Chicken Chipotle Chilaquiles
I want to talk about breakfast nachos. It is a real thing with a name: Chilaquiles. You cook up some tortilla chips in a sauce, top it with some more things like chicken, cilantro, and cheese. Then, if you are really hungry, you can add an egg.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 28-oz can whole fire roasted tomatoes (regular is fine if that is all you can get
- 3 chipotles in adobo
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large white onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1½ cups chicken stock
- Salt
- 1 bag each Whole Grain & Blue Corn Way Better Snacks Tortilla Chips ~12 ounces of chips
- 4 cooked chicken thighs shredded (about 2 cups)
- ½ cup crumbled queso fresco
- ¼ cup finely chopped cilantro leaves
- Sliced radishes to garnish optional
- One egg per person optional
Instructions
- In a blender, combine the tomatoes and the chipotles. Blend until smooth.
- In a very large, deep skillet or dutch oven (I would recommend a 5 quart), heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the ⅔ of the onion and cook until transparent and starting to brown, 5-6 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Pour the blended tomatoes and chipotles into the skillet and cook until the sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the broth and cook for an additional 2 minutes – you want the sauce to thicken back up.
- Stir in the chips and make sure they are evenly coated in the sauce. Cook for a minute or two, really making sure they are all covered.
- Now is when you should fry up the eggs if you are making them.
- Divide up the chips into individual bowls or put them into a large serving dish.
- Top with the chicken. If you are making this ahead of time, you can stop here and place in a warm oven (150 degrees Fahrenheit)
- When ready to serve, top with remaining onion, cheese, cilantro, radishes (if using) and eggs (if using).
Notes
This recipe is adapted from Rick Bayless, and was made with Way Better Snacks tortilla chips (which were provided for me to use by the company and which I wouldn’t use if I didn’t love eating them).