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Huevos Motuleños

This huevos motuleños combines crispy corn tortillas topped with black beans, chorizo, tomato, plantains, cheese, eggs, and just a sprinkle of cilantro. It's not your average breakfast dish!

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 775 kcal
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Tex-Mex

Ingredients

For beans:
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 (16-ounce) can black beans drained and rinsed
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon chili powder
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
  • water
For tomato sauce:
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
  • 1 small yellow onion diced
  • 1 small Jalapeño seeded and diced
  • 1 (12 ounce) can Rotel Tomatoes
  • 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
For filling:
  • 1 pound ground chorizo sausage
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 ripe plantains peel removed, cut into 16 slices
For serving:
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil divided
  • 8 small corn tortillas
  • 8 large eggs
  • ¼ cup cotija cheese crumbled
  • ¼ cup minced cilantro

Instructions

For beans:
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  1. In a 10-inch medium sized sauce pan set over medium-low heat, add oil.
  2. When the oil is hot add in the drained and rinsed beans, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, and kosher salt. Stir to combine.
  3. Mix for a few moments or until the beans are warmed and softened.
  4. Gently mash the beans with a potato masher until they start getting creamy. Add in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you have reached your desired bean consitency.
For tomato sauce:
  1. Add oil to a 12-inch skillet and set over medium-high heat.
  2. When the oil is hot, add in the yellow onion and jalapeño. Cook just until they start to soften, about 5 minutes.
  3. Add in Rotel tomatoes and green chilies and stir to combine.
  4. Lower the heat to medium-low and gently simmer while you make the rest of the componantes.
For filling:
  1. In a 12-inch skillet set over medium-high heat add you oil.
  2. Once the oil is hot add in plantains and cook until the bottom is golden brown, flip and repeat. Repeat until all plantains have been cooked.
  3. Set cooked plantains on a paper towel lined plate and set aside.
  4. Wipe out your skillet, and add the chorizo. Break up the sausage as it cooks and fully browned.
  5. Add the cooked chorizo to a bowl.
For serving:
  1. Using the same pan, add one tablespoon of oil and set over medium-high heat.
  2. When the oil is hot toast the tortills quickly in the hot oil. About 15 seconds per side.
  3. Set tortillas to the side and cover to keep warm.
  4. Add the remaining tablespoon of oil to the pan and fry your eggs sunny side up, cooking four eggs at a time.
For assembly:
  1. Lay out your corn tortillas and top each with a spoonful of drained black beans, chorizo, tomato sauce, one egg, cheese, and cilantro. Serve your plantains on the side of each tortilla.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 775kcal (39%) Carbohydrates 28g (9%) Protein 29g (58%) Fat 62g (95%) Saturated Fat 28g (140%) Polyunsaturated Fat 15g Monounsaturated Fat 10g Trans Fat 0.2g Cholesterol 460mg (153%) Sodium 282mg (12%) Potassium 409mg (12%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 2g (4%) Vitamin A 1264IU (25%) Vitamin C 27mg (30%) Calcium 183mg (18%) Iron 6mg (33%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 775

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 775kcal 39%
Carbohydrates 28g 9%
Protein 29g 58%
Fat 62g 95%
Saturated Fat 28g 140%
Polyunsaturated Fat 15g 88%
Monounsaturated Fat 10g 50%
Trans Fat 0.2g 10%
Cholesterol 460mg 153%
Sodium 282mg 12%
Potassium 409mg 9%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 2g 4%
Vitamin A 1264IU 25%
Vitamin C 27mg 30%
Calcium 183mg 18%
Iron 6mg 33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.