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Delicious Breakfast Taquitos: Your Ultimate Make-Ahead Brunch Solution
Imagine waking up to the irresistible aroma of crispy taquitos, perfectly golden and bursting with savory flavors. These aren’t just any taquitos; they’re packed with premium Odom’s Tennessee Pride sausage, fluffy Eggbeaters, vibrant Ro*Tel, creamy avocado, fresh green onion, and gooey cheese. Cooked to crispy perfection with Parkay Squeeze, these breakfast taquitos are a culinary delight that promises to elevate any morning meal, especially for a special occasion like Easter brunch.
What makes these breakfast taquitos truly exceptional is their incredible versatility and convenience. They aren’t merely a delicious breakfast or brunch item; they’re also incredibly freezer-friendly. This means you can prepare them ahead of time, ensuring a stress-free meal whenever you need it. Just imagine pulling these homemade delights from your freezer and having a hearty, satisfying breakfast on the table in minutes!
For an unforgettable dining experience, serve these savory taquitos with your favorite Restaurant Style Salsa, a dollop of Easy Guacamole, and generous amounts of cool, creamy sour cream. The combination of textures and flavors will leave everyone craving more.
These tasty taquitos encapsulate everything you could possibly desire in a brunch offering. They are hearty enough to satisfy the biggest appetites, packed with savory notes that tantalize the taste buds, and remarkably easy to prepare. Beyond their deliciousness, they create a memorable meal that the entire family will undoubtedly adore. Whether it’s a bustling holiday morning or a relaxed weekend, these taquitos simplify your life without compromising on flavor.
The Magic of Make-Ahead Breakfast Taquitos for Brunch
Our family cherishes the tradition of a grand Easter brunch, brimming with an abundant spread of delectable dishes. However, the reality is that I don’t always have the luxury of time required for extensive morning preparations. This is precisely why these breakfast taquitos have become an indispensable part of our holiday repertoire. Their freezer-friendly nature allows me to meticulously prepare them well in advance, store them, and then simply bake them on Easter morning, freeing up precious time for other festivities and family moments.
There’s something incredibly satisfying about starting your day with a robust breakfast, and a taquito generously loaded with scrambled eggs, flavorful sausage, diced tomatoes, creamy avocado, and melted cheese truly hits the spot. The convenience factor is amplified by the ability to make them ahead and freeze them. This means you can effortlessly pull them out of the freezer and bake them to golden perfection whenever a craving strikes or an unexpected gathering arises. It’s an unparalleled level of convenience that makes these taquitos a true kitchen hero.
These delightful bundles are the epitome of perfect freezer food. After a quick assembly and a light initial fry, they can be frozen and baked later with minimal effort. You’ll only need approximately 20-30 minutes on the day of serving to transform them from frozen to a piping hot, ready-to-eat breakfast or brunch. This effortless preparation ensures you can enjoy a fantastic meal with little to no stress.
For our cherished Easter brunch, these taquitos offer the ideal solution. I simply prepare them in advance, and on the big day, while I’m busy slicing fresh fruit or putting the finishing touches on other time-sensitive brunch items, these savory treats can bake quietly in the oven. It’s a culinary hack that guarantees a diverse and delectable spread without overwhelming the host.
Though they might appear simple, trust us when we say these taquitos are bursting with flavor. Their incredible taste ensures they are almost always the first item to disappear from our Easter brunch table. Get ready for rave reviews and empty plates!
What Goes into These Irresistible Taquitos?
One of the most enjoyable aspects of these taquitos is their adaptability. You have the creative freedom to customize them to perfectly suit your preferences. However, the foundational ingredients that form the heart of this mouthwatering recipe include:
- Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage Roll Mild
- Eggs (or Egg Beaters for a lighter option)
- Fresh Tomatoes (or Ro*Tel for an extra kick), Green Onions, and Avocado
- Your favorite Shredded Cheese
Once assembled and filled, these taquitos are then crisped to golden perfection using Parkay Squeeze, adding a lovely buttery finish to their exterior.
Spotlight on Key Breakfast Taquito Ingredients
Let’s delve deeper into why each of these carefully selected ingredients plays a crucial role in creating the ultimate breakfast taquito, ensuring every bite is absolutely perfect.
Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage Roll, Mild
This exceptional sausage is crafted from premium pork and boasts a revered secret family recipe, perfected over more than seven decades. It represents a true country-style sausage, deeply rooted in a rich heritage, and comes from a brand unwavering in its commitment to family tradition and superior quality food.
I absolutely love browning this sausage and incorporating its rich, savory flavor into my taquitos. Its distinctive taste effortlessly transforms an ordinary breakfast or brunch into an extraordinary culinary experience. It cooks up quickly in a skillet, making meal prep a breeze. With approximately 200 calories and 9 grams of protein per serving, Odom’s Mild Country Sausage offers a fantastic and flavorful way to kickstart your morning with sustained energy.
Eggs or Egg Beaters: Your Choice for Fluffy Fillings
It goes without saying, a truly great breakfast taquito wouldn’t be complete without eggs, would it? In this recipe, we often opt for Egg Beaters Original Real Egg Product, which is ingeniously made from real egg whites and fortified with essential vitamins and minerals. This provides a nutritious and delicious alternative.
While whole eggs are certainly not inherently bad for you, they do contain notable amounts of elements like calories, fat, and cholesterol, which many of us are actively trying to moderate in our diets. Egg Beaters offers the delightful taste and texture of real eggs, but with significantly fewer calories, and importantly, no cholesterol or fat. Furthermore, their convenient carton packaging makes them incredibly easy to pour and use, saving time and effort during preparation.
Tomatoes, Green Onion, and Avocado: Freshness and Flavor
For this versatile recipe, you have the option of using fresh, ripe tomatoes, diced finely. Alternatively, if you’re looking to save a little prep time and inject an extra layer of bold flavor, Ro*Tel diced tomatoes with green chilies are an excellent choice. Ro*Tel elevates the taquitos to a dynamic new level with its distinctive zesty kick. Just remember to thoroughly drain the tomatoes to prevent your taquitos from becoming soggy.
For me, avocado is an absolute must-have ingredient, lending a rich creaminess and healthy fats. However, it’s actually a completely optional addition, so feel free to omit it if it’s not to your taste. If I’m pressed for time, instead of incorporating diced avocado directly into the filling, I’ll simply serve the taquitos generously topped with fresh guacamole or extra diced avocado for that burst of flavor and texture.
Cheese: The Ultimate Gooey Goodness
A generous sprinkle of shredded cheddar cheese goes a long way in transforming these already tasty taquitos into an undeniable family favorite. As it melts, the cheese becomes delightfully gooey and delicious, serving not only as a flavor enhancer but also helping to bind all the other wonderful ingredients together, ensuring a cohesive and satisfying bite every time.
Parkay Squeeze: For a Crispy, Buttery Exterior
Parkay offers a variety of products, including spreads, sticks, spray, and squeeze bottles. For these taquitos, I specifically opted for the squeeze bottle format. This design makes it incredibly easy to dispense just the right amount directly into the pan for crisping up the exterior of these delicious taquitos. The beauty of Parkay Squeeze is that it achieves that desirable rich, buttery flavor and satisfying crispness without adding a lot of extra fat and cholesterol.
In fact, Parkay Squeeze boasts 0 grams of trans fat and 0 mg of cholesterol per serving, all while delivering a rich, indulgent buttery taste. It’s a versatile vegetable oil spread that offers the classic flavor of butter in a convenient, portable, and squeezable bottle. Beyond taquitos, it’s fantastic on corn on the cob, baked potatoes, toast, and so much more. But its real magic shines through when used for these taquitos, imparting a wonderfully crisp and buttery-tasting outer shell that’s simply irresistible. Yum!
Flautas vs. Taquitos: Understanding the Difference
These breakfast taquitos are truly amazing, but you could, with a simple adjustment, technically transform them into flautas. So, what’s the fundamental difference between these two popular types of rolled tacos? The distinction lies solely in the type of shell, or tortilla, used for their creation.
Traditionally, a taquito is prepared using a corn tortilla. Its smaller size and slightly firmer texture contribute to that classic taquito crunch. Conversely, a flauta is typically made with a wheat flour tortilla, which is generally larger and more pliable. If wheat flour tortillas aren’t readily available, a regular flour tortilla will work just as well. The choice of tortilla impacts both the texture and the overall size of the final dish. I conveniently sourced all my necessary ingredients, including fresh corn tortillas, at Walmart, consistently finding the quality I need at their everyday low prices. To make shopping and preparing these taquitos even quicker and easier, I even utilized their convenient grocery pickup service.
Mastering How to Cook Taquitos for Optimal Crispness
One of the many reasons I adore taquitos is their incredible versatility when it comes to cooking methods. You have several options, each yielding a slightly different texture and offering varying levels of convenience:
- Oven Baking (My Preferred Method for Large Batches): This is my go-to method, particularly when I’m preparing a larger quantity of taquitos. Baking allows you to cook several at once with minimal supervision. Simply preheat your oven to 425 degrees F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and bake the taquitos (after their initial pan-fry for crispness, if desired) for 10-12 minutes, or until they are golden brown and the cheese is beautifully melted.
- Pan Frying (For the Perfect Initial Crisp): I prefer to start these taquitos by pan-frying them. Using Parkay Squeeze in a large skillet over medium heat helps them crisp up beautifully on the exterior. This initial fry creates a lovely golden-brown crust and locks in the flavors before they are potentially transferred to the oven or enjoyed immediately.
- Deep Frying (For Maximum Crunch): For those who desire the ultimate crispy experience, deep frying is an option. While it’s more intensive, it delivers a deeply golden and exceptionally crunchy taquito that some prefer.
Whichever method you choose, make sure you don’t miss out on this truly tasty recipe. It’s a crowd-pleaser that’s sure to become a regular in your meal rotation.
Discover more fantastic recipes that can be crafted with Odom’s Tennessee Pride sausage rolls, Parkay Squeeze, Eggbeaters, and Ro*Tel by visiting this Easter Recipes Page. Or, unleash your creativity and invent your own unique dishes using these versatile and high-quality products.
Breakfast Taquitos
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Ingredients
- 20-24 corn tortillas softened
- 7 large eggs scrambled or 32 ounces EGG BEATERS
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 lb Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage Roll Mild browned and crumbled
- 1/2 cup tomatoes deseeded and diced or ½ cup Ro*Tel, drained
- 1 avocado halved, seeded, peeled and diced
- 1 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- ⅓ cup green onion sliced
- 4 ounces Parkay Squeeze
Instructions
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Brown and crumble sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, drain any excess grease off the sausage, and set aside.
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Scramble eggs, seasoning them with the salt and pepper. Or use 32 ounce carton EGG BEATERS, and season with salt and pepper. Scramble by cooking in a skillet over medium heat until done. Set aside
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De-seed and finely chop tomatoes or drain ½ cup of Ro*Tel, dice avocado, and set aside.
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Slice the green onion into rounds, and set aside.
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Soften corn tortillas by placing them between a dampened paper towel and microwaving for 15 seconds. Cover and set aside.
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Working one at a time, transfer a warmed and softened tortilla to a work surface.
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Place a scoop of eggs, Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, tomatoes, avocado, green onion, and cheddar cheese in the center of each wrapper. Bring the bottom edge of the tortilla tightly over the filling, rolling from bottom to top until the top of the tortilla is reached. Repeat with remaining tortilla and filling.
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In a large skillet, over medium heat, heat the Parkay Squeeze, until it sizzles
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Place taquitos seam side down onto hot skillet, and fry them in the Parkay Squeeze.
Freeze, Eat, or Bake
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If Freezing, remove from fry pan, and place on a cookie sheet, and freeze for 1-2 hours, then place in zip top freezer bag and freeze until ready to use.
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If Eating Immediately, fry on all sides until desired crunchiness is achieved and cheese is melted.
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If baking, or preparing for a large crowd, Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside. After frying them seam side down, remove from skillet and place on a prepared baking sheet, bake 10-12 minutes until taquitos are crispy and cheese is melted. .
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Serve immediately.
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Serve with salsa, guacamole, sour cream, etc.
Nutrition
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients. Different brands, and the quality of produce/meats, may have varying nutritional information. Always calculate your own based on the specific products you use to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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