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My Favorite Breakfast Tacos!!!!

April 22, 2020
One of my favorite breakfasts that looks as good as it tastes! The best thing about this recipe I've created is that you can go as basic or fancy as you'd like, even making it gluten-free or free of other things like dairy and meat using your preferred substitutes. I hope you like them as much as I do. Comment below!
MY FAVORITE BREAKFAST TACOS

SERVES: 1-2

TOTAL TIME: 10 MIN

Ingredients
2 Eggs

1 TBS butter

Splash of milk

Salt and Pepper, to taste

2-4 corn or flour street taco tortillas per assembled taco

Optional:

1-2 TBS shredded cheese, Creole seasoning, cooked bacon, infused olive oil (my favorite is Baklouti or any variety of green chili oil) or extra virgin olive oil, hot sauce, and 1-2 sprigs of cilantro

Directions

  1. Prepare scrambled eggs by combining eggs, splash of milk, and Creole seasoning or salt into a small bowl, and whisk until frothy. Set aside.
  2. Warm a small, nonstick frying pan over medium-low heat. Place tortillas in skillet and flip after 1 minute, cook an additional minute if needed to warm thoroughly. Immediately wrap with foil and set aside. Optional: sandwich shredded cheese between 2 warm tortillas, if desired.
  3. In heated frying pan, add butter. When melted, pour in egg mixture. Wait 30 seconds before gently stirring no more than 3 times. Continue to let cook, then after 30 seconds gently stir again no more than 3 times, taking care to loosen the edges from sides of pan.
  4. Crumble bacon and sprinkle it along with shredded cheese onto eggs. NOTE: If using any raw vegetables, sauté ahead of time for 3-4 minutes first before adding to eggs; let cook.
  5. After 30 seconds, gently fold half of the egg mixture onto itself, so that the add-ins are covered; let cook.
  6. Finish cooking eggs until they reach desired doneness, about 30 more seconds to a minute longer, stirring very loosely so as to break the eggs into no more than 4 segments for creamier, soft texture. Add pepper and/or seasonings to taste. Drizzle olive oil, and remove from heat.
  7. Unwrap tortillas, layering them in doubles; add egg mixture onto on half side of a tortilla; garnish with hot sauce and cilantro; fold, and enjoy!

 

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