Name: Green Chilaquiles (Chilaquiles Verdes)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1½ to 2 cups (360 to 480 ml) Tomatillo Salsa; 12 (6-inch/15-cm) corn tortillas, homemade or store-bought, cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) squares using kitchen scissors (save the rounded ends too); Cotija cheese, crumbled; Mexican crema or sour cream; ½ medium yellow onion, thinly sliced; 1 cup (240 ml) canola oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Claudia's Cocina

By Claudia Sandoval

Published 2016

About

Green chilaquiles are like green enchiladas for breakfast! They are spicy, crunchy, and just so comforting. They remind me of weekend breakfasts at home with my mom. At my house, weekends were for real, hearty breakfasts with eggs and beans—the kind that would hold us over almost until dinnertime. Chilaquiles were my favorite breakfast, and the green variety, using tomatillo salsa, was my favorite type. The tartness of the tomatillo-based salsa works perfectly with the cool texture of Mexic