Mexican Shakshuka: Connecting to My Mexican and Jewish Identities Through Food

From a traditional shakshuka recipe, you need only to change a few things: the types of peppers and spices. For my recipe, I changed the main peppers to poblanos and a jalapeño. You can also change the variety of tomato or get really adventurous and use tomatillos. For the spices, I use a simple taco seasoning, which is just a different variety of the same spices, though you can also use chipotle en adobo to your spice comfort level, which will add a depth to the dish that you may be surprised to find.

To create more of a fusion dish, though, I drew influences from another classic dish, chilaquiles, by layering freshly fried tortillas, beans, shakshuka and topped with queso fresco, avocado and cilantro.