Breakfast Burritos
Morning on the lot needs something that feeds a standing crew fast. Scramble eggs, brown sausage, grill jalapeños, wrap it up. Flat top, griddle, or cast iron — all work.
Yield: about 8 burritos — feeds 6–8 with coffee and sides.
Ingredients
Core
- 12 large eggs
- 1–1½ lb breakfast sausage (links or bulk)
- 8 large flour tortillas
- 2–4 fresh jalapeños
- Salsa
- Shredded cheese (cheddar or Mexican blend)
- Butter or oil for the cook surface
- Salt, black pepper
Optional (add what you like)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1–2 bell peppers, diced
- 1–2 cups diced potatoes (raw, or leftover roasted/boiled — par-cook if raw so they finish fast on the lot)
- Hot sauce
Method
- Night before (optional). Brown the sausage at home; cool and bag cold. Dice onion, peppers, and potatoes if using — par-cook potatoes until just tender, cool, and bag. Pack tortillas, cheese, and salsa in a ready-to-eat cooler lane. Nest eggs and dairy on ice.
- Morning of. Heat a flat top, griddle, or cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Grill whole jalapeños until blistered; pull to a clean tray and slice.
- Brown sausage (or reheat the night-before batch) until it hits 165°F. Push to a warm zone or clean tray.
- Optional veg lane: crisp the potatoes in a little fat until browned, then soften onion and peppers in the same surface. Scramble the eggs — soft set, not dry. Season light.
- Warm tortillas on the grate or a cooler corner of the pan. Build: eggs, sausage, cheese, salsa, grilled jalapeños — plus onion, peppers, and potatoes if you ran them. Wrap tight and hand them out.
Lot notes
- 165°F on the sausage. Eggs and dairy stay cold until the pan — see Food Safety on the Lot.
- Flat top and cast iron both crush this; a grate-only grill wants a skillet on top.
- Night-before sausage (and par-cooked potatoes) cuts lot time in half. Morning-of is fine if the crew is early.
- Onion, peppers, and potatoes are optional — run all three, pick one, or keep it eggs-and-sausage simple.
- Label dairy on the condiment tray if guests need a clear lane.
- Weather acting up? Lot Grill Weather Play.
- Homegate: same cook on a stovetop griddle or cast iron.
Scramble, wrap, feed the crew.
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