My Saucy Mama inspired huevos rancheros recipe is delicious enough that it's helped me win a Golden Ticket to the World Food Championships!
2017 Recipe Contest Winner: Saucy Mama Inspired Huevos Rancheros
And the winner is…
REBECKA EVANS at @athomewithrebecka! We just couldn’t get over her fantastically made Saucy Mama inspired Huevos Rancheros! The Poblano sauce is nearly drinkable! Rebecka will be joining #TeamSaucyMama at the 2017 @worldfoodchampionships and we couldn’t be more excited.
Thank you to ALL who participated in our 2017 Saucy Mama Recipe Contest. We had some of the very best recipes ever this year, and it was stiff competition. We love all you saucy competitors and hope to see you at WFC! Source: Barhyte Speciality Foods
Thank you Suzi, Colette, Team Saucy Mama, and all the staff at Barhyte Speciality Foods for choosing my recipe as the winner of this year's Saucy Mama Cooking Contest. I'm so honored to be joining Team Saucy Mama and representing Barhyte Speciality Foods / Saucy Mama at the World Food Championships 2017.
I will be joining an accomplished group of award winning competitive home cooks on Team Saucy Mama. To throw a little icing on an already delicious win, this group of lovely ladies are not only fellow food competitors; they are some of my dearest friends in the world. We are going to have a blast this year at WFC!
- Merry Graham- Sandwich Category
- Lisa Keys - Recipe Category
- Heather Walker - Dessert Category
- Kim Banick - Seafood Category
- Veronica Callaghan - Steak Category
Bahyte Speciality Foods will sponsor me with a SWEET prize package.
Our winner will receive:
- A Golden Ticket, which is entry into the 2017 WFC
- $1000 Travel Stipend to help winner get to Orange Beach for the WFC event (Nov. 8-14) which will be awarded onsite at the WFC.
- Team Saucy Mama Dinner with the group in Orange Beach
- MAJOR bragging rights, and the opportunity to compete against other cooks (and possibly win massive cash and/or even a TV spot) at the invitation-only WFC event.
I am blessed beyond words to have my Saucy Mama inspired huevos rancheros recipe help me win that Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship.
Visit Barthyte Foods today to order these three delicious products to make my Saucy Mama inspired huevos rancheros recipe:
Poblano Ranch Dressing, Lime Chipotle Marinade, and Hatch Green Chili Mustard.
Make sure to FOLLOW Saucy Mama on Facebook to stay up to date on all the news and happenings from #TeamSaucyMama at WFC 2017.
Saucy Mama Inspired Huevos Rancheros: 2017 Recipe Contest Winner!
Ingredients
Poblano Ranchero Sauce
- ½ pound about 4 ripe plum tomatoes
- 4 large cloves garlic peeled
- 1 small onion about 6 ounces, quartered
- ½- pound Bacon. Reserve bacon fat
- ½ cup SM Lime Chipotle Marinade
- ¼ cup SM Poblano Ranch Dressing
- 2 tablespoons SM Hatch Green Chili
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt add more to taste
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ¼ cup water
Hatch Green Chili-Bacon Refried Beans
- One 15-ounce can pinto beans drained with liquid reserved
- ¼ pound cooked crumbled bacon
- ¼ cup reserved bacon fat
- 2 tablespoon Saucy Mama Hatch Green Chili Mustard
- 2 tablespoon water
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt add more to taste
For Tortillas and Huevos
- 2 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 corn tortillas
- 4 large eggs
- Kosher salt to taste
Garnish and Build
- ½ cup crumbled Mexican Cotija cheese divided
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves roughly chopped, some whole to garnish plate
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped sweet yellow onion
- 1 sliced lime
- 2 sliced jalapeños with seeds
- 1 chopped tomato
Instructions
- For the Ranchero Sauce: Preheat the oven to broil (550) F. and put the tomatoes, peeled garlic cloves and onion on a parchment lined, rimmed baking sheet. Roast the vegetables, turning occasionally, until blistered and charred in spots, about 10 minutes. Watch closely to keep from burning vegetables.
- While the vegetables are charring: rough chop bacon and cook in cast iron skillet over medium high heat until crisp. Turn off the heat. Remove ½ the cooked bacon to a plate and set aside for garnish. Leave the remainder in the pan and scoop to one side of the skillet. Using a large chef spoon, remove ⅔ of the hot bacon fat and evenly distribute between the second cast iron skillet and sauté pan. (second cast iron skillet is for frying tortillas and eggs and sauté pan is for cooking ranchero sauce) Add 2 tablespoon Saucy Mama Hatch Green Chili Mustard and 2 tablespoons water to the cast iron pan with the cooked bacon. Return to heat, and cook stirring for 2 minutes to deglaze the pan. Turn off the heat and set aside until ready to make the refried beans.
- Continue with the ranchero sauce: put the charred vegetables and any juices from the baking sheet into the large mixing bowl with ½ cup Saucy Mama Lime Chipotle Marinade, ¼ cup Saucy Mama Poblano Ranch Dressing,¼ cup water, ½ teaspoon salt and blend with an immersion blender until fairly smooth. If you don’t have an immersion blender use a standing blender with tight fitting lid. Taste; stir in more Saucy Mama lime chipotle marinade for a spicier sauce.
- Heat the tablespoon reserved bacon fat and 1 tablespoon oil in the medium sauté pan, over medium heat. Add the ranchero sauce, and cook stirring, until thickened but pourable, about 5 minutes. NOTE: The sauce will splatter when it hits the hot fat so use caution. Taste and season with salt as necessary. Cover and keep warm over low heat. If the sauce thickens too much, add 1 tablespoon of water at a time to thin it out.
- For the refried beans: Return the cast iron skillet with the chopped bacon to medium heat. Pour half the bean liquid into a small cup and reserve for later. Add the beans to the medium mixing bowl with about half of their reserved liquid and mash with a potato masher until smooth, then add the mashed beans, 2 tablespoon Saucy Mama Hatch Green Chili Mustard, ¼ teaspoon salt to the cast iron skillet, and mash again until smooth. Mixture will be bubbly hot. Cook, stirring and scraping with a wooden spoon, until heated through. As beans cook with bacon they will become thick, add some more of the reserved liquid until they are creamy. Taste, season with salt if necessary. Using the immersion blender, blend beans and bacon until smooth adding more liquid if necessary, and cover and keep warm over low heat.
- If making ahead for a group, this is the time to cool the cooked components and refrigerate in sealed containers. Reheat the components the following day while you are making the tortillas and eggs. Be sure to add a few tablespoon water to the beans before reheating.
- For serving: Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Heat the bacon fat in the second cast iron skillet over medium high, and add 1 teaspoons vegetable oil. Add 1 tortilla and cook until soft, about 15 seconds. Flip the tortilla with tongs and continue to cook about 15 seconds. NOTE: Tortillas are not fried crunchy, they are cooked just to tenderize and heat through. Remove from the pan and arrange in single file to the lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining 3 tortillas, adding more oil if necessary. Spread about 2 tablespoons of the refried beans on each tortilla and keep warm in the oven.
- Using the same cast iron skillet, heat 1-2 tablespoon bacon fat or oil, about 1 minute. Crack 1 egg at a time into the skillet and cook until the edges are crispy and whites are almost set (about 30-45 seconds) Ladle or scoop hot oil over the top of the egg for 1 more minute.
- Remove the tortillas from the oven, top tortillas with an egg, then return to the oven and repeat process until all eggs are cooked. Top the remaining tortillas with the remaining eggs.
- For Garnish and Build: Sprinkle each with a pinch of salt, some ranchero sauce, Cotija cheese, reserved crumbled-cooked bacon, chopped avocado, cilantro, sliced jalapeños, chopped tomato, and chopped onion.
Notes
- Serve immediately and ENJOY!
- By Rebecka Evans
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