chilaquiles / chee-la-KEE-lays / tortilla chips in sauce
H and I always talk about how weird it is that Americans have specific foods that they ONLY eat for breakfast, and no other times of the day. I remember what a treat it was to have pancakes for dinner when I was a kid. It was like pure chaos, cats and dogs eating breakfast together!
This seems to always come up travelling. Japanese love ramen all times of the day, especially breakfast. Germans have cold cuts all day long. And Mexico is no different, where things like tamales and chilaquiles, things that we probably consider more lunch or dinner, are popular breakfast choices.
Chilaquiles are totopos (Mexican tortilla chips, usually more strip-shaped than triangles), covered in salsa, and then topped with a usual set of accoutrements — chicken, crema, cheese, maybe some onions, maybe an egg especially in the morning. Commonly seen on menus all day long, they’re one of my go-to breakfast choices.
One of the things I added to the map for the first time this year was a stand that sells tortas de chilaquil, or chilaquiles sandwiches. Evidently the line gets ridiculously long close to lunch time, but they open up to sell for breakfast, so this might be the first stop on Wednesday!