Chilaquiles is a signature dish of Mexico; we have verified places to eat it in Mexico City. Tortilla chips simmered in red or green salsa until tender on the edges, crisp at the centre. Start with where to eat Chilaquiles in Mexico City.
Chilaquiles · Mexico City
Tortilla chips simmered in red or green salsa until tender on the edges, crisp at the centre. Topped with crema, queso fresco, raw onion and a fried egg or shredded chicken. The Chilango breakfast canon.
Chilaquiles derives from the Nahuatl chilaquilitl, meaning chillies and greens, and pre-Columbian Aztec cooks already made versions of soft-cooked tortillas in salsa. The modern Mexico City breakfast format hardened in the 19th century: yesterday's stale tortillas torn into triangles, fried, then drowned in salsa. La Esquina del Chilaquil in Condesa invented the torta de chilaquiles (stuffing chilaquiles into a bolillo) in 2008; the format spread citywide. Chilaquiles was named the world's fourth-best breakfast by Taste Atlas in 2024.
Where to eat in Mexico City:
- El Cardenal
- Fonda Margarita
- Maque Condesa
- Cafe de Tacuba
- Azul Historico
- Nicos
Where to eat Chilaquiles in Mexico City: the editor picks