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Breakfast Burritos

Breakfast Burritos

This quick and easy recipe is perfect for freezing – a nutritious grab-and-go breakfast for the whole family!
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Course: Breakfast, brunch, lunch
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 16 tortillas
  • 8 eggs
  • 1 roll breakfast sausage e.g. Jimmy Dean
  • 1 can diced tomatoes and chilies e.g. Rotel
  • salsa
  • 8 slices cheese cheddar jack, or any you have on hand
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped cilantro optional
  • Sour cream and salsa for serving

Method
 

  1. In large shallow frying pan, add 1 tbsp oil and brown breakfast sausage in oil, over medium heat, until cooked through. Add can of rotel directly to sausage, along with onion powder and garlic powder, salt, and pepper, and cook for 1-2 minutes longer.
  2. Scramble 8 eggs in a bowl. Drop heat to medium low, and pour egg mixture directly into sausage mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until eggs have set. Sprinkle with fresh cilantro (optional), remove from heat and set aside.
  3. Line up 16 flour tortillas on a clean work surface (counter)
  4. Place ½ slice of cheese in center of each tortilla.
  5. Spread 1 tbsp salsa onto each piece of cheese.
  6. Add sausage egg mixture on top of salsa.
  7. Wrap burritos, and freeze or serve immediately with salsa and sour cream for garnish.

Notes

These are perfect for freezing.  Individually wrap burritos in parchment paper, then place in large freezer bags. Remove from freezer, and microwave as needed!

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