Food-Stamp Diet: Day Four

Tonight: Chilaquiles con leftovers. What's Guerrilla: This is basically tortillas, salsa, and broth... What's Gourmet: But it's so good! Materials: Six homemade tortillas ($0.10) the recipe said store-bought and I'll definitely make it that way. The homemade ones are very cheap, but they get way too tough. One 12-ounce jar of tomatillo sauce ($1.99) Half of a cup of chicken broth ($0.25) Total: $2.35 Recipe after the jump. Method: 1) Let the tortillas get nice and dry (leave them out on the counter overnight or put them in a warm oven for an hour) then cut them into quarters. 2) Get plenty of butter hot in a pan and toss the tortilla pieces in to fry in batches until crisp. 3) Pour the fat out of the pan (save it!) and put all the tortillas back in. 4) Thin the sauce out with the broth, pour it over the tortillas, mix it together and let it simmer for five minutes. 5) Drizzle with crema and serve hot! This one was pretty weird. I've had this before with store-bought tortillas and scratch tomatillo sauce, and I think that's the way I'll do it next time. The cheap Trader Joe's salsa was thick and kind of nasty. Also the thick homemade tortillas were nasty and leathery, but it was inexpensive, filling, and cheap! We also had this with leftover beans (free!) and about $0.99 worth of sauteed Zucchini.