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.
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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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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Huevos Divorciados
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 eggs
- 3-4 tablespoons refried beans
- 3-4 tablespoons red salsa
- 3-4 tablespoons green salsa
- Chips optional
- Queso Fresco optional
- Avocado optional
- Jalapeño slices optional
Instructions
- Heat up olive oil in a large skillet.
- Cook the eggs sunny side up.
- About 3-4 minutes.
- While the eggs cook, heat up the refried beans.
- Place eggs on opposite sides of the plate.
- Add refried beans down the middle, separating the eggs.
- Cove one of the eggs with red salsa.
- Cover the other eggs with green salsa.
- Top with tortilla chips, Queso Fresco, avocado, and jalapeño slices.
Anonymous
Well is my favorite dish on weekends with tortillas and queso fesco yummmyyyy and some good café de la olla
Tami
Breakfast has been a bit boring lately. My hubby will enjoy this with refried beans being one of his favorite Mexican sides.
Maggie Unzueta
You have to make your hubby these Huevos Divorciados. Pretty sure you’ll both enjoy this dish.
Mommy Peach
First time I’ve heard about divorced egg and I must say this dish looks pretty cool and awesome!
Maggie Unzueta
Huevos Divorciados is a very traditional Mexican recipe. Now that you’ve heard of it, I hope you try it out.
Nicole Hood
This is my kind of comfort food! I love your line- “there’s no custody battle with this dish”! HAHA
Maggie Unzueta
Both get custody in this case. LOL!
Katherine
I’ve never heard of “Divorced Eggs” but I totally love the idea of this haha. They look delicious and it’s normally something I would order out at a restaurant but I just might have to try them at home now!
Lisa Favre
This is the second time I am seeing divorced eggs and I must say, they look amazing! I want to try it for myself.
Maggie Unzueta
Huevos Divorciados is the best of both worlds. Red and green salsa in one plate. YUM!