Easy Healthy Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Delicious breakfast tacos! These scrambled egg tacos are perfect for breakfast or a quick dinner or late night snack. Serves 1 person, two tacos.
How to Make the Best Easy Healthy Breakfast Tacos
These easy healthy breakfast tacos are the perfect way to start your morning with a satisfying, protein-packed meal that comes together in just 15 minutes. The combination of creamy scrambled eggs, fresh arugula, and juicy tomatoes wrapped in a warm tortilla creates a breakfast that’s both nutritious and incredibly delicious.
The secret to these tacos is in the eggs—whisking them with a touch of sour cream makes them unbelievably fluffy and rich. Using low heat and a gentle folding technique ensures soft, creamy curds rather than rubbery, overcooked eggs. It’s a simple trick that elevates everyday scrambled eggs to restaurant quality.
What makes this recipe so versatile is the endless customization options. Keep it simple with just eggs and fresh vegetables, or load them up with avocado, cheese, and your favorite hot sauce. They’re equally perfect for a quick weekday breakfast, a lazy weekend brunch, or even a late-night snack when you’re craving something savory and satisfying.
Easy Healthy Breakfast Tacos
Delicious breakfast tacos! These scrambled egg tacos are perfect for breakfast or a quick dinner or late night snack. Serves 1 person, two tacos.
Ingredients
Scrambled Eggs
Tacos
Optional Additions
Instructions
Prepare the Eggs
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan or well-seasoned cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Whisk eggs with sour cream, salt and pepper.
- Pour into a warm pan and gently stir with a heat proof rubber or silicone spatula. As soon as soft lumps of eggs begin to form, lower the heat to low and shift from stirring to folding the eggs over on themselves while gently shaking the pan with the other hand. Cook until desired doneness. Turn heat off.
Assemble the Tacos
- At the same time as cooking the eggs, place tortillas in a toaster oven until warmed through. You could also grill over a gas flame on the stove top using tongs.
- Fold the warm fluffy eggs into warmed tortillas, top with arugula, tomatoes, a sprinkle of salt, and any optional additions, and a squirt of hot sauce. Eat immediately!
Notes
- For extra protein, add cooked chorizo or crumbled sausage to the eggs.
- Corn tortillas give a more authentic Mexican flavor, while flour tortillas are softer and easier to fold.
- The key to fluffy eggs is low heat and gentle folding rather than aggressive stirring.
