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Why does she make her dishes look like they're "deconstructed sandwiches"?
It's not a "dish" if its laid out like charcuterie or a cheese board.
That's not what chilaquiles is. The point is that the chips are the base, simmered in sauce. the eggs go over the chips, and then the queso goes on top.
It's meant to be full of flavor in each bite, with a bit of crispyness where the chips are not fully in the simmer sauce. Makes it so you have that sauce flavor in each bite.
The hispanics really know how to rearrange the same components in a bunch of ways, and make it delicious with their variations on spice, cheese, and pepper types.
Rule of thumb to understand what its supposed to be like is Chilaquiles are basically "Nachos, but Enchilada sauce instead of nacho cheese."
I'm not even Mexican, but that looks like she made scrambled eggs and then put some hot sauce on chips.
Why does she have to present this stuff online? explain to me.

Here's a generic, basic version. It's supposed to be simmered in the sauce so that there is both a bit of crisp from the chip, and the chips and eggs together soak up the flavor of the simmer sauce.
You can use different eggs, you can add cheese, beans, chicken, whatever. But it isn't just "scrambled egg and cheese on hot chip."
Stop showing off your dry, unseasoned poverty food.
It looks like she just sprinkled on Cotija or Queso Fresco cheese, which isn't the right base cheese either. those cheeses go on top of the melty mild monterey jack style cheese for extra sharpness. (your local version, is probably good too)
WHERES THE SAUCE
It's not a "dish" if its laid out like charcuterie or a cheese board.
That's not what chilaquiles is. The point is that the chips are the base, simmered in sauce. the eggs go over the chips, and then the queso goes on top.
It's meant to be full of flavor in each bite, with a bit of crispyness where the chips are not fully in the simmer sauce. Makes it so you have that sauce flavor in each bite.
The hispanics really know how to rearrange the same components in a bunch of ways, and make it delicious with their variations on spice, cheese, and pepper types.
Rule of thumb to understand what its supposed to be like is Chilaquiles are basically "Nachos, but Enchilada sauce instead of nacho cheese."
I'm not even Mexican, but that looks like she made scrambled eggs and then put some hot sauce on chips.
Why does she have to present this stuff online? explain to me.

Here's a generic, basic version. It's supposed to be simmered in the sauce so that there is both a bit of crisp from the chip, and the chips and eggs together soak up the flavor of the simmer sauce.
You can use different eggs, you can add cheese, beans, chicken, whatever. But it isn't just "scrambled egg and cheese on hot chip."
Stop showing off your dry, unseasoned poverty food.
It looks like she just sprinkled on Cotija or Queso Fresco cheese, which isn't the right base cheese either. those cheeses go on top of the melty mild monterey jack style cheese for extra sharpness. (your local version, is probably good too)
WHERES THE SAUCE
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