Monday, August 31, 2009

McSkillet Burritos

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!

3 comments:

  1. Hi from Hudson WI. I dearly miss the McSkillet Burrito. Thanks for the recipe, I'm making this weekend.

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  2. I was looking all over the web for this recipe. Thank you!

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  3. I hope this taste like the mcskillet breakfast burrito im going to make it and find out

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