Huevos con Nopales or Scrambled Eggs with Cactus Paddles
Put an exotic touch on your scrambled eggs by adding nopales or edible cactus! Nopales con huevos or cactus paddles with eggs is a perfect dish for breakfast or lunch.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 122kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups nopales cleaned and cubed
- ½ small white onion about little more than ¼ cup, chopped
- 2 large garlic cloves roughly chopped
- 2 whole Roma tomatoes chopped
- ½ serrano pepper roughly chopped , to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt to taste
- 1.5 Tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
- 4 eggs or as desired
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft and translucent. Add the minced garlic and chopped chile and cook for 3 minutes. Mix in the nopales and sprinkle with salt. Sauté until the nopales release their viscous liquid, continue to cook until that liquid cooks off.
- Add the tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes. Crack or break eggs into the nopales mixture. Mix until well combined and cook until desired consistency.
- Serve with warm tortillas on the side and if desired some refried beans, your favorite salsa, and avocado slices.
Nutrition
Serving: 4servings | Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 654mg | Potassium: 194mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 446IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 1mg
