How To Make Spicy Breakfast Fajitas with Eggs and Guacamole
Enjoy Mexican flavors first thing in the morning with these breakfast fajitas. It has avocados, a medley of bell peppers, spices, herbs, and eggs.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Quick Guacamole:
- 6ozavocado,(from 1 large or 1½ medium)
- 1tbsplime juice,or more if needed
- kosher salt
For Veggies:
- 1tbspextra-virgin olive oil
- 2red bell peppers,sliced into ½-inch-wide strips
- 2yellow bell peppers,sliced into ½-inch-wide strips
- 2orange bell peppers,sliced into ½-inch-wide strips
- ½medium white onion,sliced into ½-inch-wide wedges
- 1tspground cumin
- ½tspchili powder
- pinchred pepper flakes
- kosher salt
- 2clovesgarlic,pressed or minced
- 2tspfresh lime juice
For Fajitas and Garnishes:
- 6corn tortillas
- olive oil spray
- 6large eggs
- 1ozcrumbled feta,or queso fresco cheese
- handfulfresh cilantro,chopped
- freshly ground black pepper
- hot sauce,and/or any favorite salsa
Instructions
Guacamole:
-
Using a spoon, scoop the flesh of the avocados into a small bowl.
-
Add the lime juice and 1⁄4 teaspoon salt and mash with a pastry cutter, potato masher, or fork until the mixture is blended and no longer chunky.
-
Taste and add additional lime juice and/or salt, if necessary.
Vegetables:
-
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
-
Once the oil is shimmering, add the bell peppers and onion, cumin, chili powder, red pepper flakes, and a few dashes of salt. Toss to combine, cover the pan, and cook for 5 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are easily pierced by a fork.
-
Uncover and continue cooking for about 3 to 5 minutes more, stirring often, until the vegetables are lightly charred on the edges.
-
Add the garlic, toss well, and cook for another minute.
-
Remove the pan from the heat and drizzle in the lime juice. Toss, season to taste with additional salt, and cover to keep warm.
-
In a small skillet over medium heat, warm each tortilla on both sides until heated through. Stack the warmed tortillas on a plate as they are done and cover them with a kitchen towel to keep warm.
Fajitas:
-
Wipe the skillet, spray with oil over medium-low heat.
-
Carefully crack an egg and pour it into the skillet without breaking the yolk. Cook covered for about 2 minutes until the whites set or longer, depending on taste.
-
Transfer the egg to a plate and repeat with the remaining eggs.
-
To assemble the breakfast fajitas, spread the guacamole on each tortilla, top each with an egg, followed by some veggies. Sprinkle with cheese, cilantro, and freshly ground pepper.
-
Serve with hot sauce and/or salsa on the side.
Nutrition
- Calories: 293.49kcal
- Fat: 17.89g
- Saturated Fat: 3.98g
- Trans Fat: 0.02g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 9.99g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.65g
- Carbohydrates: 24.82g
- Fiber: 6.23g
- Sugar: 4.63g
- Protein: 10.71g
- Cholesterol: 190.21mg
- Sodium: 636.46mg
- Calcium: 100.80mg
- Potassium: 610.96mg
- Iron: 2.46mg
- Vitamin A: 231.61µg
- Vitamin C: 220.95mg
Was this page helpful?
Have your own special recipe to share? Submit Your Recipe Today!