Garden Breakfast Burritos
These garden breakfast burritos are delicious any time of the year. They are especially rewarding when your garden is overflowing with ripe, fragrant tomatoes and peppers.
This recipe can easily be adjusted to include your favorite veggies and sausage. That’s what I love about dishes that combine many flavors and textures. It’s easy to swap things out and make them to your liking.
Tailgate Parties! These are amazing to serve at tailgate parties for morning games. Set up a mini veggie and cheese bar. Heat the flattop, grill the veggies, and cook the sausage and scrambled eggs. Let people stuff their burritos with their favorite veggies and toppings. Memorable, delicious, and fun!
Roasted peppers are one of my favorite veggie flavors. The flavor transformation of such a quick technique amazes me. If you have a gas stove, you can prepare them right on the burner. Take a pair of metal tongs and throw the pepper right on the medium-high flame. Within seconds you can hear the skin begin to pop. Keep turning it until all sides are blistered and dark in color.
Then toss the pepper into a paper lunch bag and close the top. This prevents the steam from coming out. Let them steam for 10 minutes. Then with a paper towel, brush the skins off. You will have a perfectly roasted pepper with a sweet and charred flavor. It’s normal to have bits of skin remain on the pepper.
You can also roast peppers on a hot grill. The goal is to char the skins instead of cooking them. Because of this, heat is your friend for this technique.
Garden Breakfast Burritos
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
Garden Salsa
- 1 avocado large diced
- ½ cup tomatoes seeded and diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper roasted, seeded, and minced
- 1 poblano pepper roasted, seeded and chopped
- 1 shallot small minced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon lime juice fresh squeezed
- salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 tbsp cilantro fresh, chopped
Breakfast Burritos
- 3 eggs large
- ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
- salt to taste
- ¼ lb ground breakfast sausage
- 1 cup pepper-jack cheese
- 2 flour tortillas 10"
- olive oil
Instructions
Garden Salsa
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine all of the salsa ingredients and mix lightly.1 avocado, ½ cup tomatoes, 1 jalapeno pepper, 1 poblano pepper, 1 shallot, 1 clove garlic, 1 tablespoon lime juice, salt, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, 3 tbsp cilantro
Breakfast Burritos
- In a glass measuring cup, whisk the eggs with the smoked paprika.3 eggs, ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika, salt
- Heat a medium-sized pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking the meat up, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain the meat on paper towels. Spoon equal portions of the sausage onto the flour tortillas.¼ lb ground breakfast sausage, 1 cup pepper-jack cheese, 2 flour tortillas
- Heat a small non-stick pan to medium heat and add the olive oil. Scramble the eggs and cook. Remove before the eggs begin to dry. Spoon equal portions onto the sausage.olive oil, 3 eggs
- Spoon ¼ cup of the garden salsa onto each tortilla. Top with 1/2 of the cheese. Fold the bottom of the tortilla to meet the top. Pull back with your fingers to form a log. Fold in the sides and roll forward to finish the burrito.1 cup pepper-jack cheese
- Brush tortillas on the top and bottom with a small amount of olive oil. Place tortillas in a nonstick pan and cook for 2 minutes or until the tortilla is light brown. Turn and repeat for the 2nd side. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
De Froid Tip: Hot Sauce Tasting
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Food experiences are sensory. The taste, smell, look, and mouthfeel are all opportunities to make a meal into a memory. Hot sauces are fun. Their names and bottle designs can trigger a belly laugh. The flavors can stimulate your taste buds and bring excitement to a dish. Bring a bottle or three to the table and let the tasting begin.
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