Huevos Rancheros

Place a large skillet over medium heat and add a little olive oil. Add the onions to the skillet and sauté until they become translucent.

If using whole canned tomatoes, break them up with your fingers or a spatula as you add them, along with their juices, to the skillet with the onions. If using fresh tomatoes, chop them first, then add them to the skillet. Note that fresh tomatoes will take longer to cook as canned tomatoes are already cooked to begin with.

Add chopped green chilies to the skillet. Then, add additional seasoning to taste, such as chipotle chili powder, adobo sauce, regular chili powder, or ground cumin.

Bring the mixture in the skillet to a simmer. Then, reduce the heat to low and let it simmer, stirring occasionally, while you do the rest of the cooking.

After the mixture has been simmering for 10 minutes, reduce the heat to keep it warm. Add salt to taste, if needed.

Preheat the oven to 150°F. Place non - plastic serving plates in the oven to keep them warm.

Heat a teaspoon of olive oil in a large non - stick skillet over medium - high heat, coating the pan with the oil.

One by one (or more if your pan is big enough), place the tortillas in the pan. Cook each tortilla for a minute or two on each side until it is heated through, softened, and pockets of air bubble up inside of it.

Remove the cooked tortillas from the pan and stack them on one of the warming plates in the oven to keep them warm while you continue cooking the rest of the tortillas and the eggs.

Using the same skillet, add about two teaspoons of butter (for 4 eggs) to the pan and heat it over medium - high heat.

Crack 4 eggs into the skillet. Cook the eggs for 3 to 4 minutes for runny yolks, or a minute or two longer for firmer eggs.

To serve, spoon a little of the sauce onto a warmed plate. Place a tortilla on top of the sauce, followed by a fried egg. Add more sauce on top of the egg and sprinkle with cilantro if desired.

Serve either one or two eggs and tortillas per plate, depending on how much you want to eat.