Chorizo and White Cheddar Breakfast Burritos

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Vista Verde Guest Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO.

Serves 4 people

Categories: Breakfast, Tex-Mex

Ingredients

  • 4 12-inch flour tortillas
  • 8 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 lb chorizo sausage, cooked,crumbled and drained
  • salt and pepper
  • 8 tablespoons shredded white cheddar cheese
  • sour cream
  • Black Bean Salsa:
  • 2/3 cup black beans, drained and rinsed
  • 2/3 cup chopped tomato
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onions
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 2 tablespoons spicy hot V8
  • 1 teaspoon finely minced garlic
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
  • salt
  • cayenne pepper

Directions

  1. For Black Bean Salsa: In a bowl, add all salsa ingredients and stir to mix.

  2. Let rest 30 minutes so that flavors can blend.

  3. Store covered in the refrigerator.

  4. For Burritos: Wrap tortillas in foil and warm in 350 degree oven for about 2 minutes.

  5. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter.

  6. Scramble eggs until desired degree of doneness; remove skillet from heat.

  7. Add sausage, salt and pepper to taste and stir to combine.

  8. Spoon 1/4 of the egg-sausage mixture into the center of the tortilla; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons cheese.

  9. Roll tortilla up burrito style; repeat process with remaining tortillas.

  10. Serve warm with black bean salsa and sour cream if desired.

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