Chorizo Breakfast Burritos 3 Ways
Description
This burrito-inspired breakfast series uses spicy, heavily seasoned pork sausage as the anchor for three distinct wrapped meals. Choose between a crispy hashbrown and scrambled egg build, a roasted pepper and cotija cheese style, or a loaded skillet version packed with black beans and avocado. Every variation gets tightly rolled into a warm flour tortilla to deliver an intense, handheld morning punch.
Ingredients
Core Filling
Mexican Style
Spanish Style
Portuguese Style
Smoked Paprika Aioli
Molho Verde
Instructions
Cook & Assemble Mexican Style
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Cook fresh Mexican chorizo in a nonstick skillet over medium heat for 5 to 6 minutes, breaking into crumbles, lower heat to medium-low.
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Pour beaten eggs over the chorizo and fold gently until soft curds form.
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Stir in potatoes and shredded cheese. Spoon into tortilla and top with Mexican crema, crumbled cotija, and chopped cilantro.
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Fold, roll tight, and sear seam-side down for 1 minute.
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Optional: Pan fry in a skillet sprayed with pan release spray until toasted on both sides
Cook & Assemble Spanish Style
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Whisk all the sauce ingredients together in a bowl. place in a squeeze bottle.
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Refrigerate.
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Slice Spanish chorizo on a bias into 1/2-inch ovals.
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Grill cut faces over medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes per side.
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Melt butter over medium-low heat and scramble beaten eggs until just set.
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Layer tortilla with scrambled eggs, shredded Manchego, potatoes, grilled chorizo coins, and Smoked Paprika Aioli.
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Fold, roll tight, and sear seam-side down for 1 minute.
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Optional: Pan fry in a skillet sprayed with pan release spray until toasted on both sides
Cook & Assemble Portuguese Style
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Combine parsley, onion, and garlic in a separate bowl.
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Stir in extra-virgin olive oil and vinegar, season with salt and freshly cracked black pepper, and rest for at least 15 minutes at room temperature.
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Skewer the chorizo lengthwise and place over an open flame to char it (burner, torch, open flame) until blistered. Let cool slightly and then slice into rounds
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Melt butter over medium-low heat and scramble beaten eggs until just set.
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Layer tortilla with potatoes, scrambled eggs, shredded cheese, chouriรงo half-moons, and Molho Verde.
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Fold, roll tight, and sear seam-side down for 1 minute.
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Optional: Pan fry in a skillet sprayed with pan release spray until toasted on both sides
