hi I have decided on this recipe! it's my approximation of a dish this amazing Mexican woman named Amparo made at my college's dining hall for breakfast -- she made amazing breakfast burritos and chilaquiles and stuff, and this particular dish was called Amparo's Special. It's vegetarian and gluten-free and absolutely delicious, especially with the way the salsa and sour cream blend together and combine with the other flavors.
Ingredients, per person:
2 eggs
Fingerling/mini gold or yukon gold potatoes (idk amount, if it’s the larger ones 1 or 2, or a handful of the small ones. probably roughly half a pound per person)
Spinach (roughly 5oz per person so one of those 10oz bags for two people?)
1 small shallot or ½ of a large shallot
To top:
Good-quality Mexican salsa
Sour cream
Cotija cheese
salt and black pepper (+ optional cayenne or chili powder)
First, I get the potatoes going a bit by stabbing them with a fork and microwaving in a wet paper towel for 1-2 minutes. Then, chop them into bite-size chunks, and dice the shallot. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet and cook shallots and potatoes, stirring to prevent sticking, until browned and softened.
Meanwhile, boil a pot of water for poaching the eggs. The poaching tips and tricks I use: add a little bit of white vinegar to the water, break eggs into ramekins, stir the water to make a whirlpool while you pour the eggs in. Then they should only take about two minutes to keep that yolk nice and runny (I start them around the same time as the next step so that I can plate the veggies and be able to put the egg straight on top.)
Add spinach to the pan with the potatoes and cook until wilted, a minute or two. At some point in this process add some salt to the pan, and potentially a bit of cayenne if you want some extra heat. Once finished, transfer to plate and top with poached eggs. Add a few spoonfuls of the salsa and sour cream (it’ll all mix together and become a magical transcendent creation of deliciousness), crumble a good amount of cotija cheese on there and crack on a bunch of fresh ground black pepper. Yummm
here's an old picture of what was I think one of the first times I made it so it's not perfect but I don't have a recent pic. maybe I'll make it this weekend though. It's my favorite weekend breakfast
also if you don't like sour cream (looking at you jay
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) or poached eggs or whatever, I'm sorry but you just cannot appreciate this dish for the amazing creation it is.
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each component is essential to the magic.
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