)
  • 3 small corn tortillas, cut into ½-inch wide strips
  • Coarse salt, to taste
  • Eggs and finishing the dish:
  • 6 large eggs
  • ½  cup sour cream
  • Zest and juice of 1 lime
  • ¾ cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
  2. To make the sauce, heat a medium-large (10 or 12 inch) oven-proof, wide-rimmed sauté pan (I like a cast iron skillet) over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to coat the pan. Add garlic, onions, and jalapeño, sautéing until onions start to become translucent, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and sauté until heated through. Using a blender or immersion blender, puree sauce. Stir in black beans and cook for about 5-10 minutes until warmed through, simmering, and slightly thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. While the sauce cooks, make the tortilla strips. Combine 1½ tablespoons oil with tortilla strips. Spread in a single layer on a baking sheet and sprinkle with a little salt. Bake about 6-8 minutes, mixing a few times, until crisp and lightly browned. Keep oven on.
  4. Once the sauce is simmering and has thickened a little, carefully crack the eggs over the sauce, distributing them evenly over the surface. Cover and simmer gently for about 10 minutes, until the egg whites are just set.
  5. While eggs cook, make the lime sour cream by stirring together lime zest, juice, and sour cream. Set aside.
  6. Sprinkle cheese over the top of the eggs and cook in oven until cheese is browned and bubbly and eggs are cooked to desired doneness. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with tortilla strips. Serve with lime sour cream.
Recipe by Wright Family Table at https://www.wrightfamilytable.com/baked-ranchero-eggs/