History

Breakfast tacos in Fort Worth developed within the city's large Mexican-American community, concentrated around the Near Northside and Stockyards area since the meatpacking era of the late 1800s. Unlike the Austin breakfast taco, which gained national food-media attention in the 2010s, Fort Worth's version remained rooted in neighbourhood taquerias and Mexican bakeries that opened at dawn to serve workers before the city's warehouses and packing plants started for the day. Esperanza's on North Main has sold breakfast tacos since before the term became a food-media category, and the pattern of lard-enriched flour tortillas filled with egg and chorizo remains the dominant format.

Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Egg

Make it at home

Yield 4Hands-on 20 minTotal 30 minDifficulty Easy

Ingredients

  • 8 flour tortillas (15 cm), warmed
  • 6 large eggs
  • 150 g Mexican chorizo, casing removed
  • 60 g sharp cheddar or Monterey Jack, grated
  • Salt and black pepper
  • Salsa verde or fresh tomato salsa for serving
  • 2 tablespoons neutral oil or lard

Method

  1. Cook the chorizo in a non-stick skillet over medium heat, breaking it up with a spoon until browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes.
  2. Beat eggs with a pinch of salt and a splash of water. Pour into the skillet with the chorizo over medium-low heat.
  3. Scramble the eggs gently with a spatula, pulling them from the edges to the centre. Remove from heat while still slightly wet; residual heat will finish them.
  4. Warm each flour tortilla in a dry skillet for 30 seconds per side until flexible and beginning to blister.
  5. Divide the egg and chorizo mixture among the tortillas. Top each with grated cheese.
  6. Fold the tortillas in half or roll them. Serve immediately with salsa verde on the side.

Tip from the editors. Remove the eggs from the heat just before they look done. Overcooked scrambled eggs ruin a breakfast taco faster than anything.

Where to eat fort worth breakfast tacos

Fort Worth breakfast tacos in Fort Worth

Esperanza's ★ 4.3

Mexican$stockyardsMon-Sun 06:30-19:00

Esperanza's on N Main St in Fort Worth is a family-run Mexican bakery-cafe serving fresh house-baked pan dulce and breakfast tacos from 06:30 every day.

Order: Huevos rancheros, pan dulce from the in-house bakery, breakfast tacos with chorizo.

Tip: Fresh pan dulce comes out from 06:30. Arrive early for the widest sweet-bread selection. Breakfast tacos sell fast on weekday mornings.

2122 N Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76164

Joe T. Garcia's ★ 4.3

Brunch$$Mon-Thu 11:00-14:30, Mon-Thu 17:00-22:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-22:00

Joe T. Garcia's on N Commerce St in Fort Worth is a landmark Tex-Mex patio restaurant serving family-style brunch, flour tortillas, house margaritas.

Order: Migas with queso; house margarita on the garden patio.

Tip: The patio holds hundreds but fills fast on Sunday brunch; reservations via email are strongly advised for groups of four or more.

2201 N Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76164

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