Vegan Chilaquiles Rojos

One of my all-time favorite breakfasts are these vegan chilaquiles rojos! Crispy strips of corn tortilla are coated in a guajillo-tomato salsa, tossed with a mixture of vegetables, and sprinkled with vegan queso cotija, and almond crema.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Mexican

Cook Time 30

Total Time 30

Servings servings

Calories 682kcal

Author Dora S.

Ingredients

Vegetable Sauté

1 tbsp. Vegetable oil
2 Zucchini diced
½ hd. Broccoli florets
2 Tomatoes diced
2 Garlic cloves minced
¼ cup Vegetable broth or water
½ cup Black beans canned or home-made
1 cup Spinach chopped

Sauce

4 Chile guajillo devained and seeded
2 cans (14.5 oz) Diced tomatoes
1 Onion white, chopped
4 Garlic cloves
1-2 Arbol chiles
24 Corn tortillas cut into triangles, 12ths
1 cup Vegetable oil

Garnish

Almond Crema
Vegan Queso Cotija
1 Avocado sliced
¼ cup Chopped cilantro

Instructions

Vegetable Saute:

Heat 1 tbsp. of oil (optional) in a large sauté pan to medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add zucchini and cook for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add the tomato, and garlic, and let cook for 1 minute more. Add broccoli and ¼ cup of water and cover. Lower heat to medium and cook for 1-2 minutes or until broccoli starts to get tender. Add black beans and spinach. Stir. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

Sauce:

Boil water in a small pot. Place the dried guajillo and arbol chiles in the water and simmer for 5 min. Drain and place in the blender with the tomato, onion, and garlic. Blend until smooth. Strain. Pour finished sauce into a large pot and simmer for 5 min. Set aside.
Pour vegetable oil into a heavy-bottomed pot , enough to cover about 2 inches of the bottom. Heat to about 350F at medium-high heat. Fry the tortilla triangles in batches until golden brown. Place the fried tortillas on a paper towel lined tray and let cool.

Assemble:

Toss the tortilla chips with the tomato sauce in the large pot where it was simmered. The tortillas will begin to soften, but we don’t want them completely soft, so plate the tortillas and sauce immediately. Top with ½ cup of the veggie mixture, chopped cilantro, avocado slices, drizzle with the crema, and sprinkle with vegan cotija.

Notes

For a healthier version bake the tortilla chips in the oven at 350F for 30 min. or until crispy and golden brown.

You can buy pre-made enchilada sauce to make a quick version of this.
You can add any veggies you like, I simply added my favorites.
Place your chilaquiles in a casserole dish and top with vegan melty cheese to make this an easy breakfast casserole.

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