Breakfast burritos may be my favorite camping breakfast… ever!
When you wake up on a cold morning out in the wilderness, there’s nothing better than being able to make a cup of coffee & quickly heat up a hearty breakfast.
And this breakfast, it’s hearty!
It’s loaded with beans, potatoes, sausage, egg, and cheese. The potatoes are perfectly seasoned & the homemade pico de gallo gives it that perfect amount of freshness.
The pico de gallo has another huge benefit too — it keeps it from getting soggy. No one wants to eat a soggy burrito, which is why I avoid adding salsa to any breakfast burritos that I’m not eating immediately.
If you’re making these breakfast burritos to eat immediately, you can easily replace the pico de gallo with your favorite salsa.
Another pro tip — let your ingredients cool first before assembling the burrito. Adding hot eggs, sausages, and potatoes in the burrito means the tortilla will capture all of their steam as the ingredients cool, leaving you with a soggy tortilla.
However, the prep for this meal takes quite a while, so whenever I make them, I’m sure to make a lot! I love make-ahead breakfast burritos for more than just a camping trip. I will freeze these for easy grab & go meals during the week.
They are also a great breakfast food for a music festival! While I certainly prefer eating them hot, they’re still really tasty served cook straight out of your cooler.
Make-Ahead Breakfast Burritos for Camping
Ingredients
- 14 ounces breakfast sausage
- 4 golden potatoes
- 3 tbsp green chiles
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 can pinto beans 20 ounce can
- 12 eggs
- 10 flour tortillas
- 2 Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro chopped and loosely packed
- 1/2 cup red onion diced
- 2 cups shredded Monterrey Jack Cheese
Instructions
- Brown the sausage in a pan over medium heat. Once done, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, leaving behind the excess fat. Put the browned sausage to the side in a bowl.
- Dice the potatoes into small cubes. Fry potatoes over medium heat in the skillet using the excess sausage fat until the potatoes are tender on the inside. While cooking, season the potatoes with cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
- Once potatoes are soft on the center and crispy on the outside, add the sausage back to the pan. Add the green chilis.
- Drain the pinto beans (do not rinse), and pour the beans in the skillet with the potatoes and sausage. If you're serving the burritos immediately, heat the mixture thoroughly for about 5 minutes. Set mixture aside in a bowl, and cover with foil. Wipe skillet with a cloth.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add salt and pepper. Cook the egg mixture in the skillet until scrambled.
- Chop the red onion, tomato, and cilantro and combine to prepare the pico de gallo.
- Assemble the burritos by placing a spoonful of the bean, potato, sausage mixture in the center of the tortilla. Add the scrambled eggs and pico de gallo, and sprinkle with the shredded cheese. Wrap the tortilla into a burrito.
- You can either serve immediately or wrap with foil to save.
Notes
Let me know what you think of these make-ahead breakfast burritos!
And if you have any burrito rolling tips, I’d love to hear them in the comments. Though I have to admit, after trying countless times to roll that perfect burrito for these photos, I think I’ve gotten pretty good. 🙂
Hi! Do you think that these would be suitable to freeze, and then allow to defrost on the trail over the course of a day and night, and then still be tasty and good the following morning? 🙂
I haven’t tried freezing and bring them on a hike. Let me know if you do try and they are okay! However, I would expect the tortillas to get especially soggy if you try to freeze the breakfast burritos and let them thaw.
How long will they last in your pack? Is 3 days too long? It will be warm when we go.
Hello Rebecca,
Just found your great Breakfast Burrito recipe that I thought would be great as a first morning camp breakfast.
Could I assemble these in advance after cooling the components, refrigerate & keep cool in the camp fridge, then reheat in a camp oven or campfire coals, perhaps in a double layer of foil?
Many thanks,
Angela, NSW Australia