Breakfast Tacos

Name: Breakfast Tacos
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 lb potatoes (small dice); 4 slice bacon (chopped); 6 unit eggs; 1 tbsp butter; ¾ tsp salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; 8 unit tortillas (flour, small); 1 cup cheddar or Jack (grated); ½ cup salsa

Sandwiches & Handhelds · American · Latin American & Caribbean

9 ingredients · 25 minutes · 2 servings

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977kcal51.7g protein50.9g fat79.5g carbs~$3.40/ serving*

Contains dairy, egg · sometimes contains gluten — check the label

Restrictions

Containsdairy · eggIt is in an ingredient you cannot leave out.

Sometimes contains — check the labelgluten (tortillas)Some brands have it, some do not. The recipe cannot tell, so this is the one you check yourself.

Diets

No alcohol

Worked out from the ingredient list. It knows nothing about brands, shared equipment or cross contamination, and it is not a certification — if you have an allergy, you still have to read the label.

Ingredients

Servings:

1 lb	potatoes (small dice)
4 slice	bacon (chopped)
6 unit	eggs
1 tbsp	butter
¾ tsp	salt
¼ tsp	black pepper
8 unit	tortillas (flour, small)
1 cup	cheddar or Jack (grated)
½ cup	salsa

Optional

Not counted above. The dish works without them.

1 unit	avocado (sliced)
¼ cup	cilantro (leaves)
1 unit	jalapeños (sliced)

Steps

Fry6 min
medium, bacon first
- potatoes
- bacon
bacon until crisp, lifted out, fat kept — the fat is about to cook the potatoes, which is the whole reason to cook these two in this order
Fry8 min
medium-high, in the bacon fat, undisturbed at first
potatoes in a single layer, left alone two minutes before the first turn, then tossed until brown-edged and tender — small dice is the spec; big chunks are home fries, and home fries fall out of a taco
Cook3 min
low, butter, pulled early
eggs whisked with salt + pepper into foaming butter over LOW heat, pushed slowly into large soft curds and pulled while still glossy — they finish cooking in the taco's warmth; eggs scrambled hard survive, but softness is what separates a great breakfast taco from a gas-station one
Toast3 min
dry skillet or open flame
- tortillas
tortillas until puffed in spots, kept in a towel — flour tortillas want less time than corn; they should stay soft and foldable, with just a little blister for flavor
Top3 min
eggs, then everything warm, cheese between
- salsa
eggs first, cheese directly on the hot eggs so it melts, then potatoes + bacon, salsa last — built in this order the cheese glues the layers and the salsa stays bright on top instead of soaking the tortilla