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Roasted Corn and Fried Egg Tacos with a crispy, tacky, lacy-edged egg, corn, cotjia cheese, cilantro, pickled onions and sauce all piled right into a tortilla with refried beans.
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My new favourite utility of a fried egg! This little taco hits good with a tacky, corn-speckled fried egg, refried black beans, Cotija, cilantro, pickled pink onions, and a spicy inexperienced sauce.
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Lindsay’s Notes
These fried egg tacos have been my obsession these days! I’ve been making them for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all method of “meals” in between.
The fried egg is simply your normal cheese-skirt fried egg (which is absolutely having a second proper now!) however we’re going elote-style with the entire thing – including some roasted corn, cotija, and cilantro – and ending with a tangle of pickled pink onions and a cheerful little thwap of inexperienced sauce.
There are such a lot of sauces that will work properly right here, however these days I’ve been loving:
- Aji Verde: a semi-spicy inexperienced sauce with jalapeños, cilantro, and garlic
- Zhoug: a spicy herb-based sauce that isn’t essentially within the Mexican taste household, however I discover it to be so scrumptious on this (plus you should buy it premade from Dealer Joe’s)
- Salsa Verde: simply the usual, scrumptious, great things
Should you’re quick on time or not feeling the taco, consuming this egg plain, or on some leftover rice, can also be a very good method to dwell.
How To Make These Roasted Corn and Fried Egg Tacos
Step 1: Organize cheese in a hoop.
Add your shredded cheese on to a sizzling pan, arranging it in somewhat ring. (I take advantage of a forged iron or nonstick pan for this.)
Step 2: Add the egg.
Pop it proper within the heart of your cheese ring.
Step 3: Add corn!
Sure, corn. Contemporary, frozen, cooked, uncooked, any and all of it’s good. Proper now I’m actually into the Mexican roasted corn from Dealer Joe’s.
Step 4: Tighten up the perimeters in a bit.
You don’t have to do that however I wish to form of nudge these crispy edges in so your egg is a little more contained.
Step 4: Switch to a tortilla.
I wish to have refried black beans ready as somewhat mattress for the egg. Boop!
Step 6: Make her fairly!
Pickled onions, cilantro, and cotjia cheese are extremely really helpful. I additionally like that spicy inexperienced zhoug on there!
And that’s it! What a drippy, crispy, spicy, fantastic little second.
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Description
Roasted Corn and Fried Egg Tacos with a crispy, tacky, lacy-edged egg, corn, cotjia cheese, cilantro, pickled onions and sauce all piled right into a tortilla with refried beans.
For the fried eggs:
For the tacos:
- Warmth a nonstick or forged iron skillet over medium warmth. Add your cheese in a hoop form.
- As soon as it begins to soften somewhat bit, crack an egg immediately into the middle.
- Spoon a little bit of roasted corn across the fringe of the egg.
- Use a spatula to drag the perimeters in a bit as soon as the cheese begins to get golden brown; you don’t have to do that, however I discover that it helps to comprise the egg a bit and expose these golden brown lacy edges.
- Cowl and let it prepare dinner for a minute or two.
- When the egg is cooked to your liking (I desire it with the whites set and the yolk nonetheless a bit runny), switch the egg to tortilla with refried black beans.
- End with pickled onions, cilantro, Cotija, and your sauce of selection. The crispy cheese edge. The runny yolk. The creamy beans, spicy sauce, tangy onions. Oh my phrase. YUM.
Notes
Sauce: I like aji verde, however in a pinch I’ll simply combine some mayo with Tajin and a little bit of salt for an elote-style sauce. And for tremendous easiest-easy, go in your favourite jar of salsa or bottle of sizzling sauce!
Corn: I take advantage of the frozen Mexican roasted corn from Dealer Joe’s which has some taste added to it, however I’ve additionally used contemporary, frozen, uncooked, cooked corn – this recipe is just not choosy! All roads can result in deliciousness!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook dinner Time: quarter-hour
- Class: Breakfast
- Technique: Stovetop
- Delicacies: Mexican-Impressed
Key phrases: breakfast tacos, fried egg tacos, egg tacos, fried eggs, breakfast for dinner
Regularly Requested Questions For These Fried Egg Tacos
You possibly can simply omit the corn in the event you’re not feeling it! You may also make comparable cheese ring eggs utilizing different veggies like roasted peppers or mushrooms.
I feel including some chorizo can be pretty. Shredded beef (barbacoa) additionally appears like a good suggestion.
Sure, this works nice for meal prep so long as you’ve got the flexibility to fry your egg proper earlier than serving. To prep forward: pickle your onions, and make (or purchase) your sauce. After which when it’s time to serve, all you’re doing is frying an egg and assembling! Works nice for fast throw-it-together meals all through the week.
If you make sure that your tortillas shall be gluten free (like a corn tortilla, for instance), then that is gluten free as written!
Sure – simply omit the cheese!