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Asparagus Huevos Rancheros

[heart_this] · Jun 10, 2011 · 13 Comments

Asparagus Huevos Rancheros

Asparagus served huevos rancheros style on tortillas along with cilantro lime beans and salsa verde topped with a fried egg and queso fresco.

A couple of weeks ago when the local asparagus season had just begun I had asparagus on my mind almost all the time. As fate would have it, one day I was going through some of my older posts when I came across one of my favourite breakfasts, huevos rancheros , and inspiration struck! How about a seasonal take on huevos rancheros with asparagus? Huevos rancheros normally consist of lightly fried tortillas topped with a spicy tomato based sauce and fried eggs but with the asparagus as the inspiration I was thinking about something more on the green side of things. With green as the concept, I knew that I would be using a tomatillo salsa verde in place of the tomato based chili sauce. I often serve huevos rancheros with a side of refried beans or just plain beans but I figured that since the asparagus was going to be thicker than the salsa verde that it would be nice to flatten things out a bit by surrounding the asparagus with beans right in the huevos rancheros. At first I was just going to use plain white beans but I thought that they were just a little too plain and simply using white beans in refried beans didn’t seem green enough. After thinking about it for a bit I came up with the idea of combining the recipes for refried beans and cilantro lime rice to make cilantro lime refried beans. And with that, the fried eggs, slices of avocado, crumbled queso freso and some cilantro, my asparagus huevos rancheros recipe was done.
I certainly have been enjoying these asparagus huevos rancheros for breakfasts this week! What an amazing combination of flavours and textures from the slightly crisp tortillas to the creamy beans and avocado to the juicy asparagus and lets not forget that magnificent runny egg yolk! I particulary like all of the bright spring like flavours coming from the tomatillo salsa verde, the limes, cilantro and especially the asparagus. What a great way to enjoy spring and some asparagus for breakfast!

Asparagus Huevos Rancheros

Asparagus Huevos Rancheros

Asparagus Huevos Rancheros

Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 2

Asparagus served huevos rancheros style on tortillas along with cilantro lime beans and salsa verde topped with a fried egg and queso fresco.

ingredients
  • 1 teaspoon corn oil
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • 1 cup cilantro and lime refried beans, warm
  • 8-12 spears asparagus, trimmed and blanched
  • 1/2 cup salsa verde
  • 4 eggs, fried sunny side up
  • 1 avocado, sliced
  • 1/4 cup queso fresco or feta, crumbled, optional
  • 1 handful cilantro, chopped
directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan and lightly toast the tortillas.
  2. Divide the tortillas between two plates and top with the beans followed by the asparagus, salsa verde, eggs, queso fresco, avocado and cilantro.
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Comments

  1. Giacuisine says

    June 10, 2011 at 1:20 am

    This is an awesome idea! I cannot EVER resist trying out Huevos Rancheros, no matter what! If it's on a menu–I try it! But I have never seen Asparagus with Huevos. This will be on my grocery list this week. I must try it! Thanks Kevin, Your blog has been very inspiring!

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  2. Terry C says

    June 10, 2011 at 1:52 am

    Brilliant! And what beautiful photographs!

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  3. ~Bee says

    June 10, 2011 at 2:15 am

    These look AMAZING! I love a good, drippy egg. It seems like a nice, light-ish spring breakfast too. Well done.

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  4. Tim says

    June 10, 2011 at 2:35 am

    Looks perfect… Brunch this weekend! Thanks, Kevin.

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  5. hassall eats... says

    June 10, 2011 at 4:25 am

    YUMMMMMM! Egg and asparagus go so well with each other.. one of my favourite combinations! Genius!

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  6. Rosa's Yummy Yums says

    June 10, 2011 at 6:23 am

    I love your version of huevos rancheros!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  7. Joanne says

    June 10, 2011 at 9:23 am

    I love how you manage to take one simple idea and just run with it! This sounds delicious!

    Reply
  8. jose manuel says

    June 10, 2011 at 9:35 am

    Que delicia. Saludos

    Reply
  9. Inside a British Mum's Kitchen says

    June 10, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    this is exactly the food I would like to live on – beautiful flavors, beautiful recipe – beautiful post
    Mary

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  10. Marisa says

    June 10, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    Love the presentation! So, brunch at your place, tomorrow morning at 10? I think if I hop on the plane now I'll make it in time. 😉

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  11. Les rêves d'une boulangère (Brittany) says

    June 10, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    This looks seriously delicious, and healthy! I love the sound of all these ingredients mixing to make a yummy plate!

    Reply
  12. Laura Jeanne says

    June 11, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Kevin, this looks delicious! I love your twist on a spring-time mexican dish. yum.
    thanks for sharing.
    ahealthyjalapeono.com
    Laura

    Reply
  13. Shannon says

    June 18, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    this looks so great! maybe I'll cook this for my dad for father's day!

    Reply

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