Huevos Divorciados (Divorced Eggs) + VIDEO

Huevos Divorciados, or Divorced Eggs. This classic Mexican breakfast screams Sunday brunch. Two eggs separated by refried beans and drenched in red and green salsa. There’s no custody battle with this dish. You get both!

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Divorced Eggs (or Huevos Divorciados) served on a decorative Mexican terra cotta clay plate.

Huevos Divorciados (or Mexican Divorced Eggs) is the best of both worlds.

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It consists of sunny-side up eggs. One drenched in red salsa and the other covered in green salsa.

Next to a Huevos con Migas, I absolutely LOVE this recipe, and I know you will too.

Table of Contents

1 Step-By-Step Instructions
2 How to Assemble
3 Pro Tip
4 Addition Ideas
5 Frequently Asked Questions
6 More Mexican Breakfast Recipes:
7 Hungry for More?
8 Huevos Divorciados

Step-By-Step Instructions

Heat oil to a pan.
Cook two eggs sunny-side up.

You can also make poached eggs or over easy eggs. Traditionally, the eggs are sunny side up. That yolk is no joke!

If you scramble the eggs, you would be making Huevo en Salsa, another delicious Mexican recipe but totally different from this one.

How to Assemble

Two sunny-side up eggs served on a plate next to green and red salsa.

Place two eggs on opposite sides.

Make sure you use a plate that has some depth to it for the salsa.

Pro Tip

This huevos divorciados recipe works well when you already have the salsas pre-made. That way, it’ll make cooking easier and faster.

Two sunny-side up eggs separated by refried beans and served on a decorative Mexican plate.

Add a layer of refried beans down the middle, separating these quarreling eggs.

Build bridges, not walls. They’ll be united in your tummy.

Refried beans work well to separate the sauces. Another idea is to use tortilla chips or place the eggs on a tortilla. Kinda like a taco.

Egg covered in green salsa in a Mexican terra cotta plate.

Cover one of the eggs with tangy, delicious green salsa.

Here is my recipe for salsa verde. Yes, you can use store-bought salsa verde. I like this one.

Addition Ideas

Sprinkle with crumbled cotija cheese or queso fresco. If you like it spicier, serve with a few slices of jalapeno.

Egg covered in red salsa on a Mexican terra cotta plate avocado slices

Then cover the other eggs with spicy, tomato red salsa.

I’m using a fire roasted salsa recipe.

However, it doesn’t matter what type of red salsa you use – tomato, piquin, arbol. As long as it is red in color.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are they called divorced eggs?

In this dish, two sunny-side up eggs are separated by two different sauces. One is covered with red salsa while the quarreling egg is covered in green salsa.

What is it called when eggs are runny in the middle?

Sunny-side up eggs are cooked long enough for the whites to harden. The egg is not flipped, and the golden center is still runny.

What’s the difference between a sunny side up egg and an over easy egg?

Sunny side up: The egg is fried with the yolk up and is not flipped. Over easy: The egg is flipped and the yolk is still runny. Over medium: The egg is flipped and the yolk is only slightly runny. Over well: The egg is flipped and the yolk is cooked hard.

Huevos Divorciados served on a decorative Mexican terra cotta clay plate.

More Mexican Breakfast Recipes:

Huevos Divorciados, or Divorced Eggs, is Mexican foodie’s dream. You won’t lose your shirt in this divorce, but you might need a napkin to clean it up. So tasty!

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