Baked Eggs in Tomato & Pepper Sauce

Baked Eggs in Spicy Tomato Pepper Sauce & Gruyere Cheese
It’s always hard to pick favorites, but I will because this Baked Eggs dish is SO INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS and is definitely my favorite egg dish.  It starts with a tangy red pepper and tomato sauce with smoky spices that cooks down into this thick and luscious sauce.  Then the eggs sit nestled right in the sauce and cook to perfection with the yolk still runny and ready to ooze.  The cheese baked on top under a broiler until melted and slightly browned adds more creaminess and the finishing salty touch.  Place the baked eggs and sauce over crisp tortillas and I swear you will not want to stop eating it!  My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

I love eggs for their taste, but also for the memories I associate with them.  When I was a child, my mom used to work on Saturday mornings and my dad would watch my brother and I.  Each Saturday, my dad would cook us eggs for breakfast.  Not just any eggs, experimental eggs.  One day it was ham and cheese – yum! – but another day it was applesauce that turned a frightening shade of green –  not yum!  Today, my older daughter is the scrambled egg cook in our house.  So, for whatever reason, eggs have always seemed to bring my family together in the kitchen.

Eggs are also incredibly versatile and can be used as the protein in a variety of dishes from salads, to pastas, to soups, to sandwiches.  In addition to their versatility, eggs are a great source of protein and are loaded with many different vitamins and nutrients, such as Vitamins A, B, D, E, and K, as well as antioxidants, such as Lutein, which is important for eyes.  So, this week I hope you enjoy the health benefits and create some of your own memories with eggs!

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Baked Eggs in Spicy Tomato Pepper Sauce & Gruyere Cheese

This dish is SO INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS & it's one of my all-time fave egg dishes. It starts with a tangy red pepper and tomato sauce with smoky spices that cooks down into this thick and luscious sauce. Then the eggs sit nestled right in the sauce and cook to perfection with the yoke still runny and ready to ooze. The cheese baked on top under a broiler until melted and slightly browned adds more creaminess and the finishing salty touch. Set all of this over crisp tortillas and I swear you will not want to stop eating it! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Mexican

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4 people

Author Carrie Tyler

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp  olive oil
• ½  medium red onion peeled and diced
• 1 clove  garlic minced
• ½ medium red bell pepper chopped
• 1 can tomato sauce 14oz
• ½ tsp  chili powder
• ½ tsp  cumin
• Pinch Cayenne pepper
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 Cup shredded Gruyere Cheese
• 4  eggs
• ½ tbsp  fresh chopped parsley
• ½ cup Sour Cream
• 8-10 Soft Corn Tortillas 8-10ct

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place 4 tortillas on a sheet pan, brush with olive oil, and lightly salt. Heat for 10minutes, then flip tortillas over and cook for another 10-15 or until crisp.
   
2. Dice half of onion. Chop half of red pepper into ½ inch pieces. Mince garlic.
3. Heat 1 Tbls olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium. Add onion, sauté for a few minutes until the onion begins to soften. Add garlic (save ¼ for the sour cream) and bell pepper and continue to sauté till mixture is fragrant and softened, about 5-7 minutes.
4. Add tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne and stir till blended.
5. Allow mixture to simmer over medium heat for 5-7 minutes till it starts to reduce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
6. While sauce is simmering, make Sour Cream topping – in a small bowl mix sour cream, garlic, a pinch of chili powder and a pinch of salt, then mix thoroughly and set aside.

7. With a spoon, make 4 'holes' in the sauce for the eggs (depends on how many eggs you decided on). Crack the eggs, one at a time, into the openings, making sure to space them evenly over the sauce.

8. Cover the pan. Allow mixture to simmer for 8-10 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked and the sauce has slightly reduced.
9. Sprinkle cheese over eggs and put under broiler just until cheese is melted and lightly browned

Place 2 tortillas on a plate and cover with eggs and sauce