Streamline your mornings with this incredible Make Ahead Breakfast Burrito recipe! Perfect for busy weekdays or ensuring your college kids get a nutritious start, this recipe delivers 12 delicious burritos that are ready in about a minute from the microwave. You’ll love how easy it is to achieve a moist, flavorful sausage and egg filling that avoids dryness, making this freezer-friendly breakfast burrito a true family favorite that tastes great even after flash freezing.
Sausage and egg mixture for the make ahead breakfast burrito recipe
Our son and daughter love the soft egg mixture in the make ahead breakfast burrito recipe! We try to make sure the eggs we cook come out soft and not overcooked. The way we do that is to not heat the eggs until they are all the way cooked, turn the burner off, and let the heat from the pan finish the job. Shutting off the direct heat helps the egg mixture from becoming hard and tough. Adding the cheese when the eggs are about half way done also helps. The sausage we used was a turkey breakfast sausage. I will be trying to make my own sausage mixture. You can go meatless, add diced veggies, or add bacon. You can also serve the burritos with my 15 minute cheese sauce!
Flash freezing the breakfast burritos
Flash freezing is so useful for this recipe. Just line a baking tray with parchment, set the filled burritos on the tray, and put them in the freezer uncovered for about an hour. Make sure the burritos are not touching during the flash freezing process so they can be removed without any difficulty. I used tupperware, sandwich bags, or gallon sized bags for storage after flash freezing.
Another great breakfast idea is my make ahead breakfast croissant bake!
If you like this recipe try my other breakfast recipes!
FAQ’s
This make ahead breakfast burrito recipe makes about 12 burritos, perfect for preparing a batch for the whole week or for a family.
To ensure soft, moist eggs, don’t cook them all the way through on the burner. Turn off the heat when they’re about halfway done and let the residual heat from the pan finish cooking them. Adding cheese halfway through also helps!
Absolutely! While turkey breakfast sausage was used here, you can substitute with bacon, ham, or even make the burritos completely meatless. You can also add diced veggies for extra flavor and nutrition.
Flash freezing involves freezing the individual burritos uncovered on a parchment-lined baking tray for about an hour, making sure they don’t touch. This process prevents them from sticking together, allowing for easy individual storage and reheating.
Once flash-frozen and stored, these breakfast burritos are incredibly quick to reheat. They only take about 1 to 1 minute 15 seconds in the microwave for a hot, ready-to-eat breakfast.
Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos Recipe
Ingredients
- 12 eggs
- 1/2 cup of cream
- 1 teaspoon each of sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 12 ounces of sausage
- 12 ounces of shredded cheese I used Monterrey Jack
- 12 – 6 inch tortillas
Instructions
- Crack all 12 eggs into a bowl and add cream and salt and pepper. Whisk well until combined.
- Melt butter over medium heat in a large skillet and add egg mixture to the skillet.
- Stir eggs in the pan frequently. Once eggs start to come together add cheese and sausage.
- Once cheese is melted and eggs are cooked take the skillet off heat.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment and set aside.
- Once egg mixture is cooled add 3 ounces of mixture to each tortilla and roll into a burrito.
- Place each burrito on the lined baking sheet.
- Once all burritos have been rolled, place baking sheet into freezer for an hour to flash freeze the burritos. After an hour is up, place burritos in baggies, tupperware, or wrap in saran wrap and freeze.
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