Chipotle Breakfast Nachos With Eggs

Breakfast Nachos with Eggs! Or a Nacho Casserole. Call it what you will, but could there be anything better!? Chipotle Breakfast Nachos are topped with eggs and filled with smoky and rich, delicious Mexican flavors -- all on top of warm, crisp chips. And you'll learn an easy way to peel tomatoes in this breakfast, or breakfast for dinner!

While I'd like to tell you my husband has a very refined palate and is my best recipe "taster," he's not.

Of the three boys in my house, you'd think he'd have the most potential. I mean, for starters, he's the only one over 14.

The thing is, he thinks everything is great. Wonderful, right?

Well. . . not always.  He says things like, "I loved these grilled peaches," when he's actually eating roasted acorn squash.

It's all pretty amusing. I do love his love of nachos, though!

Nachos for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

Are nachos a breakfast food? I say yes! Add a few eggs and why not?

The fact is though, these nachos are are a comfort food that are truly fantastic for any meal of the day.

(What is exactly is a comfort food? Read this article to find out!)

*Awesome, easy way to peel tomatoes is in the recipe below. *

Nachos for Sunday Breakfast

My husband's also always into a new way of eating. He's gone through a Paleo phase, a Vegetarian phase, phases I've never heard of, and I'm not quite sure what he's doing now, but he's super, super healthy Monday through Saturday, and then on Sundays he's free to eat whatever he wants.

And that's when we have these nachos. (And not because they're not healthy, it's because he doesn't eat carbs during the week. Oy.)

All of this however, is part of what makes him the guy he is. And I really love that guy.

My husband absolutely loves Mexican food, and as I said, pecifically nachos. And these Breakfast Nachos with Eggs are his favorite.

Fancy Nacho Casserole

You could definitely call this a Fancy Nacho Casserole. Fancy in flavor, that is -- they're smoky, sweet, spicy, and full of fresh scallions and cilantro. The presentation is quite pretty, too.

These Chipotle Breakfast Nachos could easily be called a Nacho Casserole or Mexican lasagna; they're really a layering of wonderful Latin flavors and textures.

This would be a fabulous dish to serve for brunch too.

And I'd add to the buffet, scones with Vanilla Fig Preserves, and perhaps a delicious Bloody Mary.

Wanting more smokey chipotle recipes?  My Smoky Chipotle Parmesan French Fries are one of the most popular recipes.

Enjoy!

Smoky Chipotle Breakfast Nachos

Valentina K. Wein

Chipotle Breakfast Nachos are topped with eggs and are filled with smoky and rich, delicious Mexican flavors -- all on top of warm, crisp chips. This is breakfast, or breakfast for dinner!

5 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Main Course

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 8

Calories 378 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3½ pounds tomatoes
• 1 generous tablespoon chipotles in adobo sauce
• 1 bunch cilantro, washed and dried, roughly chopped
• 5 scallions, washed and dried, finely chopped
• 10 ounces corn tortilla chips
• 1¼ cups Mexican cheese mix (Sharp Cheddar, Monterey Jack are great), shredded
• 8 large eggs
• salt and freshly ground blak pepper

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Lightly coat the bottom surface of a baking sheet with olive oil and sprinkle it with salt and pepper.
• Use a paring knife to remove the cores from the tomatoes and cut them in half.  Then cut an "X" on the round side of each half.  Only cut enough to slit the skin.  Place the tomatoes flat side down on the baking sheet.  Roast the tomatoes in the preheated oven until the skin begins to pull away from the "X," and they are starting to bubble.
• Remove the tomatoes from the oven and let them cool for at least 5 minutes.  Turn the broiler on.
• Once the tomatoes are cool enough to touch, you can easily use your hands to slip the skin off each half.  Then sprinkle them with salt and pepper and place them under the broiler just until they begin to char, about 3 minutes.  Remove them from the broiler and turn the oven back on -- this time to 375  degrees F.
• Pour the tomatoes, along with all of their juices into a food processor.  Add the chipotle peppers and blend until you have a smooth mixture.  Season to taste with salt. (Here's How to Season to Taste.)
  
• Pour about 1 cup of the roasted tomato-chipotle sauce into a rectangular baking dish, approximately 9 X 13 X 2-inches.  Sprinkle the sauce with about ⅓ of the scallions and cilantro, followed by half of the chips.  Then add about ½ of the remaining sauce, scallions and cilantro on top of the chips.  Now sprinkle with ½ of the cheese.  Add the remaining chips topped with the remaining sauce, most of the scallions, cilantro and cheese -- saving a bit of each for the end of the layering process.  Crack 8 eggs into crevices on the top, with at least an inch or so between them.  (It helps to use your hands to sort of make a tiny space for each egg, between chips.)  Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and the final bits of ingredients.
• Bake in the preheated oven, uncovered, until the eggs are cooked to your liking -- I cook them just until the eggs are set, much like I'd cook a sunny-side-up egg -- so that when you puncture the yolk, it runs a bit. The cooking time should be about 35 minutes.  Let the nachos cool for about 10 minutes and serve.

NUTRITION

Calories: 378kcal

Keywords great for a crowd

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