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Huevos rancheros

"ranch-style eggs"

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WEH·bos ran·CHEH·ros

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Spanish huevoseggs+rancherosof the ranch

What Huevos rancheros means

Huevos rancheros is a Mexican main dish name of Spanish origin meaning "ranch-style eggs". It is built from Spanish huevos (eggs) and rancheros (of the ranch). It is pronounced WEH-bos ran-CHEH-ros, and it is most associated with the whole country.

Ranchero marks a whole class of country dishes cooked plainly with tomato and chile. The name says who ate it, not what is in it.

This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: The plated dishes, most named for a cooking method or a place. Cochinita pibil is pork cooked in a píib, the Maya earth oven. Barbacoa gave English the word barbecue. Chiles en nogada is named for the walnut sauce that covers it.

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Huevos rancheros means ranch-style eggs

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