Chilaquiles appears as a signature dish in 1 Mexico cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
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