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.
Kate
My husband and I love huevos rancheros! I have made them tons of different ways. This looks like a super delicious version!
Jessica Harlow
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!
Jolina
I think you’d be in for a really pleasant surprise 🙂 Hope you like it!
Annemarie LeBlanc
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.
Jolina
Nice! I’d love to hear how it goes.
Kristen
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!
Jolina
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!
Julie Ann Torres
I may not make this for breakfast, may just make it for dinner tonight! Looks delicious, one of my favorite things to eat and now I have an easy way to make it!
Jolina
Haha no judgements here! We’d totally eat this anytime too 🙂
kallee
Wow. That dish looks amazing! It has everything I love and it looks so pretty!
candy
Now this is a mouth full to say and something I want in my mouth right now. Looks so very good.
Jolina
IKR?? Try saying it fast five times haha! So worth it though 🙂
Lane
This breakfast would be my happy place! Thank you for the recipe!
Jolina
It’s ours too 🙂 When we’re eating it we’re already planning when we’re going to eat it next LOL!
Cait Weingartner
Yum! This dish looks amazing. This would make a lovely Sunday brunch entree or a simple weeknight supper. I’m looking forward to making it soon!
Kimberly
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.
Jolina
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 🙂
Nellwyn
This looks like the perfect recipe for a homemade weekend brunch. Huevos Rancheros is definitely one of my favrouite breakfast dishes.
Catherine
Dear Jolina, this look so delicious! A perfect breakfast or lunch…I’d love this right now actually. Perfect shot! xo
Kimberly
Just the recipe I was looking for to win my boyfriend over once and forall =P ;). Thanks for sharing! I look forward to trying this out this weekend!
Lisa
We love Chorizo and so do my kids! I may have to give this recipe a try for Sunday breakfast – yum!
Jolina
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!
Candice
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!
Jolina
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.