(as served in the Aquis' Surface Frond)
Listen up, ya lily-livered landlubbers! If you’re lookin’ to start your lum with a bang louder than a back-firing steam-wagon, you’ve come to the right place. This here’s my keep-'em-askin'-fer-more recipe for Huevos Rancheros. When I as out in the Wild West, we didn’t do things halfway. We soaked the double-decker base in red-eye salsa and piled it high. Here's how you can keep your own seacowpokes bringing their tin plate back for seconds:
Provisions
- 2 Corn Tortillas: Lightly fried until they’re just startin’ to get a bit of backbone
- Refried Beans: Plenty of ’em, seasoned enough to make a crawdad tango
- Salsa: Your favorite red or green "red-eye wash."
- 1 Large Cackleberry: A fresh egg, straight from the coop if yer chickens are willin'
The Fancy Stuff
- Cotija Cheese: Make it a handful of crumbled
- Avocado
- Cilantro
- Pico de Gallo: Proof there is a god
- Hot Sauce of choice to put hair on yer gums (optional)
Preparation
The Foundation: Take yer two corn tortillas and give ’em a quick toss in a hot iron skillet with a lick of oil until they’re lightly fried
The Great Soak: Submerge them tortillas in a shallow bowl of warm salsa until they’re fully "soaked" and flavored through
The Sandwich: Lay one tortilla on your plate. Spread a thick layer of warm refried beans over it, then slap the second salsa-soaked tortilla right on top like you’re packin’ a saddlebag
Fry the Cackleberry: Crack your egg into the skillet and fry it sunnyside-up until the whites are set but the yolk is still wobblin’ like an indecisive jelly-fish. Carefully slide that sunnyside-up cackleberry onto the top of your tortilla stack.
Finish it Off: Sprinkle on a generous handful of cotija cheese. Add your avocado slices, a dusting of fresh cilantro, and a heap of pico de gallo
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Yield: 1 Serving (Scale up if you’re feedin’ a whole Squallix squad)
Prep Time: 10 Omaa
"Don’t you dare go usin’ a fork to poke that yolk until you’re ready to eat the whole lot! And if I catch ya leavin’ so much as a bean on that plate, you’ll be on KP duty cleanin’ the pleco tanks from here until next term!"