Freezer Breakfast Burritos
Meal prep over the weekend for the best burritos during the week. Loaded with tater tots, eggs, beans and cheese, of course!!
Now you guys really don’t have an excuse to skip breakfast.
I mean it. Put down the instant oatmeal because the best breakfast burrito is coming your way.
This bad boy is filled with all that is good and pure – refried beans, eggs, cheese, breakfast sausage, and of course, tater tots. You can’t have a breakfast burrito without the tots. And you can freeze these as needed.
Just be sure to freeze them after assembling, not after they go in the oven.
You also want to make sure to use room temperature ingredients to avoid sog city.
They can be frozen a month ahead in individual servings, wrapped in aluminum foil – dated and stacked in a Ziploc bag. See? Done and done.
Freezer Breakfast Burritos
Ingredients
- 2 cups frozen tater tots
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 links breakfast sausage, casing removed
- 8 large eggs, lightly beaten
- ⅓ cup half and half*
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 (16-ounce) can refried beans
- 8 8-inch flour tortillas
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 Roma tomatoes, diced
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly oil a baking sheet or coat with nonstick spray.
- Cook tater tots according to package instructions; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat, reserving 1 tablespoon in the skillet.
- Add eggs to the skillet and cook, whisking, until they just begin to set. Gently whisk in half and half; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Continue cooking until thickened and no visible liquid egg remains, about 3-5 minutes; set aside.
- Spread beans down centers of tortillas; top with tater tots, sausage, eggs, cheeses, tomatoes and cilantro. Fold in opposite sides of each tortilla, then roll up, burrito-style.* Place, seam-sides down, onto preparing baking sheet; cover.
- Place into oven and bake until heated through, about 12-15 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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What if I don’t have the half and half is it critical or just makes the eggs creamier?
Yes, the half and half is to create a creamier consistency but you can certainly omit.
My experience with most sausages is that they contain plenty of their own fat without the addition of oil. Much less fat to drain after cooking.
………. Do I dare ask how do you reheat….. Duh!
Hi, I didn’t really want to thoroughly read the entire instructions OR even the comments.
How do you heat these?
Just kidding, you were very kind to answer everyone of those….
Thank you for the recipie and instructions
Look so tasty! I’ll have to give these a try!!
Lanell I was JUST thinking the same thing.. Lol I have got to hand it to her for answering that same reheating question about a billion times lol
I always read comments first, chances are if you have a question someone else did too!
And I’m excited to try these, the hubs never gets a hot breakfast on weekdays since he sleep till the last minute
Ive made these types of burritos before, when tou make a large batch and freeze for grab and go breakfasts. The problem I have with them is upon reheating the eggs they are always a soggy drippy mess and the eggs are spongey. Any tips as to why thats happening or how to stop it?
Lindsay, here is a great forum discussing the spongey egg issue at hand:
http://www.chowhound.com/post/freezing-scrambled-eggs-549782
Hope that helps!
I’ve experienced this as well, but if you cook the potatoes in an oven (instead of a oil) then they will be a bit dry so if you intend to freeze then do this and when you reheat the eggs and sausage juices will be absorbed into that drier potato mash.. also slightly undercook the eggs so they will not be so spongey when reheated?
LOVE! THEY ARE AMAZING! Super easy assembly and they heat up perfectly at work.
I brought a frozen burrito to work, microwaved it for 2 minutes on one side and then 45 seconds on the other. Perfectly heated through, though I had to eat it with a fork and knife (because of the heat AND the size, it’s a big burrito y’all). The ends of the tortilla got a little hard but all of the good stuff is in the middle anyways.
Delicious, will definitely make these again!
Kudos to you for repeating, and repeating, and repeating the heating instructions. Come on people….read more than once if you don’t understand. Love your website and your recipes.
To reduce calories, if that is a concern, eliminate the tater tots from the filling and use 2% milk vs. half and half. If you really want the tater tots, cook them separately while reheating the burritos.
Didn’t see in the other comments so I don’t think this was asked…
What if I want to use egg whites, what do you suggest? Just 8 egg whites?
Maybe about 12-16?
Ok! I am in Canada and I have never seen tater tots here, what could I use instead please? Are frozen hash browns the same thing? Or maybe I should try dicing a potato, par boiling and then frying?
Frozen hash browns would be a great substitute!
I’m curious where you are in Canada because I’ve never been anywhere that I couldn’t find Tater Tots. M&M Meats even has them, as do all the grocery stores. 🙂
Not only are these awesome for the mornings where we don’t want to cook but these are perfect for new moms! I did something similar (but lunch style) for when I had my son and it was a huge lifesaver.
These sound incredible!
Made these for my family this weekend and everyone loved them! I forgot they shouldn’t be cooked before freezing ( baked them all!) so I put the uneaten burritos into the fridge and heated them up this morning. Still delicious this am. Great recipe as it’s forgiving and quite amazing. I used less beans but increased the cheese and tomatoes. And, because I called it a burrito, everyone added salsa. While it’s a little time consuming to prepare, the happy smiles on my family’s face was well worth every moment. Next time, I may replace the sausage with bacon and add the salsa inside the burrito! Thank you for a great recipe!
I’m wanting to bake them for the crispy tortilla but also freeze them for my husband to reheat at work. Did they hold up well after reheating even though you baked them first?
I accidentally based all of mine too & plan to serve them tomorrow AM. Should I still bake them at 400 degrees to reheat? I hope I didn’t ruin them!
I bet these would be fabulous with some spinach cooked with the eggs and diced avocado added to the burrito as well.
These look awesome!
These look so delicious and filling! I love getting breakfast burritos from a local cafe near work, but I’m sure these are much more flavorful AND affordable. Thanks for sharing!!
Keshia
http://www.queenlifeblog.com
This is awesome, I have bookmarked this recipe and I am going to try it (:
Yummmmmy! As always, can’t wait to make these. I love your recipes. My hubby and I love breakfast burritos. Thanks for sharing.
Can I just say, OMG I LOVE YOU! Thank you so much for posting this. I am having a baby in 4 weeks and preparing my older child to go back to school, so I have been on a make n freeze rampage lately. This is by far, hands down THE BEST breakfast idea I have come by! Easy and delicious, and actually filling! Super convenient to heat n eat on the road to school while we’re running late, lol! Love it!!
P.S. You are so right about the tots! Nothing else could ever compare!!
Love your recipes and photos. So how do you reheat these? LOL — I’m just kidding! I think you’ve been asked that question a hundred times. Bless you for your patience. Thanks for the inspiring recipes 🙂
These burritos look amazing! I know what I’ll be making this weekend!
Paige
http://thehappyflammily.com
what is the calories for 1 burrito?
Each burrito has 532.6 calories.