Black Beans, Avocado, and Egg Burrito
Breakfast Burritos have to be one of the best inventions of all time.
Well, coming in behind the actual invention of the tortilla, that is. Even in its simplicity, the tortilla has to be one of the most amazing wonders of the world.
Flour or corn, mini street sized, small, medium or large, packaged or fresh, the soft tortilla for a Breakfast Burrito not only provides for using any combination of fresh ingredients you have on hand, but once softened for filling its base makes everything taste good no matter what gets stuffed inside.
Breakfast Burrito was the most popular breakfast for my Grandson, the J-Dude while he was with me in Las Vegas late March through April. I maybe shouldn’t have photographed the dish on a black plate, or just before a hungry teen was ready to eat, but it was easy to capture the moment while enjoying the pleasure of eating outside.
A couple posts back I shared a Black Beans and Rice dish having portioned off a batch of cooked, seasoned black beans for our dinner one evening. I set aside another portion of the batch just for morning Breakfast Burritos.
The overnight soaking and cooking of dried black beans provide the base for any number of diverse dishes including Black Bean Soup and Black Bean Salad.
Many of you, the same as me, often keep a fresh selection of tomatoes, avocados, limes, and cilantro on hand and just this combination stuffed inside a warmed tortilla is tasty with a creamy, quick cooked scrambled egg. I’m also never without fresh scallions in house and as you know scrambled eggs combine well with lots of other ingredients including bright-colored bell peppers and any type of hot peppers or fresh herbs.
Quick, easy, and adaptable, the Breakfast Burrito including today’s Black Beans, Avocado, and Egg Burrito make a nutritious, colorful morning meal to start your day off right. Oops, and don’t forget the cheese!
Black Beans, Avocado, and Egg Burrito
Ingredients
- This recipe provides for one Breakfast Burrito so evenly multiply the recipe ingredients according to the number of Black Bean, Avocado, and Egg Burritos desired
- 1 medium vine-ripened tomato, seeded, chopped
- 1 finely chopped scallion
- 1/2 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- pinch coarse kosher salt
- pinch cracked black pepper
- 1 12 inch tortilla
- 1 cooked scrambled egg, seasoned with salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons shredded Mexican style cheese
- 2-3 tablespoons seasoned black beans
- 1/2 sliced avocado
- whole cilantro leaves for topping and garnish
- lime wedge
Instructions
- Combine chopped tomato, onion, and chopped cilantro in a small bowl, sprinkle with salt and pepper, stir
- Warm tortilla in the microwave wrapped in a dampened paper towel
- Unroll wrapped warm tortilla and set onto a plate
- Spread scrambled egg across the bottom third of the warmed tortilla, sprinkle over the shredded cheese, the seasoned black beans, the tomato mixture, avocado slices, and if desired, a few fresh cilantro stems. Spoon extra tomato mixture on the side of the plate with a wedge of lime
- Roll up the end of the tortilla covering the filling, folding in the sides rolling up burrito style
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