Tex-Mex · easy
Egg, bean and cheese breakfast burrito
Four soft-scrambled eggs, mashed kidney beans and melted mozzarella rolled in a large tortilla, frozen at the weekend, steamed hot under a lid and crisped in a dry pan. A grab-and-go breakfast with 33 g of protein.
Makes 1 · Weekend 12 min · On the day 12 min · Freezer
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Ingredients
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Method
Sunday cook-up: whisk the eggs with salt and pepper. Mash the boiled beans with cumin and chilli powder.
Non-stick pan on medium-low: oil, onion, tomato and chilli 2 min; pour in the eggs and stir slowly 2 min until just set but still glossy. Tip onto a plate to cool.
Warm the tortilla 10 s per side on the dry pan so it folds without cracking.
Spread the beans down the middle, add the egg and cheese, fold in the sides and roll tight; seal seam-side down 1 min in the dry pan.
Cool 20 min, wrap in foil, bag flat and freeze.
Friday night: move to the fridge.
Saturday: unwrap, put it on the pan on medium-low with 1 tbsp water beside it and cover at once; 4-5 min per side until the middle is steaming hot, then lid off, 1 min per side in the dry pan until the tortilla is crisp.
Freeze & reheat
- Freeze
- Foil-wrapped burrito in a flat bag. Label: 'SAT - BREAKFAST - Egg & bean burrito (COOKED) - covered pan 10 min + 2 min crisp - made Sun __/__'
- Thaw & reheat
- Fridge Friday night; covered pan with 1 tbsp water, medium-low, 4-5 min per side, until steaming in the middle, then 1 min per side lid off to crisp. From frozen: 8 min per side on low.
- Keeps
- Freezer 1 month; fridge 1 day after thawing
Why it tastes good: Take the eggs off while they still look slightly wet: they finish cooking when the burrito is reheated, so they stay soft instead of rubbery.
Nutrition, per portion
Egg, bean and cheese breakfast burrito
Cook-up: this is prepped Sunday 10:41
Adapted from Freezer Friendly Breakfast Burritos by Budget Bytes (4.84 stars from 30 votes (checked 15 Sep 2026); a reader says a freezer full of them is worth the effort. Ham and bell peppers replaced with kidney beans, cheddar with mozzarella).
Photo: Halved burrito with scrambled egg, black beans, cheese and pico de gallo by Gonzalo Mendiola, Pexels License (Pexels).
