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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Renita says
Hi…. I just found this recipe and I’m looking forward to trying it can you tell me you do you drain the green chilies ? Thank you much
Dorothy says
These look perfect for a long weekend at the cottage with a large group of family & friends and making ahead is even better! I don’t understand why the tortilla wraps get warmed before filling if they are being wrapped in foil and refrigerated for later? Thank you!!
Emily Baker says
You warm the tortillas to soften them so they will roll easily around the filling.
Amanda B. says
I just found these on pinterest and they sound amazing!! Do you think they would freeze well to make as a meal-prep meal for a quick breakfast?
Deborah says
Definitely! I think these freeze very well.
Trudy Burgemeister says
I make breakfast burritos (two to three dozen at a time). I wrap them in a paper towel ( viva works best. Others tend to stick) then I wrap in foil, put several in a freezer bag and freeze. In the morning I remove the foil and pop in the microwave for a couple minutes. Fast and easy!
Three Links says
These look amazing!
MEAL5 says
Perfect breakfast and healthy!
Kim says
You posted this a few years back…I stumbled across it recently looking for no fuse camping meals… worked great! Thanks
steviejane says
I tried this once. I wrapped it in saran. Tried to nuke it and It came out soggy.
Stephanie says
This is a great versatile recipe. We love adding peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, all kinds of veggies. Love the idea of taco seasoning and green chilies. Love that it’s pre-make which is camping perfect.
Thanks for an awesome recipe:O)
Jen says
Do you know how long to cook these in the oven? I tried these last weekend while camping and made some more! Love them!
Deborah says
I would guess they would take 7-8 minutes in a 350º oven, still wrapped in the foil. 🙂 Enjoy!
Scott says
How long will they keep
Liz says
These were delicious for breakfast over the campfire! I constructed the burritos after egg mixture came to room temperature, then froze overnight. We ate them 2 days into our campout. A bit hit! Not soggy; very flavorful!
Arlene Little says
How long do they keep for? If I make these Sunday night, would they still be good (after being refrigerated, and then in a cooler) for Tuesday morning? Thanks!
Deborah says
I would think they would be fine. They might get a little soggy – just make sure they are cooled down before you wrap them up to store them.
Melissa says
Great recipe. I made these in June for our first camping trip of the summer, and now everyone asks for them each time we go camping! Thank you!
Deborah says
Yay! So glad they have become a regular!
Hannah says
Do you think these would freeze well?
Charise Moore says
Love this idea! Vegetarian suggestion- I used Soy Chorizo and it turned out great! Not much of a need for taco seasoning with the chorizo flavor.