Hacienda-Style Huevos Con Tortillas
A delicious breakfast anytime, but most certainly a great way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 40 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 slices of bacon
- 5 – 12” diameter flour tortillas
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- 1 yellow onion, peeled and chopped
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 15–16 ounce can of favorite refried beans
- 1 large avocado, peeled, seeded and sliced
For garnish (optional):
- Favorite Mexican hot sauce and/or salsa
- Pico de Gallo
- Fresh cilantro, leaves picked from stems
- Sour cream or Mexican crema
- Grated cheddar cheese or Mexican Cojita cheese
- Pickled or fresh jalapenos
Instructions
- In a large non-stick skillet, fry bacon over medium heat until crispy.
- Remove bacon from skillet (reserve bacon grease) and transfer to paper towel-lined plate, drain and set aside.
- In a separate, smaller non-stick skillet, saute red pepper and onion in olive oil until onion edges are lightly browned; remove from heat and set aside.
- In the meantime, stack flour tortillas on top of each other and cut into 2-inch squares using a sharp knife.
- Replace large skillet with reserved bacon grease onto stove top and turn heat to medium.
- Add cut tortillas a handful at a time and saute in bacon grease until lightly browned, turning each chip over using tongs to brown both sides.
- Remove chips to paper towel-lined tray and continue cooking the rest of the chips until all chips are browned.
- Beat eggs with milk using either an immersion blender or a hand mixer until frothy.
- When last of the chips are done, add back all chips to large skillet.
- Add pre-cooked red pepper and onion and stir to combine.
- Add beaten eggs all at once and scramble entire mixture together at once until eggs are set.
- Serve with heated refried beans, reserved bacon strips, sliced avocado and other garnishes.
Notes
If serving with cheese as a garnish, when plating, place a small handful of cheese on plate and top with hot Huevos con Tortillas. Cook time includes frying bacon and frying tortillas in small batches.
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