What's on your plate? ... Chilaquiles

If you haven't try this delicious Mexican dish, Spring is the perfect season to have this, you can enjoy this for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

Ingredients:

• 1 dozen corn tortillas, preferably stale, or left out overnight to dry out a bit, quartered or cut into 6 wedges
• Corn oil
• Salt
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups red chile sauce or salsa verde

• Cotija cheese or queso fresco
• Crema Mexicana or creme fraiche
• Cilantro, chopped
• Chopped red onion
• Avocado, sliced or roughly chopped
• cooked chicken bites (optional)

What to do:

In a large sauté pan, coat pan generously with corn oil, (1/8 inch), heat on medium high to high. When the oil is quite hot, add the tortillas, fry until golden brown. Remove tortillas to a paper towel lined plate to soak up excess oil. Sprinkle a little salt on the tortillas. Wipe pan clean of any browned bits of tortillas.

Add 2 Tbsp oil to pan, bring to high heat again. Add the salsa and let salsa cook for several minutes.  Then add the fried tortilla quarters to the salsa. Gently turn over the pieces of tortilla until they are all well coated with salsa. Let cook for a few minutes more.

Add cheese and chicken if you like. Removed from heat. Add garnishes like cilantro, chopped onion, lime. Enjoy!!

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