Forget the bagels and the cereal – you can have a hot breakfast even when mornings are crazy when you are camping with these make-ahead Camping Breakfast Burritos!
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One of my biggest memories from camping when I was a kid is – of course – the food. My mom didn’t keep a lot of junk food in the house, but whenever we’d go camping, that’s the only time I’d see Twinkies and Ding Dongs and little powdered donuts. When you don’t get these kinds of treats very often, it’s quite the event when they are just there for the taking.
But as excited as I always was for the junk food, I was even more excited for my mom’s breakfast burritos.
Let me just tell you – my mom makes the best breakfast burritos. Camping or not – whenever the family is together and there is breakfast to be had, you can bet that everyone will be requesting my mom’s breakfast burritos.
Now, no matter how hard I’ve tried, I’ve never been able to make breakfast burritos quite like she does. I seriously think she just has the magic touch, because I can duplicate the ingredients exactly, but they never taste the same.
SEE HOW TO MAKE THESE BREAKFAST BURRITOS HERE:
So instead of trying to imitate, I decided that I should just make them my own way. And maybe after I make these hundreds of times, my kids might come to me one day down the road when they are grown, asking me to make “mom’s breakfast burritos”.
Make Ahead Camping Food
The thing I love the most about these breakfast burritos is that they are totally make ahead. I have 3 kids. 3 young kids. 3 adventurous kids. 3 kids that I must keep an eye on at all times, especially when we are in the woods and there is a fire burning. Anything that has as much of the work done as possible before we leave to go camping makes for a more enjoyable camping trip. (Plus less dishes to do – because we all know that doing dishes while camping without a sink is no fun!)
I like to make these up ahead of time and wrap them tightly in foil. Make sure you are using heavy duty foil, and even double wrap them if you can. If the foil comes undone while your burritos are in the fire, it’s hard to save them. Once they are wrapped in foil, throw them all into a large ziptop bag, and then they can hang out in a fridge or in an ice chest until you need to cook them up for breakfast.
Ingredients in these Breakfast Burritos
I made these breakfast burritos with my current favorite combo of breakfast flavors. I love everything with a southwestern flair, and these do not disappoint. My favorite part is probably that I add Old El Paso Taco Seasoning into the eggs – such an easy way to bring an extra punch of flavor to your eggs!!
The taco seasoned eggs are combined with hash browns, cooked cubed ham, cheese, cilantro and my other favorite part – the Old El Paso green chiles. I bet you didn’t see that coming, did you? 😉 (Ok, ok – we all know that I’m a green chile addict at this point.)
All of the ingredients are wrapped up in a tortilla before they are rolled into burritos.
More Camping Food
Dutch Oven Frito Pie
Campfire Cinnamon Blueberry Bread
Hot Ham and Cheese Campfire Sandwiches
Pound Cake and Berry Campfire Skillet Dessert
Dutch Oven Chicken Stew
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Camping Breakfast Burritos
Ingredients
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the hash browns and cook for 1 minute, stirring continuously. Add in the ham. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the hash browns and ham have both browned, about 8-10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, lightly whisk the eggs. Whisk in the taco seasoning. When the hash browns and ham have browned, pour the eggs into the skillet. Cook, stirring frequently, until the eggs have set. Stir in the green chiles, cheese and cilantro.
- Warm the tortillas. Put 1/8 of the egg mixture down the center of each tortilla. Roll up like a burrito and wrap tightly in foil. Store in a ziptop bag in the refrigerator or in a cooler.
- When ready to cook, place wrapped burritos in hot coals next to fire. Let the burritos sit in the coals, turning once, until heated through, about 10-15 minutes. (The time will depend on how hot your fire is.)
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I am in a working relationship with Old El Paso, and this post has been sponsored. I’m so glad to be able to work with companies and organizations that I truly believe in. Thank you for supporting them, too.
Lisa @ Garnish with Lemon says
Make ahead burritos- music to my ears with back to school next week!
Lori @ RecipeGirl says
I am definitely making these for our next family camping trip!
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says
I love breakfast burritos. And I love even more how you made this into an easy camp breakfast!!
Nicole says
These burritos look Awesome! Almost good enough to make me want to go camping … almost. I’ll have to use my bbq 🙂
JulieD says
I love breakfast burritos! What a great idea!!
naomi says
Such a great make-ahead idea!! LOVE.
Mary says
We love breakfast burritos so much, and when camping that’s just perfect! I bet they’d be great in the oven too. Yours sound delicious!
Kristen says
You know I’m quite jealous of where you live!!
I absolutely love this idea for a campfire meal.
Jamie | Jamie's Recipes says
Breakfast burritos are perfect for camping. Isn’t funny how certain dishes made by people we love always taste better. I just posted about that.
Madeline M says
So easy to prep & everyone loved it in the morning at camp! We got rained out but these taste just as great warmed up over a skillet & propane stove.
Ambar says
Tell me about camping! Don’t let my dad even begin to hear that word! You see, I live in Miami, Florida. Pure city! My dad loves to find a piece of land with out any grass and ummm that’s where we camp. lol Thank you for the post!
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
Totally perfect family pleasing breakfast. Classic breakfast items presented in a non classic way. I like it!
Chels R. says
What a fun idea! I love this!!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Love this idea! My boys would love the campfire burritos!
Vicki says
PS look delish just thought could make ahead and rewarm in oven
Vicki says
Not much of a fan of taco seasoning could I add salsa in the eggs thinking might be too wet maybe if I drained well and how long in an oven I don’t camp lol
Deborah says
I definitely think you could add some salsa instead of the seasoning. And to rewarm, I think 10-15 minutes in a 350F oven would warm them through.
Ruby says
do you think these would freeze well? Now that my kids are out of school its hard for me to make them big breakfasts every morning… I am wondering if these could be something they could just heat up themselves in the microwave and then have a nice breakfast quick and easy? No Tin Foil in the microwave of course, but how long would they last? Maybe if it was just an overnight thing and we were not going to eat them till the next morning as long as we refrigerate them? I am just looking for easy good family food….
Ruby
Deborah says
These definitely freeze well! And they will hold in the fridge for a few days, as well. They might start to get a little bit soggy, but should be good for at least 2 or 3 days.
rhonda gordner says
you could also dunk it in salsa after its warmed up, thats what we do
Colleen @ What's Baking in the Barbershop?! says
These burritos would definitely be a hit with my family too! They look awesome!