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Migas with Crisped Tortilla and Jalapeno

Eggs scrambled with strips of tortilla fried crisp, jalapeno, and melted cheese.

Migas with Crisped Tortilla and Jalapeno, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
25 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$6.60

Ingredients

  • 8 large eggs
  • 6 corn tortillas
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 jalapeño peppers
  • 1/2 yellow onions
  • 1/2 lb roma tomatoes
  • 5 oz shredded monterey jack
  • 1 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)
  • 8 oz jarred salsa

Method

  1. Cut the tortillas into thin strips.

  2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high and fry the strips for 3 minutes, turning, until they are golden and crisp. Lift out about a third of them to keep for the top.

  3. Lower the heat, add the diced onion and jalapeno to the pan, and cook 3 minutes.

  4. Add the chopped tomato and cook 2 minutes more.

  5. Beat the eggs with the salt, pour them in, and stir slowly until they are almost set, about 3 minutes. The tortilla strips in the pan soften into the eggs.

  6. Fold in the cheese off the heat, then top with the reserved crisp strips, cilantro, and salsa.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 9 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Canada$77.48$19.379 of 9 ingredients
United States$26.41$6.608 of 9 ingredients
United Kingdom£25.10£6.287 of 9 ingredients
Australia$56.62$14.167 of 9 ingredients
New Zealand$46.11$11.537 of 9 ingredients
Spain21,62 €5,41 €7 of 9 ingredients
Mexico$572.85$143.217 of 9 ingredients
Greece24,45 €*6,11 €6 of 9 ingredients
Austria€ 31,46*€ 7,876 of 9 ingredients
Egypt‏٤٦٢٫٧٨ ج.م.‏*‏١١٥٫٧٠ ج.م.‏5 of 9 ingredients
Germany10,64 €*2,66 €4 of 9 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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