Breakfast Taquitos
Loaded with eggs, sausage, sun dried tomatoes, avocado and melted cheese, you’ll have these freezer-friendly breakfast taquitos ready in just 2 minutes!
Do you remember your first taquito experience? Mine was back in the 8th grade. I was attending one of those day-long Korean academies during the summer, which I absolutely hated, to get ahead in my studies for the upcoming school year. But this academy was in the same plaza as a Staples, a 99-cent store and an El Pollo Loco. My mom would give me about $5-10 to buy lunch during break time so when we all went over to El Pollo Loco, I tried one of these taquitos that my teacher really liked and boy, was I in heaven.
Since then, I’ve been obsessed with taquitos, especially when I make it at home because I don’t have to skimp on the fillings. The only thing is, I really don’t get to make it as much as I want to. That’s where these breakfast taquitos come in.
These babies are freezer-friendly so I can actually make a ton of them! Simply bake these according to the directions listed below and freeze them so you can fulfill you taquito cravings any time. They definitely come in handy in the mornings where I can pop these into the oven for about 20-30 minutes, take a shower and then indulge in a cheesy, breakfast taquito loaded with eggs, Italian sausage, sun dried tomatoes and avocado. It’s a breakfast of champions!
Breakfast Taquitos
Ingredients
- 10-12 corn tortillas, softened
- 3 large eggs, scrambled
- 6 ounces spicy Italian sausage, crumbled
- ¼ cup julienned sun dried tomatoes, drained
- 1 avocado, halved, seeded, peeled and diced
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- Working one at a time, transfer tortilla to a work surface; place eggs, sausage, sun dried tomatoes, avocado and cheddar cheese in the center of each wrapper. Bring the bottom edge of the tortilla tightly over the filling, rolling from bottom to top until the top of the tortilla is reached. Repeat with remaining tortilla and filling.
- Place taquitos seam side down onto prepared baking sheet and bake until taquitos are crisp and cheese has melted, about 12-15 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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How do you reheat after being in the freezer?
I made these with chorizo instead of Italian sausage and whole-wheat tortillas instead of corn. They came out good. Ate two this morning and froze the rest to eat later.
Just came across your website and absolutely love it!! Eat meatless chorizo quite often and your recipe is perfect. Going to try this and your chicken cilantro lime marinade recipe this week.
Hello, does the sausage have to be cooked first?
I had to stop eating and run over to the computer to thank you. These are delicious and not to hard to make! They are great for a brunch or potluck. I added green onion & omitted the avocado in order to serve them with guac and salsa. I am going to run back over to finish eating them….then I am going to make a vegetarian version for my DD! (omit sausage, add spinach!) I can’t wait to check out some of your other recipes!!!!
I’ve made these a few times and they are SO YUMMY!!
We used flour (fajita size)tortillas, grape tomatoes, a full 1lb of Italian sausage and 4 eggs, then I did everything else the same as you wrote. The way I did them it made 20 taquitos. We ate 7 for bfast with the avocado, then omitted it for the next 13 that we froze. Planning on heating them per the details in comments and dipping them in homemade guacamole &salsa to make up for the missing avocado! Just have to say I LOVE how easy and delicious your recipes consistently are. I recommend you constantly.
What size tortillas do you use? Taco size? Burrito size?
Taco size.
I am assuming bacon or ham would work just as well? What do you think?
Yes, absolutely.
What keeps them from unrolling?
Believe it or not, they stay put!
going on family vacation to the Jersey shore. I will be making these and freezing them for 40 people crossing my fingers!!!
Approximately how many calories would one taquito have?
is this microwave friendly to take to work. can i pop them in a microwave instead if an oven, if so how long?
Yes, these can be reheated in the microwave in 30-second increments until heated through.
Omg, made these for my husband and a few co worker’s. He now wants me to make them at least once a week. Thank you for the easy recipe that will allow me to make ahead.
Should you bake and then freeze? Or wrap everything [with the cooked fillings] and freeze?
You can bake first, then freeze. Hope that helps!
Can you make the egg and sausage mixture the night before and refrigerate and the next morning assemble and bake?
Yes, absolutely.
Made these tonight, and had to taste one. It was really yummy! This will make it easy to get out of bed early the next days 😉 Thanks for the amazing recipe!
My sister is allergic to tomatoes, so we made these using roasted red peppers, and they were absolutely delicious! Definitely a keeper recipe.
Can’t wait to make these. Do you list the calories and nutritional information on these anywhere? Thank you!
Trudi, I have recently teamed up with a registered dietician and we are currently providing nutritional information for select recipes only at this time. Please use online resources to obtain nutritional information for this recipe.
Thank you. I haven’t found any online services yet but will “look around”. I am enjoying all your delicious and easy to follow recipes. Any future calorie, etc. info is appreciated. Love your great photos too.
Trudi, if you google “calorie calculator”, there are tons of free services available for use.
These are awesome, and can really be adapted to anything you want to put in them! Thanks for the inspiration! Definitely helps us get out of the cereal rut 🙂
Hi! Your recipes are AH-mazing! For this Breakfast Taquito, is the spicy sausage already cooked or we have to cook/brown prior to assembling? Or is it being cooked in the oven?
Thanks,
Jenn
The sausage is already cooked prior to assembling.
Actually, cooked sausage is NOT indicated in the recipe! When I read this, I had the same question. Perhaps an edit is in order.
Hi NewYorkMinute! Cooked sausage is indicated in the ingredient list. Thanks for checking!
6 ounces spicy Italian sausage, crumbled
I am always looking for a good breakfast recipe. I will definitely have to give this a try! Yum!
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What size tortillas works best for this recipe? Looks amazing!
I recommend using 6-inch tortillas.
These look amazing, I’m getting ready to make them right now! thanks for all of your yummy recipes!
Sounds like an amazing recipe. 2 questions, I’m guessing you also have to cook the eggs separate from the sausage. and 2, it says Yields 4, but you need 10-12 tortillas? Are they double or triple wrapped?
Maggie, feel free to cook the sausage and eggs together – you’ll save some time! As for the servings, this yields 4 servings, so each person should have about 3-4 taquitos.
This taquito recipe sounds great for my 12yr old, but he likes softer taquitos. I have a 2 part question. 1st, can they be reheated in the microwave? 2nd, which would be the best to use corn or flour tortillas? Thank You for such a good recipe.
Yes, they can be reheated in the microwave. As for corn vs flour, that’s really based on personal preference.
I made these last week with gluten free tortillas and they were amazing! It is very difficult to find reciepes that are the slightest bit healthy with my picky husband 🙂 this is definitely a keeper!!
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This looks like the answer to my lunch dilemma! I’m a sahm to a demanding 6.5 month old little girl and sometimes I barely get a chance to eat, let alone prepare it! Something I can make ahead then just pop in the oven sounds ideal. Might have to sub out the Italian sausage though, our snags are a bit different Down Under, so maybe some pork mince with a touch of herbs would do the trick instead. Can’t wait to make these!
I can’t imagine the avocados look green and good after freezing?
Jenifer, I recommend omitting the avocados if you are planning to freeze them.
DEFINITELY go with flour tortillas. I too was confused. First batch I used corn and the tortillas were peeling apart before I finished rolling the last one. Still cooked them and they were still good. Second batch I used flour and they were awesome. If you want the results described above – use flour tortillas.
Just learned of this recipe and this comment was eight years ago, but you can use corn tortillas successfully if you microwave them slightly and they’ll roll up easily. Plus corn tortillas are healthier than flour tortillas.
please give us more details on freezing! 🙂
Classic Me, details on freezing has been shared in the previous comments.
So are you supposed to bake them if you want to freeze them? I’m confused. could someone give me directions if i want to make them for breakfasts throughout the week? Thanks!
Yes, Joanna, these should be fully cooked before freezing, that way you can heat them up in the microwave in the mornings.
thank you 🙂
Did you cook the sausage before baking the taquitos?
Love this idea – I’m going to try these this weekend! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Kristin, the recipe states, “6 ounces spicy Italian sausage, crumbled” so yes, the sausage should be cooked prior to stuffing the tortillas. Hope that helps!
Sundried tomatoes and avocados. Love that combination! I must pin this.
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The photo seems to show flour tortillas. Can you please clarify?
Lisa, you can use either corn or flour. This is based on personal preference.
I make chicken Taquitos like this that I freeze and bake as needed on 425 for 15 min. Would this be a recipe that u could make and freeze ( follow steps up until cooking & omit avocado)?
Yes, absolutely!
Wow! That’s a delicious breakfast! I love everything about this recipe! Awesome photo too!
When you say “softened” corn tortillas, do you mean room temp or something else?
You can soften them in the microwave for 30 seconds or so.
I made these today and I’m gonna have them for breakfast tomorrow, they look amazing. Can’t wait to try them! C:
Can I tell you how I think this is the BEST idea EVER!!!? Thank you for this fabulous idea. I love taquitos, I love breakfast, I love easy. Thank you!
These look yummy! I’m always looking for something I can make ahead and pull out of the freezer on those rushed mornings. What are the directions for freezing? I’m assuming you wrap in foil or something, but when you pull them out do you need to let them thaw at all, or just put in the oven as directed in your recipe, maybe for a little longer?
I would just throw them in the oven and bake until heated through, about 20-30 minutes.