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!
(Looking for a Cinco de Mayo dessert? Try these perfectly tart and creamy lime bars. So good!)
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!
Most of the components in this huevos rancheros recipe can be made ahead, like the pico de gallo (or mix it up and serve with pineapple 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).
What, no beans?
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
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!
Love this? You will enjoy chilaquiles verdes, too!
Happy cooking!
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Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Pico de Gallo:
- 3 cups plum tomatoes (about 4 medium-sized tomatoes) seeded and diced
- ¼ cup jalapeño (about 1 large jalapeño) diced
- ⅓ cup cilantro (about ½ bunch) chopped
- ½ cup sweet onion (about half an onion) diced
- Juice from 1 regular-sized lime
- Salt to taste
For the Chipotle Sour Cream:
- 2 pcs chipotle chilis in adobo sauce
- 1 cup sour cream
Assembly:
- 1 pack family or party-sized bag of your favourite corn tortilla chips see notes
- ½ cup chorizo diced, cooked until crispy
- 1 pc ripe avocado flesh scooped out and sliced
- 1 pc large egg cooked sunny side up
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
For the Pico de Gallo:
- Mix all ingredients (except the salt) in a medium sized bowl. Then add salt to taste.
- Cover and refrigerate while preparing the rest of the ingredients to allow the flavours to develop (see notes).
For the Chipotle Sour Cream:
- 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).
- Set aside (see notes).
Assembly (1 serving):
- How much of each ingredient you put on your plate is entirely up to you.
- 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.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information are estimates only.
Divya
Breakfast is one of my favorite things and huevos rancheros are one of my favorite meals! This looks absolutely delicious.
Juli
Mmmmm!!! I have never had huevos rancheros, but this looks amazing so now I know I need to try it!!!
Idriss
I have not been on your blog in a while Jolina, I am glad I’m back for this. Thank you for sharing the yumminess
Jolina
Hello Idriss! How’s it going? Hope you’re have a lovely spring so far!
Sofia
I’ve always been intimidated to try making this dish but you’ve made it look so tempting 🙂 Bookmarking!
Katrin
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
Bel
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☺
Jolina
Ahahaha I would consider that a good think Bel 🙂 Hope you give this a shot!
Amanda Mason
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!
Jolina
Thanks Amanda! And yeah, egg is everything. And on this dish, it’s icing on the cake! Hope you like it!
Gillian
We love these. My kids prefer it with scrambled eggs. They are one of the favorites for Christmas Day breakfast.
Jolina
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 🙂
Adriana Lopez
You got me at chorizo, love huevos rancheros I am Mexican so I do appreciate a good Mexican breakfast to start my day happy =)
Jolina
Hope this version meets your standards Adriana! (I am suddenly very nervous lol!)
Dionna Nicole Chambers
OMG you have made my day! I LOVE HUEVOS RANCHEROS. And I love how easy this recipe is! Thank you for adding this to my repertoire of recipes!
Jolina
My pleasure! 🙂 This is seriously the easiest huevos rancheros out there IMO. Hope you get to make it soon!
Dionne
this is one recipe I have never tried and will surely do now. thanks for sharing..looks yummy
Jolina
Exciting times! Hope you enjoy it Dionne. Would love to hear how it goes 🙂
Katriza
These look so good! I have never made huevos rancheros before but my husband loves it so I need to try this!
Christine
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.
Jolina
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!
Dawn
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 😉 ?
Jolina
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!
Robin
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.
Jolina
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!