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Huevo con Nopales en Chile Colorado

Forget the classic breakfast! Prepare this easy recipe of scrambled eggs with nopalitos, bathed in red chile, served with corn tortillas.

Prep 2m
Cook 10m
Total 12m
Yield 1 serving

🥄 Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1/2 cup chopped nopales
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup Red Chile Sauce
  • 2 eggs
  • Corn tortillas

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large skillet, add onions and cook, stirring, until translucent, about 2 minutes.

  2. Add the nopales and let them sweat and darken for about 5 minutes, stirring once or twice. They may exude a gelatinous liquid that will begin to dry out.

  3. Add red chile sauce and stir for another 2 minutes.

  4. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl whisk eggs and then add them to skillet and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until eggs are cooked thoroughly.

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

362 kcal Calories
34 g Carbs
12 g Protein
16 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.