Huevos Rancheros
The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe – Eggs are cooked sunny-side up and placed on a bed of warm fried tortillas and smothered in a zesty Ranchero Sauce for a bold and satisfying breakfast!
Huevos Rancheros Forever
Lt. Dan and I are Huevos Rancheros people.
Whenever we go out for breakfast, an easy daytime date now that the kids are back in school, one of us always orders Huevos. Always.
The other person inevitably orders french toast or pancakes. Then we share the two breakfasts, one bold and savory, the other sweet and pillowy.
Huevos Rancheros is not something we keep only for breakfast date mornings. We make it at home as well. After having it so many times, we have absolutely perfected this recipe for huevos rancheros!
Ingredients for Huevos Rancheros
A classic Huevos Rancheros recipe includes:
- Ranchero sauce, which is a cooked “ranch-style” salsa
- Eggs, usually sunny side up
- Crispy fried tortillas, usually corn
- Black beans or refried beans
All other ingredients are optional add-ins.
For This Recipe You Will Need:
- The Best Ranchero Sauce Recipe – this recipe can be found at this link.
- Vegetable Oil
- Old El Paso Flour Tortillas
- Mexican Chorizo
- Black Beans
- Ripe Avocados – sliced
- Crumbled Queso Fresco
- Large Eggs
- Possible Add-Ons: cilantro, salsa verde, pico de gallo, sour cream
Get the Full Ingredients List with Proportions and Detailed Instructions in the Recipe Card Below.
How To Make Huevos Rancheros
1 . The key to making The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe, is to first make the absolute best ranchero sauce.
I make mine with a touch of liquid smoke for depth, and a splash of cream for silky texture. Then I puree it, so it’s smooth and luxurious.
The next two components are also of great importance.
2 . The eggs should be perfectly cooked to order. Sunny side up is the traditional choice, but I prefer my huevos as a fluffy scramble. I make them both ways, depending on who’s coming to breakfast.
3 . Next, choose good tortillas. If you love corn tortillas, go with Old El Paso Tostada Shells so you don’t have to fry them.
However, in today’s “The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe” I’m going with flash-fried Old El Paso Flour Tortillas. They puff up, with soft bubbly areas and crispy edges.
Tortilla heaven!
4 . Top the puffy tortillas with beans, hot eggs, and plenty of Ranchero Sauce. Then sprinkle on cooked chorizo, queso fresco, fresh sliced avocado, and cilantro.
Sometimes we add a little Mexican crema or sour cream. Sometimes we add a little salsa verde or pico de gallo.
However, The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe requires nothing more to be perfect. Salty, spicy, rich, and zesty, this ranchero recipe has it all!
Get the Full (Printable) Recipe For How To Make The Best Huevos Rancheros Below!
Tips & Tricks
- If you don’t want to make your own salsa ranchera, you can buy your favorite store-bought version!
- To make vegetarian huevos rancheros, simply omit the chorizo or use a plant-based chorizo instead!
- To up the level of spicy heat, serve with sliced jalapeños or your favorite hot sauce!
Frequently Asked Questions
This breakfast dish is best when it is freshly made. However, you can reheat it another day or two, if it is stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Some other great options to add to this recipe are cilantro, salsa verde, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
No, you can use any egg preparation you like. I sometimes add a scrambled egg on mine.
Other Great Breakfast Recipes
- Best French Toast Recipe (Pain Perdu)
- Best Avocado Toast with Egg
- Simple & Easy Waffle Recipe
- Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread with Lemon
- Sweet Potato Hash (Potatoes O’Brien Recipe)
- How To Make Easy Sausage Gravy
- Golden Pan-Fried Potato Cakes
- Easy Almond Flour Pancakes Recipe
- Fluffy Strata Recipe (Overnight Breakfast Casserole)
- Creamed Chipped Beef on Toast (Shit on a Shingle)
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Old El Paso. All opinions are my own.
Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe
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Ingredients
- The Best Ranchero Sauce Recipe
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 10 Old El Paso Flour Tortillas
- 15 ounce Mexican chorizo
- 15 ounces black beans
- 2 ripe avocados sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 10 large eggs
- Possible Add-Ons: cilantro, salsa verde, pico de gallo, sour cream
Instructions
- Warm the ranchero sauce on the stovetop. Pour the beans in a small sauce pot. Warm over medium heat until simmering, then turn off the heat.
- Place the chorizo in a large nonstick skillet and set over medium-high heat. Break the chorizo apart with a wooden spoon, and brown for 5-10 minutes, until the chorizo starts to turn crispy. Pour the chorizo onto a plate.
- Wipe the skillet out with a paper towel, then add 2 tablespoons oil and set back over medium-high heat. One at a time, add the tortillas. Let them puff up for 3-5 seconds, flip and repeat. Then remove the tortillas, and set on paper towels to drain. Repeat until all the tortillas are puffy and golden.
- Using the same skillet, cook the eggs to order. Traditional Huevos Rancheros are made with sunny side up eggs, but I personally like scrambled eggs in this dish.
- To Serve: Place two tortillas each, on five plates. Top with warm black beans, eggs cooked to order, chorizo, ample ranchero sauce, sliced avocado, and queso fresco.
Okay – I always take recipes and make them my own. However, this time, I had never made heuvos rancheros so I decided to go strictly by this recipe. My wife, our friends, and our family all said HOLY MOLY THIS IS GREAT! I literally wouldn’t change a thing. Great recipe and I will totally make it again. . . okay I did one little change and that was to add hot sauce to the rancheros sauce but that was it. Great recipe!
This was delicious. I ate it too fast. Thank you!
This is absolutely delicious! I subbed spicy chicken sausage for chorizo and almond milk for cream in the homemade ranchero sauce to make it healthier.
Why do a recipe & not include the Ranchero Sauce? I’m not trying to be rude, but as a professional chef it’s pretty easy. Unfortunately anyone else will get upset that one of the 2 Main Components has no guidance whatsoever.
Hi Steve,
Sorry for the confusion… This recipe does include an amazing homemade ranchero sauce. We just keep it in a separate post so people searching for just ranchero sauce (not huevos) can find it easily. We link to it in the post and also in the recipe form.
I found the link to the ranchero sauce easily. thank you.
This is as beautiful as it is tasty! I am not a morning person but I will leap out of bed if this is cooking for me! Delish!
This is a staple at my house. Best breakfast ever!
This recipe is so amazing! I found my new Huevos Rancheros recipe for life!
I really liked this article you shared. Thanks for taking the time to write it
I made this awhile back and we were all so in love and impressed…… forgot to save it….. so happy to have found it again …. Thanks for sharing this!!! We absolutely love it!!!
Awesome and easy recipe!
yo whats the recipe for the reanchero sauce mate?
Hi Rodney,
The first link in the recipe form goes to the sauce: https://www.aspicyperspective.com/best-ranchero-sauce-recipe/
This was really great! I sort of finagled the ranchero sauce with what I had on hand, but it turned out really well! And my husband made pulled pork a couple nights ago, so I used some of that instead of chorizo. Very tasty! Thank you!