A flour tortilla filled with scrambled eggs, potatoes, red or green chile and cheese, sometimes with bacon or sausage, often smothered in chile in the New Mexican way.

The breakfast burrito originated in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is typically made with scrambled eggs, potatoes, red or green chile and cheese, sometimes with bacon or sausage. In Albuquerque, The Frontier Restaurant, across from the University of New Mexico and open since 1971, serves burritos on house made tortillas; the Michelin Guide describes one filled with hash browns, scrambled eggs and a protein such as carne adovada or green chili stew. El Modelo Mexican Foods, Garcia's Kitchen and Indian Pueblo Kitchen also list breakfast burritos.

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Make it at home

Serves 230 minEasy

Ingredients

  • 2 large flour tortillas (25 cm)
  • 4 eggs
  • 200g hash browns or diced fried potatoes
  • 100g cooked bacon or chorizo
  • 100g shredded cheese (cheddar or Monterey Jack)
  • 1 cup roasted green chile, chopped
  • Salt, pepper, oil

Method

  1. Cook the bacon or chorizo in a skillet. Drain on paper towels.
  2. Fry the hash browns or potatoes in the same pan until crispy and golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Season with salt.
  3. Beat the eggs with salt and pepper. Scramble softly in butter or oil.
  4. Warm the tortillas in a dry pan 20 seconds per side until pliable.
  5. Build each burrito: hash browns, eggs, bacon, cheese, green chile down the center of the tortilla.
  6. Fold in the sides and roll up. Serve immediately, or wrap in foil for travel.

Editor tip. Order it smothered the New Mexican way: skip the foil wrap and pour red OR green chile sauce over the top, served on a plate with a fork.

Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Egg.