Chilaquiles Verdes

Chilaquiles are one of the most beloved breakfast – brunch options in Mexico, perhaps because they are so incredibly moreish. There’s no place in Mexico that doesn’t have them on their menu. But chilaquiles also happen to be incredibly easy to prepare at home, especially when you have your salsa ready to go.

Chilaquiles verdes are prepared with a tomatillo sauce made with onion, garlic, jalapeno and coriander, blended into a smooth salsa. The tomatillo sauce is simmered and then combined with tortilla chips.

The perfect chilaquiles are completely smothered into the delicious sauce but still remain lightly crunchy when you serve them. It’s important when you cook chilaquiles to serve them straight away to avoid them from becoming soggy.

Gran Luchito Tomatillo Enchilada Sauce is the perfect cooking sauce to have in your pantry, there’s so many things you can make with it but specially when it comes to making chilaquiles verdes at home, they can’t be any easier to prepare once you have Gran Luchito Tomatillo Enchilada Sauce ready to go.

Here are other popular toppings for chilaquiles verdes:

• Chicken: poached shredded chicken is often added to chilaquiles verdes.
• Chorizo: fried cooking chorizo is incredibly delicious when served with chilaquiles.
• Crema: Mexican crema, creme fraiche, sour creme or even greek yogurt brings a deliciously creamy plus cooling (heat) element to chilaquiles.
• Queso fresco: fresh styles cheese is often crumbled on top of chilaquiles, as well as cotija. If you can’t get any of these another good substitute is feta cheese.
• Avocado: slices of avocado can be served on top of chilaquiles.

So save yourself some time and try this super quick recipe for chilaquiles verdes they are even more delicious when served with a side of warm Gran Luchito Chipotle Refried Beans.