Huevos Rancheros
by Sommer Collier — last updated on Apr 27, 2025 
The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe starts with eggs cooked sunny-side up and placed on a bed of warm fried tortillas, then smothered in a zesty Ranchero Sauce for a bold and satisfying breakfast!
Huevos Rancheros Forever
Lt. Dan and I are big Huevos Rancheros people. Whenever we go out for breakfast, an easy daytime date now that the kids are back in school, one of us always orders Huevos. Always.
Huevos Rancheros is not something we keep only for breakfast date mornings. We make it at home as well!
Sommer’s Recipe Notes
We’ve tried huevos rancheros with different types of tortillas, layering the ingredients one way or another, and with various sauces and toppings. After testing it so many times (it’s a hard job, I know), we have absolutely perfected this recipe for huevos rancheros!
While You’ll Love This Easy Huevos Rancheros Recipe
- Adds Excitement to Breakfast and Brinner – The salty, spicy, rich, and zesty flavors or this ranchero recipe are all you need to perk up those tastebuds any time of day!
- Perfect Eggs Cooked to Order – Sunny side up with jiggly yolks is the traditional choice, but I prefer my huevos as a fluffy scramble. I make them both ways, depending on who’s coming to breakfast.
- Easy to Customize – Set out a buffet of all kinds of taco-like toppings, then let everyone select their favorites to load onto the spicy chorizo and warm eggs!
This easy huevos rancheros recipe is rustic and reliable, and will certainly be a breakfast and brunch staple in your household, too!
Ingredients and Tips
- The Best Ranchero Sauce Recipe – Seriously, our homemade Ranchero Sauce is THE best!
- Tortillas – We use flour tortillas, but feel free to use fried corn tortillas if you prefer.
- Mexican Chorizo – This sausage is spicy, in all the best ways! But you can use not-spicy pork sausage if you like.
- Black Beans
- Toppings – We love layers of, avocado, chopped fresh cilantro, crema and crumbled queso fresco. Pick your favorite taco-inspired toppings!
- Large Eggs – Let them come to room temperature for the most even cooking.
Recipe Variations
- If you don’t want to make your own salsa ranchera, you can buy your favorite store-bought version!
- To make vegetarian huevos rancheros, simply omit the chorizo or use a plant-based chorizo instead!
- To up the level of spicy heat, serve with sliced jalapeños or your favorite hot sauce!
How To Make Huevos Rancheros
The key to making The Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe, is to first make the absolute best ranchero sauce.
Find the full Huevos Rancheros recipe with detailed instructions, storage tips, and a video tutorial in the printable form at the bottom of the post.
Storage Notes
- Storing Leftovers – If you plan to store leftovers I suggest keeping each component – the sauce, beans, chorizo and toppings – in separate containers. Store them in the fridge for up to a day or two.
- Reheating – The overall taste is best when it is freshly made. However, you can reheat the scrambled eggs, beans and chorizo in the microwave after day or two, if it is stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Serving Suggestions
After plating the beans, sausage, and eggs onto the tortillas, your huevos rancheros are ready to garnish with your favorite toppings. These are usually along the lines of taco toppings… We like to add a little Mexican crema or sour cream… Sometimes we add a little salsa verde or pico de gallo.
Almost always I include a ‘lil something fresh like avocado slices, a sprinkle of chopped cilantro, chopped tomatoes and/or onion and a squeeze of lime juice. And don’t forget the crumbled cotija cheese or queso fresco, of course!
Frequently Asked Questions
Some other great options to add to this recipe are cilantro, salsa verde, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
No, you can use any egg preparation you like. I sometimes add a scrambled egg on mine.
Traditional huevos rancheros, like most authentic Mexican cuisine, are made with corn tortillas. But we’re using flour tortillas here as they do tend to be larger and more sturdy.
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Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Old El Paso. All opinions are my own.
Best Huevos Rancheros Recipe
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Ingredients
- The Best Ranchero Sauce Recipe
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 10 Old El Paso Flour Tortillas
- 15 ounce Mexican chorizo
- 15 ounces black beans
- 2 ripe avocados sliced
- 1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco
- 10 large eggs
- Possible Add-Ons: cilantro, salsa verde, pico de gallo, sour cream
Instructions
- Warm the ranchero sauce on the stovetop. Pour the beans in a small sauce pot. Warm over medium heat until simmering, then turn off the heat.
- Place the chorizo in a large nonstick skillet and set over medium-high heat. Break the chorizo apart with a wooden spoon, and brown for 5-10 minutes, until the chorizo starts to turn crispy. Pour the chorizo onto a plate.
- Wipe the skillet out with a paper towel, then add 2 tablespoons oil and set back over medium-high heat. One at a time, add the tortillas. Let them puff up for 3-5 seconds, flip and repeat. Then remove the tortillas, and set on paper towels to drain. Repeat until all the tortillas are puffy and golden.
- Using the same skillet, cook the eggs to order. Traditional Huevos Rancheros are made with sunny side up eggs, but I personally like scrambled eggs in this dish.
- To Serve: Place two tortillas each, on five plates. Top with warm black beans, eggs cooked to order, chorizo, ample ranchero sauce, sliced avocado, and queso fresco.
Okay – I always take recipes and make them my own. However, this time, I had never made heuvos rancheros so I decided to go strictly by this recipe. My wife, our friends, and our family all said HOLY MOLY THIS IS GREAT! I literally wouldn’t change a thing. Great recipe and I will totally make it again. . . okay I did one little change and that was to add hot sauce to the rancheros sauce but that was it. Great recipe!
This was delicious. I ate it too fast. Thank you!
This is absolutely delicious! I subbed spicy chicken sausage for chorizo and almond milk for cream in the homemade ranchero sauce to make it healthier.
Why do a recipe & not include the Ranchero Sauce? I’m not trying to be rude, but as a professional chef it’s pretty easy. Unfortunately anyone else will get upset that one of the 2 Main Components has no guidance whatsoever.
Hi Steve,
Sorry for the confusion… This recipe does include an amazing homemade ranchero sauce. We just keep it in a separate post so people searching for just ranchero sauce (not huevos) can find it easily. We link to it in the post and also in the recipe form.
I found the link to the ranchero sauce easily. thank you.
This is as beautiful as it is tasty! I am not a morning person but I will leap out of bed if this is cooking for me! Delish!
This is a staple at my house. Best breakfast ever!
This recipe is so amazing! I found my new Huevos Rancheros recipe for life!
I really liked this article you shared. Thanks for taking the time to write it
I made this awhile back and we were all so in love and impressed…… forgot to save it….. so happy to have found it again …. Thanks for sharing this!!! We absolutely love it!!!
Awesome and easy recipe!
yo whats the recipe for the reanchero sauce mate?
Hi Rodney,
The first link in the recipe form goes to the sauce: https://www.aspicyperspective.com/best-ranchero-sauce-recipe/
This was really great! I sort of finagled the ranchero sauce with what I had on hand, but it turned out really well! And my husband made pulled pork a couple nights ago, so I used some of that instead of chorizo. Very tasty! Thank you!