A loves McSkillet burritos but doesn't love that a) he has to go to McDonald's to get one when we live 30 minutes from the closest one and b) they cost $3-$4. Solution: we make our own and have a stash of skillet burritos in the freezer which take only a couple minutes to heat in the microwave and cost less than $1 each. We keep a whole box of breakfast items in one of our freezers (I have 3 freezers plus the one on the fridge), and this is a staple along with waffles, pancakes, and muffins. When I buy the eggs, block cheese, tortillas, and sausage patties at Sam's Club plus the potatoes and enchilada sauce on sale at the grocery store, these cost $0.85 to $0.90 each. Sorry that some of this is a little vague - that's the problem with coming up with something all on your own!
Copy Cat Skillet Burritos
12 eggs
3 regular size cans enchilada sauce
4 medium (fist sized) potatoes, baked and cooled
12 sausage patties
4 cups shredded cojack or cheddar cheese or cheese to taste - make sure you don't put on too much or you won't be able to shut the burrito!
12 burrito size flour tortillas
12 paper towels
2 gallon freezer bags
Thicken the enchilada sauce by simmering gently until it is reduced by 1/3 and is about the consistency of barbeque sauce.
Scramble the eggs.
Dice the potatoes into bite size pieces.
Cut the sausage patties in half.
Lay out a paper towel. Lay a tortilla on the paper towel. In a line down the middle of the tortilla, leaving an inch and a half or so of room on either end, start the layers. Two sausage halves laid end to end, then a single line of potato pieces, 1/4 cup of scambled egg, 2-3 T thickened enchilada sauce and 1/3 cup shredded cheese. Fold one side over the line of filling, then fold in the ends to seal in the line of filling, then roll over to form a burrito. Repeat the wrapping procedure with the paper towel around the burrito.
Continue the process 11 more times to make a total of 12 skillet burritos.
The burritos can be put directly into gallon freezer bags. To reheat, microwave for 2 minutes or so on high straight from the freezer. You'll need to experiment a little with your own microwave to figure out the exact timing.
Have fun and enjoy one of A's absolute favorites!
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Hi from Hudson WI. I dearly miss the McSkillet Burrito. Thanks for the recipe, I'm making this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI was looking all over the web for this recipe. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI hope this taste like the mcskillet breakfast burrito im going to make it and find out
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