beans, egg, crema and tortillas (would love tips on how to make this more authentic)
by psipolnista
Mexican Food
beans, egg, crema and tortillas (would love tips on how to make this more authentic)
by psipolnista
15 Comments
Posted by a Canadian that desperately misses vacationing in Mexico purely for the food.
I don’t have access to a Mexican grocer so I have to work with what I got. If anyone has tips on how to make this less Tex-Mex-y and more authentic I’d love to hear it! Or any similar recipes 🙂
loose the lime and the aluminum foil and you got this (a little bit more of sauce wouldn’t hurt)
Ditch the lime, add avocado on the side. Add pico de gallo into the egg when you cook it. Huevos ala mexicana.
Pico de gallo is concidered a salsa, but are finely choped ingredients mixed toguether, which are: tomatos, onion, cilantro and chile (to your liking) and a little bit of lime. Everything fresh ofcourse
I would ditch the lime and sour cream (and the aluminum foil) and maybe mix some chorizo with the egg…… but this is coming from someone who used to eat eggs with ketchup as a kid lol
More authentic? I would ditch the crema, the parsley and the lime. Those are great toppings for some tacos but not for breakfast with eggs. For breakfast, I would only use crema on chilaquiles.
I dont know what the sauce on your dish is but it’s not that hard to make a homemade salsa with fresh ingredients:
3 Tomatoes (Not canned!)
1 Serrano pepper (You can use half if you dont want it that spicy) (Not canned!)
1 or 2 Garlic cloves. (Not canned!)
Blend it. Try intervals so it comes out chunky.
Heat up a pan with very little oil, a teaspoon or half a teaspoon.
Pour the salsa in the pan. Let it boil and then simmer for 3 minutes. Add salt to taste and you got salsa!
EDIT: Oh, and I agree with the aluminium foil. Get a “Tortillero” which is like a handkerchief that keeps tortillas warm.
Well you can hire a Mexican woman to cook it for you
Just an idea. I think you only need to get green pepper.Good luck!
https://youtu.be/14VfIDcoS18
Ps: Ooops, my bad…didn’t consider the salsa ingredients
I don’t understand the cilantro on this. Do you believe that makes it authentic? Never seen it served like this here in Mexico.
Also the cream is weird for me.
Bacon and sausage or chorizo
Scramble the eggs together with the beans. Start by cooking the eggs first then when they are about 1/2 way cooked add the beans, mix and finish cooking. Serve with tortillas and a tomatillo salsa and that’s it! We’ve never done cream on eggs, usually just a salsa. Tomatillo salsa is so easy too. Roast some tomatillos, a bit of onion, a bit of garlic, cilantro, some Serrano peppers or jalapeños if that’s what you have, blend it with a bit of water, a splash of vinegar and salt to taste.
Sour cream only on beans, never on eggs. Lime is not a good ingredient here like it is in other Mexican foods, try both ways and have it your way (most of us decide to not include it but there are few loco people that do, lol).
Cilantro should preferably be included as part of Pico de Gallo, if you like it picante you could add Chiles verdes to it. Or, the salsa picante (how hot is up to you) also could be generously put on top of either or both the eggs and beans, or alternatively at the side (the one you added looks like Chile Valentina, and while it’s modernly valid, a true salsa picante would be better, specially in bigger portion).
How did you make the beans? I read on another comment you wanted to use it up so it doesnt go bad, if thats the case mix it in the beans instead.
Also to me (a latin american who lives in southwest Arizona) those are just eggs with hot sauce and creme. Try adding mixing chorizo with the eggs or hot dogs. Its a real thing just google “huevos con salchicha”. Someone also gave you a great easy starter salsa recipe, I’d try that. If you have another questions let me know. Good luck 👍🏾
I recommend you look at “huevos al albañil” recipe for a more authentic Mexican breakfast. They are so easy to make and really capture the Mexican breakfast essence
https://www.maricruzavalos.com/huevos-al-albanil/
Don’t add sour cream or cilantro to your breakfast dishes unless you make chilaquiles. Start there .