Poached Eggs in a Tomato and Poblano Rajas Sauce
Huevos Rabo de Mestiza
Recipe Yield
6 to 8 servings
Cooking time
35 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs roma tomatoes
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tbsp corn or safflower oil
- 1/2 cup white onion slivered or thinly sliced
- 3/4 lb poblano chiles or about 3, charred, sweated, skinned, stemmed, seeded, cut into about 2″ slices (may soak in hot water with 2 tbsp brown sugar or piloncillo to tame heat)
- 1/4 tsp dried marjoram
- 1 tsp kosher or sea salt more or less to taste
- 8 eggs
- 1 cup queso fresco crumbled, my substitute for farmers or a mild feta
- Corn tortillas or toast optional
To Prepare
- Place the tomatoes along with the garlic and bay leaves in a medium saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, simmer until thoroughly cooked, about 10 minutes. Remove bay leaves and place tomatoes and garlic in the blender and puree until smooth.
- In a large, heavy bottomed pan set over medium heat, pour in the oil. Once hot, cook the onion, stirring now and then, until soft and translucent, about 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the poblano rajas and let them cook for 1 or 2 minutes. Pour in the tomato sauce, sprinkle the marjoram, salt and pepper, and let it season and thicken for about 10 to 12 minutes. You can make this sauce ahead of time and refrigerate for up to 4 days.
- When ready to make the eggs, reheat the sauce, then lower the heat to medium-low and add the eggs one by one. It is easier if you crack the eggs into a small bowl or cup and slide them into the sauce. Sprinkle a bit of salt on top of each egg and cover the pan with its lid. Let the eggs poach until cooked. I like the yolks, still runny, which takes like 4 to 5 minutes.
- Serve on plates and sprinkle crumbled cheese on top. Have warm corn tortillas or toast on the side.
- Note: The sauce can be made ahead of time and the dish cooked right before you want to eat it.
Comments
22comments inPoached Eggs in a Tomato and Poblano Rajas Sauce
Gail Kirsch
Oct 07
Can I use canned tomatoes like San Marzano whole tomates? Where I live I can’t always get fresh tomatoes.
Thank You,
Gail
Pati Jinich
Oct 12
Absolutely Gail go for them!
Anonymous
Apr 09
What is poblano rajas and where can I find them? I am assuming they are a hot pepper. If I can’t find them is there something I can use as a substitute ?
Pati Jinich
Apr 10
Rajas are roasted poblano peppers cut in thin slices, you can read how to prep them here https://patijinich.com/preparing_poblano_peppers/
roberto cortes
Mar 22
Yummy.
Tacos de lengua me suena. Acabo de visitar ensenada y me quede picado de tanta deliciosa comida que probamos.
Gracias Pati.
Pati Jinich
Mar 31
Gracias a ti Roberto, un abrazo!
Anonymous
Mar 22
Se ve delicioso. Lo voy a preparar para sorprender a mi esposa. 🙂
Gracias Pati por compartir tus recetas.
Pati Jinich
Mar 31
Con muchísimo gusto, espero que le haya gustado mucho a tu esposa 🙂
Emil
Aug 23
My market doesn’t always have Poblano Chiles. Instead of Poblano Rajas, I’ll bet you can substitute Rajas de Nopal.
Pati Jinich
Sep 05
Absolutely! What a delicious idea, yum!
Farrah
Oct 13
Watched you make this on TV, and had to try it! Amazing ♥️ I’ve also made your Taquitos Dorados Ahogados! Still wanting to try your Mexican Lasagna!
Pati Jinich
Oct 29
So happy you have been tuning in and trying some recipes Farrah, yay!
linda
Jul 01
this is my favorite recipe that my mother made on special occasions! Except she would add bacon into the sauce. Thanks for sharing it
Pati Jinich
Jul 03
My pleasure Linda! Yummy, bacon makes everything twice as good 😉
JOE SELIG
Apr 20
I absolutely love this dish. I needed to modify it because I was only cooking for two. My wife complemented me at least 4 times because it tasted so good.
Pati Jinich
Apr 27
Yay, great job Joe 😉
jeffetx
Apr 12
Mmm, this is great! I use my habanero flakes (I make by slowly roasting them over oak and mashing into small flakes). Perhaps for this reason I don’t understand why you hint at poblanos having any heat at all! Also used long thing slices of serrano instead of the poblano……a different taste I guess. Mmm, just thought, next time I’ll add a few poblanos for their wonderful flavor.
Pati Jinich
Apr 16
Yummy! Thanks for sharing your recipe, seems to me that your really like spicy food, enjoy!
Jasmine
Jan 24
This was pretty good. I think next time I’ll put the bay leaves in with the sauce to give it more flavor. I also might try to char the poblanos under the broiler to get a more charred skin than what I got on the comal. I might also cook the poblanos a little longer next time to get more flavor from them
Pati
Jan 24
Oh I’m glad you enjoyed it and will make it your own, Jasmine.
Marie Garcia
Mar 05
Hi Pati
Love your show, your recipes, you and your family!
Definitely like this recipe and have some roasted New Mexico chile I am going to use.
Can you tell me, what makes this recipe different from Huevos Rancheros?
Thanks!
Pati
Mar 10
Hi Marie! This sauce is very different from Huevos Rancheors…it has strips of roasted poblano chiles and it is very saucy and chunky and the eggs are poached. Hope you enjoy it!