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These Mexican breakfast tacos are quick, easy, and delicious! I learned this recipe from the cooks at my restaurant who like to sneak in breakfast before we open. I’ve grown to love this breakfast. If you like spicy food, you will love it, too.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces chorizo sausage
- cooking spray
- 6 large eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 8 (6 inch) corn tortillas
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- ½ cup salsa
- 1 dash hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco?), or to taste
Directions
Step 1
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove sausage to a plate. Drain and discard grease; wipe the skillet clean with a paper towel.
Step 2
Place the same skillet over medium heat and grease with cooking spray. Whisk together eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl; pour into the prepared skillet. Cook and gently stir until scrambled and almost dry. Add sausage; continue to cook and stir until firm.
Step 3
Meanwhile, warm a second skillet over high heat. Cook tortillas until hot and crispy on the edges, but still pliable, about 45 seconds per side.
Step 4
Sprinkle Monterey Jack cheese evenly onto hot tortillas. Top each with scrambled eggs, salsa, and hot pepper sauce.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe 4 | |
| Calories 537 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat34g | 44% |
| Saturated Fat14g | 72% |
| Cholesterol343mg | 114% |
| Sodium1298mg | 56% |
| Total Carbohydrate28g | 10% |
| Dietary Fiber4g | 14% |
| Total Sugars3g | |
| Protein31g | |
| Vitamin C1mg | 4% |
| Calcium324mg | 25% |
| Iron3mg | 17% |
| Potassium512mg | 11% |
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient.If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.
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I have made this similiar recipe for years for my family. I use flour tortillas and add onion, green and/or red pepper to the egg mixture. The chirozo is the best! Top with sour cream and salsa…YUM!
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Excellent. So good I had it 3 or 4 times in one week. Even better to saute peppers and onions before adding the eggs. Also made once with colby jack cheese and it was great too. Good with or without hot sauce. I recommend making sure you use corn tortillas, not flour, as the texture and flavor make this dish better.
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My husband loves these, I substitute the sausage to what I have on hand. But we serve this a lot in our home!
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These are delicious! Only bad part was I ate a couple before packing them up. Made for the perfect morning snack after camping.
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Very good. For another breakfast variation, I fry frozen cubed potatoes with 1 small chopped onion, and season with salt and granulated garlic while cooking. Mix in cooked chorizo and eggs. Place mixture over a warmed flour tortilla and add a little sour cream. I use Tapatio hot sauce, no salsa, and sprinkle with shredded Mexican cheese blend in place of Monterey Jack cheese. Wrap into a burrito. Delicious!
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It was great, we LOVED the warmed Tortillas!
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Nice change for breakfast!! Only changes I made was using flour tortillas because I thought the corn would compete with other flavors. And to scramble the eggs alone with out diluting them with milk.
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YUMMO! We use flour tortillas and love these so much! Easily customizable and so very tasty! Thanks for the recipe!.
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Very good as written, but very customizable! I will definitely be making them again but will use flour tortillas instead of corn. Thanks!
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This recipe is great and as others have said- very customizable. It makes a great lunch or dinner too! 🙂
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These were awesome! I used Chipotle Tabasco as the hot sauce, mixed in with the egg and then more on top. I didn’t even need salsa or sour cream!
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We eat breakfast burritos all the time. We also use homemade flour tortillas, potatoes, and onions. Sometimes we’ll add some green chiles to it, too. Mmmmm!
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Very easy breakfast. I serve this quite often. We like to use hot pepper cheese & Jackby cheese……Try any flavors you like.
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I grew up eating these…chorizo and eggs with flour tortillas! They are the best! We also did potatoes and chorizo…delicious!
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I love Mexican food and this is some of the best I’ve had. I’m a vegitarian so I left out the sausage. I used southwestern style egg beaters (not diluted with milk), flour tortillas, fiesta cheese blend, and the jalapeno queso spread on this site and they were amazing. I keep a steady supply in the refridgerator by request.
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Fast and easy! Added peppers and onions, loved it! I didn’t need pepper sauce as the chorizo was spicy in itself!
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I love these. So easy to throw in a pan in the morning and done in minutes. I usually just throw some cheese into the eggs before I add the chorizo back into the pan and I think they are great just as they are without salsa on top.
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we added green and red peppers and onion to the eggs…. awesome!
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Tasted good and was easy to make and I’ll probably make it again. Didn’t like the corn tortillas.
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So Good!!! I added onions and green peppers.
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I loved the simplicity of this recipe, but changed it up a little bit to exclude the chorizo sausage and substitute it with ground chicken breast to make this meal a little leaner. It worked out well. I used 16 oz. chicken for 10 servings. I cooked the ground chicken with onions, garlic, salsa and 1/2 – 1 cup tomato sauce (canned) with mexican spices and cilantro. Using the spatula to break up the meat while stirring it constatly helps to prevent the chicken from becoming crispy and too dry. Then I followed the rest of the instructions from the original recipe to create a very delicious sunday brunch. Enjoy!
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Very good. I add fried potatoes to mine. Learned this from a Mexican friend of mine. Very tasty.
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Yummy! This is a typical breakfast meal here in south Texas. My son loves these. I use small (6-7 inch)flour tortillas instead of corn, but I guess it’s just a matter of preference. I make a bunch of them up in advance and freeze them as they reheat well and make a great hot breakfast on the go. This is really good with sage sausage too. Thanks Bearnesta for sharing this favorite!
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Wow, a one star review just because it mentions bottled hot sauce. I grew up with a mexican best friend and learned lots of my cooking (including chorizo and eggs) from her mom. There was always a bottle of Tapatio on the table and we always splashed it on. I agree that jack cheese may be ‘americanized’, but come on, loosen up a little bit… it’s a good recipe for chorizo and eggs.
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great recipe…
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This is an excellent recipe. More like a breakfast burrito than a taco. I used ground turkey breast breakfast sausage to cut back on the fat, colby/jack cheese and I mixed the salsa in with the eggs & sausage mixture. Also used large flour tortillas instead of corn tortillas. Made leftovers into individual breakfast burritos and froze. They reheat well without getting soggy. Will definitly keep these on hand in the freezer for a quick breakfast. Yeah, Yeah, I know it’s not “authentic” Mexican, but it is a very yummy recipe.
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Very good! This will be made often at my house!
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I made these with flour tortillas and made breakfast quesadillas. Kids LOVED it!
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These are delicious! Actually, this is my husband’s favorite recipe to make so I just get to enjoy eating them! To save on number of skillets used, he browns up the chorizo then just adds the eggs and scrambles them up with the chorizo. Corn or flour tortillas both fine but a little tastier with corn. We use Cholula Sauce. Thanks for sharing this recipe, this makes a great breakfast!
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I am sure this recipe is very good,since it is another variation of cooking up eggs with chorizo,and you really can’t go wrong with a chorizo recipe.
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My whole family loves these – including the 3 year old. We usually saute onions and peppers to add to the eggs and also top with a mixture of fresh tomatoes and diced green onion. Following the directions included in this recipe for warming the corn tortillas is important – just warming in the microwave or in foil in the oven does not do the trick!
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This would be skimpy using 8 tortillas because I used 4 with everything else the same for my husband and I for a Sunday brunch.
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Wonderful recipe it was a big hit with my family. I followed the recipe but added hashbrowns in the mixture and threw some green onions on top. Will deffinatley make this again soon!!!!
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Being Mexican, I make this a lot….like atleast once a week for breakfast. I dont put the chorizo in the tortillas like tacos though.. Something else I do is just fry chopped potatoes, then add the chorizo, then add the eggs. You can eat this with tortillas or you buy bolio (bread), slice it open and make a torta (sandwich). I eat with canned jalapenos or homemade green salsa…but I also like it with Valentina sauce.
Forgot to mention that eggs and chorizo tastes really good with sliced avocado on the side. -
My husband and I just ate these for our Christmas breakfast, while listening to Lou Reed, Van Halen, and Back Sabbath CDs we just unwrapped. Thanks for your part in helping us celebrate a holiday unlike the same ole same ole. We love this recipe, wouldn’t change a thing, will make it again and again. Take care.
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Just ok for my family. I liked it, but I like spicy, family does not.
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These are great. I don’t particularly care for chorizo, so I used sage sausage instead. I also prefer the flour tortillas. But these were a big hit.
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Delicioso! Followed the recipe exactly and topped with habenero salsa (we like spicy)! My husband said they couldn’t be any better! Will definitely fix these again and again!
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I really enjoyed this -especially because I had everything on hand and was looking for something simple. I browned the chorizo with some onions then added the eggs and thre in some pepper jack cheese at the end. I think it’s very important to use corn tortillas and crisp them slightly as directed in the recipe. It really makes the dish. I put a little fresh cilantro (I love fresh cilantro!!) on them, a bit more cheese and served with homemade salsa. Yummy late night snack!
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Whole family loved this.
Very nice to get the kids invoveld in making this.
I added iceberg salad and bell peppers.
I also put some parsley into the eggs, and kept the eggs and sausage sepperate.
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This was good, but very messy. Perhaps I will actually fry the tortillas next time until they are crisp before I top them with the ingredients.
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This is very similar to what I grew up with, and what I have been cooking for years. Try making your own chorizo, several good ones here on Allrecipies. I don’t like the ingredients listed in the store bought (questionable to my stomach) and way to greasy for me.
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My family loves this recipe for a quick breakfast option. My left-over-crazy husband and son even love ALL(including the eggs) of this warmed up a second morning if we had too many leftovers. I, being a purist, love it freshly made above all else.
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we had these tacos for dinner tonight and my husband and i both thought they were excellent. I added sauteed onion, red pepper and mushrooms. I used the flour tortilas and although i thought they were fantastic i will try the corn next time.
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Just reading this recipe brings back wonderful memories. My great grandmother used to serve us something very similar minus the cheese (she was from Mexico and very emphatically anti-cheese) with added diced, fried potatoes and served with re-heated pinto beans and homemade tortillas. I can’t even begin to describe the taste. She mixed the chorizo, eggs and potatoes together, piled into the tortilla and we had the beans on the side. A more perfect combination has yet to be thought of. Try this recipe, you’ll be glad you did.
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Great recipe! I already had some mexi shredded chicken on hand, so I used that instead of chorizo. I can’t wait to try that with it. Very tasty! I’m always looking for good, easy breakfasts and this fits the bill! Thanks!
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I didn’t have chorizo or any sausage on hand, but had left-over taco meat, so I used that. It tasted great and was a great way to use up left-overs. Also sauteed some onions before cooking the eggs, per other reviewers. Very yummy and filling!
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I have been dating a Mexican for three years and when we go out for breakfast on the weekends, we always get chorizo and eggs. This was just as good as the dish at the restaurant we always visit (or even better if you can get homemade tortillas from a local tienda). While every Mexican I’ve met does eat store-bought sauce as well as homemade, I’d suggest Cholula hot sauce because I think it tastes richer than Tabasco. I’d also add some diced tomatoes and skip the cheese (Americanized but still tasty, I guess). Try it with some whole or refried black beans and you’ve got a perfect breakfast!
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Made this again, over 10 years later and it’s still a delicious simple breakfast recipe. 12/22/2008 Made these for guests at my home yesterday after a long night of Santarchy. They didn’t have any ground chorizo at the store I went to, so I bought sausages and cut them open to get the ground pork out.
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Fantastic! Easy to modify as you like, adding mushrooms, etc. But the kids love eggs and I love chorizo, and both of them together is a hit for everyone!
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This was quick and everyone liked it. We added fresh avocado slices on top. Of course, if I had more time it would be nice to have made homemade salsa. We used Trader Joe’s Salsa Verde instead. We also used Trader Joe’s Soy Chorizo sausage since we a vegetarian and gluten-free. The only tricky part was heating enough tortillas in time before the eggs cooled. Next time I may heat them in the pan before cooking the eggs, top with cheese, then keep them warm in the oven on a cookie sheet until we’re ready to dish them up.
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mmm is soso not as authentic as we (mexicans) do it. i think that this could be better!!
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This recipe is wonderful!! I added some southwestern hashbrowns and a few more eggs. I picked up some chips and salsa from our local mexican resturant and served it with those. It was very tasty.
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I made this for breakfast for my work and everyone really liked it. I did do a couple things differently. I used 1 lb. of spicy pork. I think 1.5 pounds would be too much. Next time I’m going to buy the bigger can of crescents so I can make the crust go up the edge of the pan more. Some members recommended cooking the crescents for 5-10 minutes first which I did but don’t think I will do that next time. And you have to bake this for at least 30 minutes. Cook time is way off.
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I made these for me & the husband since he’s never had them before. I grew up eating this as a kid and I must say this was close to how my mother made it. Only we didn’t add milk to the eggs and we ate them with flour tortillas but they are good when eaten with corn tortillas as well. I also cut out the tobasco sauce. I’ll make these again soon.
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This recipe is great! I used turkey sausage instead of chorizo. And i put cilantro on top.
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Amazeing! I made these for Fathers Day Breakfast. I also added some slice of ripe avacado. The entire family (including Mr. Picky) devoured them.
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Excellent! A really tasty alternative to the ‘traditional’ breakfast! Followed the recipe to a tee, though we made sure to use hot chorizo. Will definitely make this again and again.
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Delicious! i used chicken/apple sausage because that is what i had on hand. It was quick and tasty. We had them with home fries and it was a really nice Sunday brunch.
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Absolutely delicious and delightful. Easy and fast.
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Easy to make and delicious to eat!
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Easy recipe and it tasted great! Thanks for sharing!
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Great burrito filling! Thats how the hubby likes it.
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Made this for dinner tonight – so awesome. I used beef chorizo since I don’t eat pork, and used a mix of flour and corn tortillas. I had 2 tacos, 1 flour, 1 corn. I liked the corn the best, but the flour was pretty awesome too. I just cooked the eggs in the pan w/ the sausage to save myself a few dishes to wash and it worked perfectly. Awesome dish, love that i can make taco-truck tacos at home!
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Made this for dinner tonight – so awesome. I used beef chorizo since I don’t eat pork, and used a mix of flour and corn tortillas. I had 2 tacos, 1 flour, 1 corn. I liked the corn the best, but the flour was pretty awesome too. I just cooked the eggs in the pan w/ the sausage to save myself a few dishes to wash and it worked perfectly. Awesome dish, love that i can make taco-truck tacos at home!
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I do a variation of this recipe as well. we call them breakfast burritos! but because my husband is so picky i tend to make everything separately. i prepare the scrambled eggs and set aside. then i do the chorizo and set aside. i also tend to make bacon and crumbled breakfast sausage for people that don’t like chorizo. we use hash browns or fried potatoes then dress it like a burrito with sour cream, salsa, tomatoes, cheese, and tabasco (don’t let that other person tell you mexicans don’t like tabasco, i love it), etc. there is no wrong way to prep your breakfast burrito!
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Very simple and easy breakfast burrito/taco recipe. Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
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You put the word authentic in a title and people go crazy. Btw Mexicans can and do use bottled hot sauce, bottled salsa also. Great recipe!! I love these with onions and peppers too!
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Excellent, always good and variations are eaxy. i am posting this mainly to help make up for the ridiculous,1 star for hot sauce, review.Come on…maybe take 1 star off but 4?
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I use cooked crumbled bacon instead since that is what my family likes. This is always a hit!
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A super breakfast taco!
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this was great!!! next time i will add some refried beans….yummy!
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Pretty basic recipe here. Just chorizo, eggs and cheese. How else would you make it? I suspect that all the rave reviews are coming from folks who have never tried chorizo before. If you have, you wouldn’t think there was very much to this recipe. Pretty tasty, but very basic.
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I’ve made these a couple of times and plan to make again for our Boss’s Day celebration this coming Monday. The chorizo gives them such great flavor! Fantastic!
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I used portuguese sausage instead of chorizo that I bought on sale at Grocery Outlet and a new kind of tortilla I found on my last grocery trip that is half flour/half corn. I used my own homemade salsa. My boys really chowed down on this. I loved it because it was cheap and easy to make. Next time I make this, I’ll throw in some onion, garlic, peppers and mushrooms just to beef it up a little more.
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Love these! I’ve been making them for years. I have found we like it better in a flour tortilla instead of corn. But it’s fabulous either way. And adding onions and green peppers also gives this a flavor boost.
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This was pretty good but not worth adding into the menu rotation. Not very filling, either.
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Mmm very tasty! On mine i put homemade refried beans and cook the eggs in the same pan as the chorizo (after chorizo is cooked) very good i could eat these every morning!:)
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Very good…Chorizo is pretty greasy and it ran down my arms as I ate it, but it tastes good and is pretty. Queso fresco would be better than monterey jack. I added sour cream because the wife loves it.
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WONDERFULLY good flavor! Awesome recipe. Thank You!
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WONDERFULLY good flavor! Awesome recipe. Thank You!
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This is pretty much the same recipe I grew up on and continue to make for my family. So simple and delicious. I prefer it with queso fresco if we have any. Oh, and Mexicans do eat hot sauce. I use Tapatio on everything if I don’t have any homemade salsa.
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My husband is mexican and is VERY picky about everything he eats. Me being a vegetarian, I can’t rate this based on what I thought of it but the presentation was nice and he loved it. Although it may not be as authentic as his mom’s cooking he actually asks for it quite often and that is very uncommon with him! Sometimes I add peppers and onions but he actually prefers it without. We always use homeade flour tortillas and hot sauce, half the salsa. Thanks for the recipe!
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Great recipe. I’ve been making variations of this recipe for decades: sausage and egg, bacon and egg, potato and egg, etc. Of course you can add cheese, hot sauce, chopped jalapenos, fried corn tortilla chips (migas). I prefer flour tortillas for breakfast tacos, but whatever floats your boat is fine. And don’t worry about whether the ones you make are “authentic” or not. Just add what you like, omit what you don’t like or don’t have available, and enjoy.
One tip I would like to share: When you bake potatoes for dinner, bake a couple extra and use them in this recipe within the next 2-3 days. -
This recipe is wonderful, been making adaptations to it for years. Our g’kids love grab & go food when they visit us here on the farm. Cheers to Bearnesta for sharing!!!
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Yes, very tasty indeed! However, other then eaten as a once in awhile treat for breakfast, and unless most of the ingredients were replaced by healthier options (i.e., ground turkey, wheat tortilla, egg whites, low fat cheese) – then you are looking at coronary makin’s.
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Great recipe. Quick and easy. Nothing’s better than chorizo and eggs (and tapatio!!!) in the morning.
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i enjoyed this recipe. i have been making a similar on for many yrs that i had learned on a trip, deep into mexico. the tortillas were cut up and fried crispy, and hot dogs were sliced and also fried. to that the eggs were added and it all came together with a side of refried beans!
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Spicy. Love.
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Easy and tasty!
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I have been making this for thirty something years after dating a man of hispanic origin for a few years. Even raising my kids on it. They prefered this over pancakes on the weekends.
The only thing I did different was to first brown some peeled potato pieces in the leftover chorizo grease and if a quality chorizo I would have to add a bit of butter to brown the the potatos. I would then add back the chorizo then add the eggs and cook. I would also then melt the cheese to the top of the eggs and then scoop out and serve in the tortillas. I usually used flour tortillas that I heated directly on my gas burners, flipping them as they puffed up and toasted.
By the way, this is not just a breakfast, this makes a great supper dish as well, it is one of those comfort meals that makes your kitchen smell so fragrant with the spice of the chorizo, and fills the tummies of even those who seem to be bottomless. -
I’m writing from Mexico, I agree that this is not an “authentic mexican breakfast recipe” but it’s delicious! a nice mexican-american twist. I used the Tabasco sauce when I would normally just use fresh made salsa, and it took me a while to get the Monterey Jack (I would normally use a fresh crumbled cheese like Cotija on these) and yum! really good! I will be making this again, and my kids loved it!
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Beachqueen1 is sure picky. A number of my Mexican friends use bottled hot sauce. I enjoy this recipe and occasionally make hot sauce, but more often use bottled.
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Very tasty! I cook the eggs separately to maintain their fresh color
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I know if you change somethin,it aint the same..I swapped out the chorizo for soy chorizo just cuz my wife is vegetarian…Also i made this for 1st service breakfast at church..loved by all..multiplies really easy..and i can get fresh tortillas here in San Deigo
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Very good with flour shells, I use breakfast sausage as a substitute .
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Excellent!!! But some people are so critical- if you don’t like say–bottled hot sauce??? add your own and move on–not take it out on the poor recipe poster!! Very bad taste and poor etiquette I would say!!! thumbs down on her!!! Excellent recipe BEARNESTA!!!
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This is not what we eat here in Mexico, but it is what mexicans eat in the US. In here,when we have huevos con chorizo (eggs and chorizo) we just fry the chorizo and add the eggs ans salt, that is all, some people eat it with bread others like it with corn or wheat tortillas, but the tortillas are served aside, some take a tortilla and make a taco, others just take a bite of the eggs and then a bite of the tortilla, same with the salsa, homemade or from a can (not the liquid kind like tabasco or habanero, just green or red blended salsa), some like it some don’t, I personally think the chorizo flavor is strong enough, pouring salsa over it is too much for me; and you can serve the dish with re-fried beans or fresh avocado slices. I just don’t know where to get the Monterey Jack and I’ll change the tortillas for tostadas, they will be easier to eat
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This is my new favorite taco. We took out the meat and put in onions, mushrooms and peppers that were sauteed in olive oil. Excellent meatless meal.
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I haven’t tried this, but…..we had a little Mexican place with two ladies that barely spot English close to my old job. Their breakfast burritos had some refried beans in them also. They were exceptional.
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