Mexican egg recipes
22 Mexican egg recipes, each written for this site and each saying what its method turns on.
- Albóndigas, sourced from Mexico. The meatballs go into the broth raw with the rice still uncooked inside them, so they swell and thicken it as they cook. Pork, Beef, Egg.
- Aporreadillo, sourced from Mexico. Dried beef simmered into a tomato and chilli sauce, with the egg stirred through the sauce rather than scrambled round the meat. Beef, Egg.
- Buñuelos, sourced from Mexico. Stretched over the back of the hand until it is translucent, because a rolling pin cannot take it that thin. Egg, vegetarian.
- Cemitas, sourced from Mexico. An egg-enriched roll built for a sturdy crumb, because it is loaded heavily and then squashed flat. Pork, Egg.
- Chicharrón Preparado, sourced from Mexico. Nothing is cooked at all — a whole sheet is loaded flat and handed over before it has time to soften. Egg.
- Chilaquiles, sourced from Mexico. The tortilla taken apart — cut up, fried, then dropped into simmering sauce and served the moment it has just begun to give. Egg.
- Chiles Rellenos, sourced from Mexico. A batter of nothing but whisked egg whites with the yolks folded back in, which is why it puffs and clings. Egg.
- Cocadas, sourced from Mexico. Cooked until a spoon drawn across the pan leaves a dry trail that does not close, or they will not hold their shape. Egg, vegetarian.
- Cochinitos de Piloncillo, sourced from Mexico. The piloncillo dissolved into a syrup and cooled before it meets the flour, because grated it never fully melts in the dough. Egg.
- Elote, sourced from Mexico. Boiled first and then grilled, because grilling alone chars the outside and leaves the middle raw. Egg.
- Esquites, sourced from Mexico. The stripped cobs go into the pan with the kernels, so the liquid in the cup tastes of cob. Egg.
- Huevos Divorciados, sourced from Mexico. A ridge of beans built down the middle of the plate as a wall, so the green sauce and the red one never touch. Egg.
- Huevos Motuleños, sourced from Mexico. The yolks left deliberately liquid, because the yolk is part of the sauce that binds everything underneath. Pork, Egg.
- Huevos Rancheros, sourced from Mexico. The egg cracked straight onto the tortilla in the pan, so the two set together as one piece. Egg.
- Machacado con Huevo, sourced from Mexico. Dried beef dropped into the hot pan dry, so it takes up fat before any egg is added. Beef, Egg.
- Marquesitas, sourced from Mexico. Rolled the instant it leaves the iron, because it sets rigid in about ten seconds and then shatters. Egg.
- Migas, sourced from Mexico. The tortilla pieces fried crisp first and the egg poured over them without stirring, so some stay crisp. Egg.
- Papadzules, sourced from Mexico. The green oil pressed out of the pumpkin seed paste and drizzled back over the top, which nothing else here does. Egg, vegetarian.
- Piñata Cookies, sourced from Mexico. The hollow cut out of the middle layer before baking, never drilled out afterwards. Egg.
- Relleno Negro, sourced from Mexico. The chillies burned black on purpose, outdoors, and the smoke is the whole flavour of the dish. Pork, Turkey, Egg.
- Romeritos, sourced from Mexico. The sprigs boiled and then squeezed dry in the hands before they meet the mole, or they water it down. Chicken, Shellfish, Egg.
- Tres Leches Cake, sourced from Mexico. Pricked all over and soaked while still warm, because a cold sponge refuses the milk and sits in a puddle. Egg, vegetarian.
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