Entomatadas, mi amor

Entomatada with Broccoli Rape

Everyone has a dish and this is mine. You know, the dish you can eat for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, middle of the night kind of dish. The dish you often eat alone, standing in the kitchen. The dish that never lets you down, can always be prepared  quickly, and always leaves you happy and satisfied. The dish you want to share with friends but don’t because it is so humble, so simple, so lacking in art or skill… And certainly the dish you make when you arrive at your home after traveling. And though the dish in your life doesn’t have to be defined by culture or a culinary tradition, it often is.  After all, the flavors must be deeply rooted in memory, taste, history, and psyche if it is to be your “dish.” Recently my friend Marlena came to visit and I knew, I felt deeply, that if anyone could appreciate my dish, it would be Marlena… And a one pan meal, ready in 3 minutes? What could be better?

Entomatadas

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  Humblest of ingredients...

  Corn tortillas

• Eggs
  
• El Pato Sauce (it is spicy)
  
• Olive oil
  
• Salt
• Variants or additions: refried beans, greens, huitlacoche, queso casera, sauteed hibiscus blossoms…

This is a one pan meal, unless you wish to make some additions. In that scenario, cook or reheat your filling. One reason I like this dish so very much is because it is so easy to customize it based on my mood, or hunger! And, if cooking for others, special requests are not a concern. This is essentially a layered dish, so built it as high as you like. You choose for a light meal perhaps two tortillas, one egg, and a layer of beans. Or more tortillas, eggs, and different additions. Entirely up to you! This dish is built on the plate in which it is served, of course. If making for more than one person, I suggest making them simultaneously. Keeps both, or more, warm and you can sit and enjoy together, of course.

1. Heat pan. Drizzle some El Pato sauce onto your plate. Heat tortilla, you can add a bit of oil if you like. When tortilla is hot, place on your plate.
2. If you have an addition (greens, beans, etc…), place over the warm tortilla. Now your egg, your choice of  how you cook it, I like mine pretty runny. When cooked to your satisfaction, place over plated tortilla.
3. Repeat! Finish with more sauce and a dash of salt. Yes, that easy.

A clean plate must mean she liked it!