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Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe with Crispy Chorizo & Chipotle Sour Cream

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Start the day sunny side up! Follow this easy huevos rancheros recipe and you can have a delicious breakfast of corn tortillas, avocados, pico de gallo, crispy chorizo and chipotle sour cream topped with a sunny side up egg quicker than you can say Cinco de Mayo!

Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe

We love having people over. Have you been to a Filipino party? There’s so much food it’s ridiculous. Anyway, we had lots of leftover restaurant style corn tortilla chips (among other things…embutido, anyone?) from one of our parties which pretty much began our foray into huevos rancheros territory.

But allow me to backtrack a bit. We love huevos rancheros. We order it whenever it’s on the menu so it’s fair to say we’ve had our fair share – traditional, fusion or in between. I won’t claim this version is any of those but I will be so bold as to say it is the easiest!

Use ready-made chips and prep everything ahead so when the craving hits, all you need to do is fry that perfect sunny side up egg, assemble and enjoy.

Prep everything or use leftovers!

Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe

Most of the components in this huevos rancheros recipe can be made ahead, like the pico de gallo. Great news is everything will keep for a week or so in the fridge so you’d have a week’s supply of huevos rancheros possibilities.

We used sliced avocados here but you can also use guacamole (leftovers or otherwise).

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What, no beans?

Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe

This doesn’t have refried beans in it though. No reason, we’re just not big fans. But by all means add it in or serve it on the side.

What this dish has, however, is amazing crispy chorizo – get a piece of chorizo, dice it up and cook until nice and crispy. This also has an incredible chipotle sour cream sauce (the same one we used for The Ultimate Nachos recipe we shared a while back) for the ultimate kick.

Easy huevos rancheros recipe

Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe

Once you have everything you need then all that’s left is cooking the egg and assembling your perfect plate – how little or how much of everything you add is totally up to you.

Then break that egg yolk, watch it run through your plate and make everything creamy, then take that first bite. It is an incredible way to start the day. In time for Cinco de Mayo too!

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Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe with Crispy Chorizo & Chipotle Sour Cream

Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe

Start the day sunny side up! Here’s a delicious and easy huevos rancheros recipe that you can whip up for a Mexican-style breakfast in no time at all.

Ingredients

    For the Pico de Gallo:
  • 3 cups seeded and diced plum tomatoes (about 4 medium sized tomatoes)
  • 1/4 cup diced jalapeño (about 1 large jalapeño)
  • 1/3 cup chopped cilantro (about 1/2 bunch)
  • 1/2 cup diced sweet onion (about half an onion)
  • Juice from 1 regular-sized lime
  • Salt to taste
    For the Chipotle Sour Cream:
  • 2 chipotle chilis in adobo sauce
  • 1 cup sour cream
    Assembly:
  • 1 family or party-sized bag of your favourite corn tortilla chips (see notes)
  • 1/2 cup diced chorizo, cooked until crispy
  • 1 ripe avocado, flesh scooped out and sliced
  • 1 large egg, cooked sunny side up
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

    For the Pico de Gallo:
  1. Mix all ingredients (except the salt) in a medium sized bowl. Then add salt to taste.
  2. Cover and refrigerate while preparing the rest of the ingredients to allow the flavours to develop (see notes).
    For the Chipotle Sour Cream:
  1. Put the 2 chipotle chilis and the cup of sour cream in a blender and blend until well combined (you would still see specks of the chili but the mixture should be smooth).
  2. Set aside (see notes).
    Assembly:
  1. How much of each ingredient you put on your plate is entirely up to you.
  2. First lay a bed of chips on your plate. Then add pico de gallo, crispy chorizo and avocado slices. Drizzle chipotle sour cream. Carefully put the egg on top. Season with salt and pepper (optional) and serve immediately.

Notes

We warm our chips in the toaster oven just before assembly but you can skip this step and just serve them room temperature.

The pico de gallo and the chipotle sour cream can be made up to a week ahead. Just keep them in an airtight container in the fridge and take out when you're ready to serve.

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Comments

  1. Marjie Mare says

    I love eggs and always try to find new recipes. I will definitely try this one, it looks delicious and fancy. This is perfect for next Sunday breakfast with my family.

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  11. Jessica Harlow says

    I have yet to try this dish, but it looks amazing. Living in northern New England, something like this is less frequent on the menu, but I could definitely make it at home to try. I love the ingredients…especially the avocado!

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  12. Annemarie LeBlanc says

    Looks like a real good recipe. It has got everything I like. Love the idea of using sliced avocados too. I’m saving this recipe and making it on the weekend.

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  13. Kristen says

    it literally doesn’t matter where we are or what time of day, if huevos rancheros are on the menu, i am ordering them. BUT i’ve never made them at home. maybe its because i’m nervous to wreck a good thing! But i cannot wait to try! Thanks for the recipe!

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    • Jolina says

      LOL us too! We pretend to look at the menu but end up ordering the same thing 🙂 This is a really easy recipe though it might be a little different than what you may have had elsewhere (for one, we didn’t include beans but you can totally add those in). Hope you like this version!

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  21. Kimberly @ Berly's Kitchen says

    These look so good. Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten or made huevos rancheros. I’ll be adding this to my list of things to cook. All the ingredients sound so fresh and tasty, and your pictures are gorgeous.

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Kim! We first had these on vacation and we then proceeded to look everywhere in town for places that serve them haha. These are not traditional huevos but they are delicious! And they’re so easy you could prolly make it in 2 seconds 🙂

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  26. CourtneyLynne says

    Omg can we say yum?!?! I’m avocado obsessed so I will definitely be giving your recipe a try sometime very soon!

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    • Jolina says

      Chorizo is the bomb! To be honest, I snack on the pieces that don’t make it to the dish haha. Hope you and your kids like it Lisa!

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  30. Candice says

    Yes! My Lola was Philippina and there is nothing like those parties. I miss those spreads of food that you really have to try to eat everything. Now I want to make pancit for breakfast! We always had leftovers, good use of those corn chips looks super yummy!

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    • Jolina says

      Yesssss pancit for breakfast 🙂 And in those same parties, everybody keeps offering you food you just can’t refuse right? And for some reason you keep eating it despite being so full haha. Ahhh fun times.

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  34. Sofia says

    I’ve always been intimidated to try making this dish but you’ve made it look so tempting 🙂 Bookmarking!

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  35. Katrin says

    This is my idea of a perfect breakfast! This recipe looks to die for. It’s on the list for my next lazy weekend morning

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  36. bel says

    I think I stared at this plate more than its legally allowed. Wow this is so beautiful and we’ll explained. Would live to try this☺

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  37. Amanda Mason says

    You nailed this recipe! I cant WAIT to try it and I swear – when I put a fried egg on top of just about any dish it makes it taste amazing!

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    • Jolina says

      That’s so interesting! We’ve eaten our fair share of huevos but never with scrambled eggs. Now I know what I’m having this weekend 🙂

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  46. christine says

    Now this is a breakfast worth taking the time to make. Yum. That crispy chorizo. I’m actually working on a recipe for refried beans today, so I”m thinking I can use my beans w/ this too! Yummy.

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    • Jolina says

      Nice! Great timing 🙂 Hope all the components work well together. And yes, that crispy chorizo is dangerous. So good! Hard to stop eating it like popcorn lol!

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  47. Dawn - Girl Heart Food says

    Yeap – this is the way to start the day (or end it). This sounds (and looks) totally delicious Jolina! I could eat this every single day and not tire of it. I do love beans so I would totally add to the mix, but even without this is just perfect. Lots and lots of avocado for me too! That chorizo is definitely a nice touch too 🙂 Happy Monday! P.S. I’ve never been to a Filipino party, but lots of food? When and where 😉 ?

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    • Jolina says

      Hi Dawn! Happy Monday! And oh man I’d have to agree…we’ve been eating huevos rancheros for a week until we ran out of chips haha. So good. And that chorizo, so good! I gotta find you some Filipinos over there – we find any excuse to throw a party and then…food overload haha!

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  48. Robin says

    Presentation looks awesome and I bet this is a satisfying brekky. Cinco de Mayo or not this will be my default breakfast from now on.

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    • Jolina says

      Thanks Robin! This is definitely filling for me….though you also have the option of putting 2 eggs on top 🙂 You can make your own perfect plate!

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