I love how this spicy breakfast wrap wakes me up in the morning. I usually use last night’s leftover rice warmed up in the microwave. My son Jamie loves these burritos for morning tailgates before football games. To make them easily portable, he wraps them up in aluminum foil packages while they’re still warm.
Ingredients
- 4 whole-wheat burrito-size tortillas
- 8 ounces (1/2 package) bulk regular or light breakfast sausage meat, such as Jimmy Dean
- 1 cup cooked brown or white rice, warmed
- 6 large eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 scallions (white and light green parts), thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon safflower or canola oil
- 3/4 cup shredded pepper Jack cheese
- 1/2 ripe avocado, halved, peeled, pitted, and chopped
- 1/2 tomato, chopped
- Regular or light sour cream (optional), for serving
- Jarred salsa (optional), for serving
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 250 °F.
- Place the tortillas in the oven until warm but still pliable, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, cook the sausage over medium heat, breaking it up with a spoon, until it’s cooked through. Add the rice and stir to combine well. Scrape the mixture into a medium bowl and wipe out the skillet.
- In another medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, scallions, and cilantro. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil over high heat in the wiped-out skillet. When hot, add the egg mixture and lightly scramble the eggs until softly cooked. Scrape into a separate medium bowl.
- Fill each tortilla with one quarter of the pepper Jack. Top with one quarter of the sausage mixture and one quarter of the scrambled eggs. Sprinkle over one quarter each of the avocado and tomato. Fold over opposite ends of the tortillas and roll up the tortillas to create a closed package. Serve with sour cream and salsa, if you like.
Serves 4
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