Breakfast “Street Tacos”

I want to start off by saying that these tacos rocked my Sunday!

I had a taste for some eggs which is weird because I don’t usually eat eggs. But not only did I want eggs, I wanted them with some ‘ranchero-type’ sauce. Yes, breakfast tacos!  I already had some pico de gallo, avocado, tomatillo sauce and black olives. So, I went to the store in pursuit of eggs, cotija cheese and corn tortillas. As I strolled he aisles I spotted some chorizo and just like that my tacos transformed into these beauties.

I usually get the block of cotija cheese and crumble it in the food processor but they only had it pre crumbled. Unlike Queso Fresco, Cotija cheese is a salty, sharp, robust cheese. It  does not melt, but instead is crumbly and dry. 

I’ve never touched chorizo (other than eating it, lol)…so this was definitely a blind run. I will say this particular chorizo is not a solid sausage like a polish sausage it was more like a seasoned loose meat. I just opened the package and put it into a pan and browned it similar to  how you would cook ground beef.  it melted down and created a pool of red grease. You may want to wear an apron or a shirt you are not particularly fond of just in case you get popped with red grease.Once the sausage was cooked, I drained the grease off. It was also seasoned very well, so I tasted it to make sure I didn’t over season any other component. It also had enough salt for anything paired with it…so I omitted the salt in the other elements.

You will need:

• Eggs
• Tomatillo sauce (salsa or salsa verde)
• Chorizo
• Pico de gallo
• Avacado
• Cotija cheese
• cilantro
• black olives (garnish)
• Tortillas, ‘street taco’ size (or regular size if preferred)

Instructions

1. Cook chorizo and drain excess grease (put into a container with a lid)
2. Scramble 2 eggs in a non-stick pan
3. Put eggs in a bowl and add about 2 tbsps of tomatillo sauce on the eggs and coat eggs evenly
4. Slice avocado into 1/2 inch pieces (small enough for a small taco)
5. Prepare your cliantro
6. Heat tortillas (I used a flat top, but you can heat on the stove, or in the microwave-following package instructions)
7. Assemble tacos (eggs, chorizo, pico de gallo, avocado, cotija cheese, cilantro, olive)

ENJOY!