Ready for the best savory breakfast or brunch recipe? With the oozing egg yolk, spicy tomato sauce, crunchy vegetables, and queso crumbles, these tacos rancheros are next level delicious. Alex and I love to eat them for dinner! Eating them with our hands, we happily spill the gooey filling all over ourselves. This deliciously over the top taco is based on huevos rancheros. Keep reading for how to make this tacos rancheros recipe, and why we made it!
What are tacos rancheros?
First, what are tacos rancheros? Huevos rancheros is a traditionally Mexican dish of fried or poached eggs served on a tortilla with a spicy tomato sauce typically served for breakfast. There are lots of different variations on huevos rancheros, some including refried beans or other vegetables. What makes this recipe into rancheros tacos and not huevos rancheros? Honestly, not much! We’ve designed these tacos rancheros to be picked up and eaten like tacos instead of the traditional huevos rancheros recipe that’s so gooey it’s eaten with a knife and fork. Our huevos rancheros sauce is a little thicker so that it stays within the taco. They’re also topped with cabbage and queso fresco crumbles. However, due to the runny egg, you might have to resort to knife and fork anyway!
How to make tacos rancheros (or, huevos rancheros)
The main component to tacos rancheros is huevos rancheros sauce. Just like any standard recipe that has lots of variations like potato salad or chocolate chip cookies, there are thousands of huevos rancheros sauces out there. Our huevos rancheros sauce is not considered traditional, but it’s based on the main elements of a traditional sauce. Here we’ve used a dried ancho chili, as well as chipotle powder, to bring big flavor to the sauce. The chili requires re-hydrating, but it only takes 10 minutes of simmering on the stovetop. Don’t think about omitting this dried pepper: it adds a body and depth to the sauce that’s essential! Other than the huevos rancheros sauce, this recipe is basically egg tacos. Fry up some eggs, then nestle them into a tortilla with the sauce, cabbage shreds, queso fresco crumbles, and a bit of cilantro for a garnish. These egg tacos are so, so good: and as I mentioned, we love eating them as a healthy vegetarian dinner recipe! Today we’re collaborating with dozens of bloggers from all over the country and world to celebrate one special lady: the lovely Jessica Merchant of the blog How Sweet Eats. Her recipes are downright fabulous, and her spunky personality is contagious. Jessica is expecting a sweet babe soon, and a few ladies got together to throw her a virtual shower. The theme: “trashing up” various recipes in Jessica’s signature style (read: adding fancy toppings to make a recipe over the top delicious). We’re honored to participate with our Huevos Ranchers Tacos recipe, and wish Jessica the absolute best on the coming of her new little one! And make sure to check out Jessica’s new cookbook, Seriously Delish.
Looking for taco recipes?
Aside from these tacos rancheros, here are a few more of our favorite taco recipes on A Couple Cooks:
Instant Pot Tacos with Smoky LentilsBBQ Bean Tacos with Pineapple SalsaGrilled Mango Tacos with Dream Sauce“Verde” Lentil Vegan TacosSpiced Chickpea Tacos with Avocado CreamRefried Bean Tacos
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This Tacos Rancheros recipe is vegetarian and gluten free. 5 from 1 review
