MIgas

Holiday Lights Canoa Ranch, Green Valley, AZ

It’s rare that you'll find a recipe that works for any meal in a day but migas can work for a breakfast, lunch or dinner. Since migas are made with eggs they make a perfect breakfast, but hearty enough for dinner and easy enough for lunch too. Plus, they are so delicious offering lots of versatility with add ins. 

If you haven’t had migas, let me introduce you. “Migas” means “crumbs” in Spanish, but culinarily, migas means “eggs cooked with tortilla chips, tomatoes, onions, and jalapeño then covered in melty cheese”. Making migas is a great way to use stale chips or corn tortillas and eating migas is a great way to start any day, or afternoon.

I fell in love with migas in Austin, Texas years ago. Tex-Mex migas are incredible and a traditional breakfast dish made with scrambled eggs, strips of fried tortillas (or tortilla chips for a short cut), cheese, onions, and tomatoes.

Here's a photo of a Tex-Mex breakfast my daughter and I shared in Austin. 
The taco on the left was made with scrambled eggs, bacon, refried beans, diced potatoes and shredded white cheddar cheese. The taco on right scrambled eggs, crushed tortilla chips, Monterey Jack Cheese, cilantro, diced tomatoes and onions and topped with an avocado slice.
So you can see how easy these migas are to recreate in your kitchen for any meal.
The following recipe makes 4 migas.  

Cook's Notes: The key to the success of this recipe is the prep. Cook meat, sauté veggies, grate cheese, crush chips, dice tomatoes, and blenderize liquids ahead for faster assembly.

• Four 6 inch corn or flour tortillas
• 5 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/2 teaspoon each parsley flakes, 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning and dry mustard
• 1/4 cup half and half
• 6 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled or 3/4 cup sausage, cooked and crumbled
• Grated Cheddar, Colby Jack or Pepper Jack cheese
• 1/2 cup diced red and yellow mini peppers
• 1/3 cup diced green onion, white scallion part
• 1/2 cup diced grape tomatoes
• 1 cup crushed tortilla chips
• Optional garnish salsa, refried beans and avocado

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. 
• Cook meat, drain on large paper towel lined dinner plate. Wipe skillet of most of grease, reserving one teaspoon. Sauté onion, peppers and place on a paper towel plate. 
• In a blender add eggs, spices and half and half. Mix well. 
• Wipe skillet clean and melt butter. Add blender mixture plus meat, sautéed veggies, grape tomatoes to skillet and scramble at a mediums heat until eggs set. Fold in cheese and crushed tortilla chips. 
• Remove from heat set aside covered. 
• On a baking sheet warm tortillas for 2 minutes, turn over bake 2 minutes more and fill with egg mixture.  

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Rosemary crackers 
Extra sharp cheddar cheese
Boursin Cranberry & Spice cheese
Mini sliced salami
Bacon and onion jam
Smoked almonds
Apricots
Raspberries
Cheese straws
Purple grapes
Red apples
Garlic pretzels
Mini sweet pickles
Whole cranberries
Fresh sprigs of rosemary
Soft peppermints

Create it
1. Arrange all items on a serving board or platter.
2. Decorate with festive accessories.

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