Description
Switch up your breakfast routine with these flavorful tacos loaded with eggs, green chilies, cheese, and cilantro lime crema.
Ingredients
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Egg, Green Chile and Cheese Breakfast Taco Ingredients:
- 3 whole eggs + 1 egg white
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ of a 4 ounce can diced green chiles (save the remaining chiles for the crema)
- Salt (pepper and hot sauce to taste)
- 2 tablespoons shredded cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese plus extra for topping
- 4 corn tortillas
Cilantro Lime Crema Ingredients
- ¼ cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt
- ½ teaspoon lime zest
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- ½ of a 4 ounce can diced green chiles (uses the remainder from the taco filling)
- 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves (chopped)
- ½ teaspoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- pinch of garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add all of the Cilantro Lime Crema ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
- Pour the crema into a small bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- In a medium sized bowl or glass measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, milk, green chiles, salt, pepper and hot sauce.
- Heat a medium sized skillet sprayed with cooking spray over medium-low heat.
- Pour in the egg mixture and stir it around constantly with a rubber spatula until the desired doneness.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the shredded cheese until it melts.
- Divide the filling evenly into 4 warmed corn tortillas and top with the cilantro lime crema.
- Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Main
- Cuisine: Mexican Inspired, Tex-Mex