Breakfast burrito
There are lots of variations for this. My three favorites are:
- eggs, pinto beans and cheese
- eggs, refried beans and cheese, smothered in red chile sauce
- eggs, potato, green chile and cheese
Bits of crumbled, well cooked bacon can also be added and are particularly good with the potato-based variety.
For red chile sauce, I use Dixon or Chimayo chile powder. For green chile I like the Zia Hatch medium. For cheese I like asadero, but any good mild cheese that melts well will do.
Recipe below is for the refried bean variant.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 tbsp butter
- pinch of salt
- half can of refried beans, warmed through
- asadero cheese, grated or chopped, as much as you fancy
- red chile sauce, warmed
- 2 x large flour tortillas
- Mexican table cream (optional)
Instructions
Preparation makes this come together easily. Start by getting everything ready:
- put two plates on low in an oven
- beat eggs and salt together in a bowl
- warm the refried beans and then keep warm until ready to use
- similarly, warm the red chile and keep ready
- toast the tortillas and transfer to the plates in the oven — they keep better if you place them between two sheets of foil which also come in useful later
Melt the butter in a skillet and scramble the eggs. You want them pretty firm, probably moreso than normal. Once cooked, turn the heat to low and add the refried beans and cheese. Stir to combine and allow the cheese to melt. Turn off the heat.
Remove the plates, tortillas and foil from the oven. Arrange things so you have a sheet of foil and tortilla on each plate, then transfer half the filling to each. Roll them up and then wrap in foil. Even if you plan to eat immediately a minute or two in the foil helps bring everything together.
You can either keep these warm in the oven until ready to eat or serve: simply smother in red chile sauce and, optionally, a drizzle of Mexican table cream.
These also keep for a few days in the fridge so you can make a larger batch by scaling up. They reheat in the microwave really well.