

Huevos Motuleños is a very popular breakfast all over Mexico with a very particular way of serving Mexican fried eggs. You can find this type of Mexican breakfast served in most cafes around the country but their origin is from Yucatan, from the town of Motul to be more precise, and where the name “Motuleños” comes from, meaning that the eggs are mounted.
Typically a huevos motuleños recipe consists of a tortilla that is lightly fried, then topped with a spoonful of refried beans, a fried egg, a tomato-based sauce, peas, ham and fried plantains. They are unique and very easy to identify wherever you go as the ingredients almost never vary.
You can bring this amazing Mexican fried eggs recipe to your home with the help of Gran Luchito, where mainly all you have to do is to warm up Gran Luchito Refried Beans, Gran Luchito Tinga Taco Simmer Sauce, fry an egg and some Gran Luchtio Soft Taco Wraps.
You can cook the eggs to your liking, sunny side ups, over easy, with very crispy edges, we’ll leave that up to you! But we recommend serving one or two eggs per person depending on your appetite.
We recommend using a nice thick ham to serve alongside your eggs as this will make it feel like a more substantial meal. Also, using frozen peas work really well in this recipe, as not only do they cook really fast but they bring a lovely sweet and fresh taste to this Mexican eggs recipe, and you can cook them in the sauce.
Prep time
5MINS
Cook time
10MINS
Total time
15MINS
Ideal for
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For an epic breakfast, serve your huevos motuleños recipe with a side dish of Mushroom Molletes or Mexican Black Beans.
Your free Taco guide will be emailed to you immediately. It's not typically a spicy dish no, but our recipe has a slight kick from the tinga taco sauce. It's by no means really spicy though. The city of Motul in Yucatán, Mexico claims the dish originated there. They are very proud of it, and there is even an annual huevos motuleños festival! Although they both have a tortilla as a base, and then beans and egg on top, they are very different because huevos motulenos have some very distinctive ingredients, such as the fried plantain, peas, and ham. They also have a different salsa too - motulenos is less spicy and rancheros is normally spicier. Subscribe now for a free copy of the Gran Luchito e-cookbook filled with delicious, authentic Mexican recipes and join our mailing list for all the latest recipes, news and blog updates.
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