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Huevos Motulenos

[heart_this] · Mar 7, 2010 · 31 Comments

Huevos Motulenos

Even after making the migas last weekend I still had some corn tortillas left over from taco night so I threw them into the freezer. This weekend I was determined to finish them off and I knew just what I wanted to do to use them, huevos motulenos. Huevos motulenos is another Mexican egg and tortilla breakfast that is very similar to huevos rancheros . At their base, huevos motulenos are the fried tortillas, eggs, black beans and cheese. From there common extras include, ham, peas, fried pantains and salsa. As luck would have it, I also had just a tiny bit of ham leftover in the freezer that also needed to be finished! The huevos motulenos take a bit of work to make from scratch but it is well worth spending that time on a weekend morning to make this most excellent breakfast! There are so many really amazing flavour combinations and textures going on in this dish. Although I enjoyed everything about this breakfast, what impressed me the most was how good bananas fried in a little butter are!! I am going to be making this breakfast again and I can’t wait to experiment with fried bananas further!

Huevos Motulenos

Huevos Motulenos

Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Servings: 2
ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons corn oil
  • 4 corn tortillas
  • 2 ripe plantains (or bananas, peeled and sliced in half)
  • 1 cup refried black beans or jalapeno spiced black beans (warmed)
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup salsa ranchera
  • 1/2 cup ham (cut into small pieces and warmed)
  • 1/2 cup peas (warmed)
  • 1/2 cup queso fresco (or feta, crumbled)
directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan.
  2. Fry the tortillas in the oil until lightly golden brown on both sides and set aside to drain on paper towels.
  3. Fry the plantains in the oil until lightly golden brown on both sides and set aside to drain on paper towels.
  4. Place 2 tortillas on each plate and top each with 1/4 cup the beans.
  5. Fry the eggs sunny side up and place on top of the beans.
  6. Top the eggs with 1/4 cup of the salsa each.
  7. Sprinkle the ham, peas and cheese evenly over each plate.
  8. Serve with the fried plantains on the side.
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Comments

  1. Victor says

    March 7, 2010 at 2:06 am

    What a meal!

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  2. Pam says

    March 7, 2010 at 2:16 am

    It looks like a face!

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  3. Joie de vivre says

    March 7, 2010 at 3:53 am

    I bet the fried plantains were wonderful with it.

    Reply
  4. Bob says

    March 7, 2010 at 5:52 am

    That's the kind of breakfast I can get behind. Heh, it does look like a face.

    Reply
  5. Jenn says

    March 7, 2010 at 6:45 am

    The first time I heard of this when I recently saw an episode of "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" on Food Network. I love me some good Huevos Ranchros. I want to try making this for breakfast now.

    Reply
  6. jose manuel says

    March 7, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Tienen una pina estupenda estos huevos. Gracias.

    Reply
  7. Rosa's Yummy Yums says

    March 7, 2010 at 11:35 am

    A colorful, scrumptious and hearty breakfast meal. Lovely!

    Cheers,

    Rosa

    Reply
  8. Joanne says

    March 7, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    As soon as I read the word plantains, I knew I had to make this. Love the combination of ingredients! And yes fried plantains are out of this world.

    Reply
  9. dawn says

    March 7, 2010 at 2:25 pm

    can i fly you out to make breakfast for me? please. lol

    Reply
  10. Cookin' Canuck says

    March 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    The sweetness of the bananas must be a great contrast with the saltiness of the ham. This looks like my ideal breakfast!

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  11. Diana Evans says

    March 7, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    oh wow Kevin!!! i could go for that right about now!!!

    Reply
  12. Catherine says

    March 7, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    This looks amazing Kevin! I'm craving this so bad!
    Storing it in favorites and will give it a try!
    Cheers~

    Reply
  13. champagne kisses says

    March 7, 2010 at 4:44 pm

    I can never get enough of your blog great post!

    Reply
  14. Chef Aimee says

    March 7, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    I love big breakfasts and this is BIG! Fantastic…

    Reply
  15. Anonymous says

    March 7, 2010 at 7:40 pm

    The colors in this photo are just gorgeous! The dish looks really yummy too.

    Reply
  16. Kathleen says

    March 7, 2010 at 9:42 pm

    Oh what a great breakfast!

    Reply
  17. screwdestiny says

    March 7, 2010 at 10:13 pm

    You make the most creative breakfasts!

    Reply
  18. Cathy says

    March 8, 2010 at 12:59 am

    What a great breakfast! I love this combination of flavors and can't wait to add the fried plantains.

    Reply
  19. The Nervous Cook says

    March 8, 2010 at 2:44 am

    This is positively gorgeous.

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  20. aquadaze says

    March 8, 2010 at 7:45 am

    Hey this is my first time here and I have spent the better part of 2 hrs browsing around! You have some awesome stuff here!

    Huevos Motulenos is something I've seen only on some food show on TV, never had it, but it sounds like an awesome brunch idea.

    As an aside, fried plantains are pretty common in Asia, I sprinkle some sugar over mine and shallow fry them – they are awesome!

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  21. The Duo Dishes says

    March 8, 2010 at 7:51 am

    So happy to see queso fresco up here. Cotija's also a favorite that would go well.

    Reply
  22. emillenejean says

    March 8, 2010 at 8:16 am

    looks delish…and it looks so fun that kids will have no problem eating the veggies on it.

    btw, here in the philippines, we fry bananas all the time. we sometimes glaze it with caramel after frying. it's good!

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  23. Cara says

    March 8, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Kevin, are you in my head? I've been dreaming up a (baked) version of something just like this. Hopefully it will come to fruition in the not-so-far future. The plantains make a neat addition!

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  24. FoodTherapy4Me says

    March 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm

    Storing tortillas in the freezer?!?! I never thought of that, so will have to give it a try. A delicious breakfast, which is actually making me with I hadn't skipped that meal this morning!!!

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  25. Maria says

    March 8, 2010 at 4:39 pm

    That is a great meal!

    Reply
  26. Chiara "Kika" Assi says

    March 8, 2010 at 4:45 pm

    Eggs and fried plantains? That sounds awesome!

    Reply
  27. Cassandra says

    March 8, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    I like how the plate looks like a smily face 🙂

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  28. Chris says

    March 8, 2010 at 11:10 pm

    Dude, I JUST watched a video recipe for that at the Rouxbe Online Cooking School this weekend and was going to make it this week! Looks awesome as always. Great job K.

    Reply
  29. Zoe says

    March 11, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    Pretty! Something to consider next time you make this dish – plantains that ripe are far far more delicious is you mash them a bit and then fry them until they are ever so dark. They are then transformed to sweet, carmelized, crunchy/soft jewels.

    Reply
  30. Carol says

    March 25, 2021 at 4:56 pm

    There are times that I hate having food allergies…. this looks so interesting. But alas, no plantains for this girl.

    Reply
    • kevin says

      March 29, 2021 at 8:47 am

      This is a great dish even without the plantains!

      Reply

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