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Ingredients
  • subheading: For tomato or tomatillo sauce:
  • 2 pounds ripe tomatoes-plum tomatoes make the best textured sauce OR 2 pounds tomatillos, husked and rinsed
  • Fresh hot green chiles to taste (roughly 3 serranos or 2 jalapeños), stemmed
  • 1 medium (6-ounce) white onion, cut into ½-inch sllices
  • 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil, plus a little extra for brushing or spraying the tortillas
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth, plus a little extra if needed
  • Salt
  • A couple of big sprigs of epazote, plus more for garnish OR a big handful of cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish
  • subheading: For the Red Chile Sauce:
  • 2 ounces (about 8) dried guajillo chiles, stemmed, seeded and torn into flat pieces
  • 1 ½ pounds ripe tomatoes
  • 6 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 1 ½ tablespoons vegetable oil, plus a little extra for brushing or spraying the tortillas
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth, plus a little extra if needed
  • A couple big sprigs of epazote, plus more for garnish OR a big handful of cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish
  • subheading: For the Tortillas:
  • 12 (about 10 ounces) cold or stale 6-inch store-bought or homemade tortillas, cut into wedges or ½-inch strips
  • Oil to a depth of 1 inch OR replace tortillas and oil with 8 ounces (about 8 cups loosely packed) store-bought tortilla chips (if your local Mexican grocery carries chips specified for chilaquiles, choose those)
  • subheading: For the optional protein:
  • 1 ½ to 2 cups (roughly 8 to 10 ounces) coarsely shredded cooked chicken, pork or beef OR 4 sunny-side up fried eggs
  • subheading: For the garnish:
  • About ½ cup Mexican crema, crème fraiche or thinned sour cream or Greek-style yogurt
  • A handful of thinly sliced white onion
  • About ¼ cup grated Mexican queso añejo or other garnishing cheese like Parmesan or Romano
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