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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Alyssa Nielsen says
I recently tried this on a camping trip with my husband. We kept the burritos, wrapped in tin foil, in a plastic bag in our cooler. The tortillas were so soggy, it was pretty gross actually. I was so bummed because this sounds amazing. How do you prevent your tortillas from getting soggy?
Deborah says
They weren’t soggy for us, but I looked a few ideas up to try to avoid the tortillas getting soggy. One thing said to not assemble the burritos when the egg mixture is hot, as the condensation can make the tortillas get soggy. The potatoes will also help to absorb some of the moisture, so I’m not sure if you added those or not, but they will definitely help. I think the main thing would be to not wrap them when the ingredients are warm to try to avoid sogginess.
Laura says
These look great. I’m going camping this weekend and I’ll be excited to have something for breakfast other than a granola bar. Can’t wait to try them 🙂
Suzanne says
I am new to camping this year and have been struggling with breakfast. I can’t wait to try these! Question, if you make them ahead how well do they hold up in the frig before heating them up? 2-3 days? Can I freeze to make it last an extra day or so, or will they get soggy? Thank you.
Deborah says
Hi Suzanne – I haven’t tested this specific recipe with freezing, but I used to make breakfast burritos all the time and freeze them successfully. So I’m *guessing* that these would be just fine in the freezer. I would probably opt for that over leaving them refrigerated for 3 days.
freedom says
did you try freezing them? i was wondering the same thing
Carla says
I made these recently for a group camping trip and they were a huge hit, thank you! I am wondering if you’ve ever made these and froze them and then warmed in an oven (not camping!)- time and temperature from frozen?
Thanks so much-
Dana says
These look amazing! How do you recommend cooking them if you are making these at home and not camping? Thanks!!
Deborah says
I have just kept them in the foil and thrown them in the oven until they are warmed through. Super easy!
Katie Rowley says
Camping meals just got taken to a whole new level! We made these for our 10th Anniversary camp out. They were delicious and perfect!! Thanks for this recipe!!!
Deborah says
I’m so glad they were a hit! And happy 10th anniversary!!
Jen says
I made these tonight to have for a weekend camping trip and to have for future breakfasts. I loved that everything was done in one pan making putting the burritos together so easy.
Deborah says
Yay – hope you love them and have a great time camping!!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Mom’s recipes are made with love and sometimes that’s the difference I’ve decided! These look fabulous!
fabiola@notjustbaked says
Omgosh, this is the smartest thing ever, I had never thought of making breakfast ahead of time for camping! We are going camping in a few weeks, so doing this, thank you.
Carrie says
LOVE that you made these on the campfire!
Rebecca {foodie with family} says
Oh my goodness. We just got back from camping. We’re TOTALLY adding this to the our camp menu next time!
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
My husband handles all of the campsite cooking but I think he would appreciate if I threw a couple of these in the cooler next time! LOVE!!
Peabody says
Camping to me is in a 4 star hotel but my step-kiddos go and this would be perfect for them.
Joanne says
To be honest, I’m not super into camping…but I do LOVE breakfast burritos! Even more so that they’re make ahead. WIN.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
What a great idea!! And they look fabulous!
Donna @ The Slow Roasted Italian says
I love how simple these are and even though the only camping I will ever do is in my living room or hotel room, I love that you can make these ahead. Awesome! BTW, Love Old El Paso Chilis and now I am going to have to check out their flour tortillas.