The best days of my life include breakfast burritos* – and since I’m a big fan of “breakfast for dinner”, I’m not opposed to eating them more than once per day if the opportunity presented itself.
The breakfast burrito might be one of the best breakfast food-related concoctions ever. Rumored to have originated in the early 1970’s, many diners around the world have tried to make them a staple. My first introduction of the breakfast burrito was somewhat recently – in 2008, to be exact. A local convenience store called Rutter’s had them on their made-to-order menu and I gave it a shot. Being an herbivore (with a few slip-ups every once in awhile), my typical breakfast burrito includes eggs, tomatoes, salsa and cheese. Together, this combination is absolutely heavenly.
If you are a master with tortillas, the breakfast burrito is easy to make at home. Obviously you can get creative and throw an assortment of veggies and spices in there if you want, which makes each burrito a delicious experiment. While scrambled eggs and a flour tortilla are the standard base, the first rumored breakfast burrito included bacon and potatoes. My most recent breakfast burrito encounter included guacamole, which seemed risky, but worked out quite well.
Celebrate your Friday by digging into a breakfast burrito! If you have any recipes or tips on how to create a great burrito combo, I’d love to hear about it in the comments.
*Honestly, the best day of my life was when I saw a David Cook concert and ate a breakfast burrito shortly afterward. It was legendary.
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Come to New Mexico and you can try a REAL breakfast burrito–eggs, potatoes, cheese and loads of green chile…omnomnom
they are awesome with bacon, eggs an potato!!!
I live in San Diego, where good, cheap Mexican fare is widely available on virtually every corner. In just the roughly two mile single street stretch between my office and my home there are no less than 5 possible places to get your mexi-grub. I always go to Estrada’s, which is the best by far, for my anything and everything. They have a truly epic breakfast burrito that contains potato, cheese, onion salsa and your choice of chorizo, bacon, sausage or any combination of all three. It’s so big I often split it with another coworker when I get it. Its also fabulous in a “breakfast for dinner” way.
Spinach, home style potatoes, shredded carrots and zucchini lightly sauteed with garlic and cilantro, caramelized onions, roasted green chilis, chopped fresh tomatoes with smoked sea salt, scrambled eggs with melted pepperjack cheese, sour cream, wrapped up in a huge steamed, chewy, flour tortilla. Oh my god.
you should try migas — eggs scrambled with tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, cheese, spices, and tortilla chips, wrapped in a flour tortilla! my absolute favorite breakfast!
Chips?! You’re right – those are definitely on my “Must Try” list!
OMG I want a breakfast burrito SO BAD!! with beans, scrambled eggs, bacon, potatoes, sour cream guacamole and salsa verde!!! UUGGHH!!!
Saturday mornings consisted of my Dad cooking chorizo, egg and potato burritos when I was growing up. Add some Cholula and life was perfect. My stomach is yelling at me just thinking about it.
My go to is fresh spinach, feta cheese, tomatoes and Cholula hot sauce!
Ahh!!! One of the perks of being Mexican!!!
scrambled eggs, caramelised onions, avocado
sweet jesus. officially making that tomorrow.
Cut up the uncooked bacon into little chunks about 1/2″ long. Start cooking the bacon while you whip up the eggs. When the bacon is about 3/4 cooked, dump the eggs into the pan and start with the scrambling. This way, you’re cooking the eggs in the bacon grease, which makes the eggs taste like bacon, which is what all eggs should taste like.
My favorite Friday treat! Just a word of advice, if you’re ever in Texas, it’s not a burrito unless it has beans. Sounds like you prefer breakfast tacos. Delicious tacos.
Mickey Don’s breakfast burritos are essential after a night out. The key is waking up before they stop serving breakfast.
Or just stay up till they start