Breakfast Tacos! I love tacos. I love breakfast. So I don't know why it's taken me so long to make tacos for breakfast! It really is so simple. And so delicious! I am not totally hooked!
Making tacos for breakfast is so easy. It is even easier if you've made tacos for dinner the night before and have plenty of lime chicken or thinly slice Al Pastor pork left over!
Dave and I love avocados. So naturally we added lots of fresh avocados to the mix. We bought so much avocados that we even made guac for breakfast. Because... why the hell not?!
Season the chicken with half a lime juice, salt and pepper, and lime zest. While the chicken is marinating, mix the Baja cream sauce. In a bowl mix together yogurt, spice mix, sriracha and a dash of salt and pepper.
Add the red cabbage, feta, toasted corn, and cilantro into the yogurt dressing and toss. Add the juice of half a lime.
Pan fried chicken thighs in a large skillet in high heat. I love using the BALLARINI Treviso Ceramic Frying Pan because the ceramic-coated pan indicates when it has reached the optimum frying temperature. The thermopoint on the handle also has a heat indicator for energy saving cooking.
Remove the chicken from the skillet and let rest on plate. Shred chicken.
To make perfectly round shaped sunny side up eggs, we used a pancake mold.
Assemble the tacos, layer on the red cabbage slaw, fresh cilantro, avocados, red onions (optional) and drizzle with baja cream sauce. Serve with any remaining slaw on the side.
If you have extra avocados, make some guacamole. I like to use a nice squeeze of lime juice, diced red onions and lots of cilantro!
These would be great for a Cinco de Mayo brunch. Actually, this is great for any day! Breakfast. Lunch. Or Dinner.
Breakfast Tacos Recipe
Serves 2-4
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken Thighs
- 2 cups Red Cabbage shredded
- 1 cup Corn frozen (or fresh corn kernels from 2 ears)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ sweet onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or grated
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- dash of kosher salt
- dash of black pepper
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha
- ½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- juice of 1 lime (half for chicken, half for baja cream sauce)
- 6-8 corn or flour tortillas, warmed
- 4-6 fried eggs
- sliced avocado, for serving
- feta cheese, for serving
Directions
Season and marinade chicken thighs with ½ lime juice, salt and pepper, and lime zest. Set aside or chilled in the fridge.
On medium heat, toast corn until it is fragrant and slightly charred. Approx. 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
While the chicken is marinating, mix the Baja cream sauce. In a bowl mix together yogurt, spice mix, sriracha and a dash of salt and pepper.
Add the red cabbage, feta, toasted corn, and cilantro into the yogurt dressing and toss. Add the juice of half a lime. Set aside and chill in the fridge.
Pan fried chicken thighs in a large skillet in high heat until thoroughly cooked with some charred bits. Remove the chicken from the skillet and let rest on plate. Shred chicken with a fork.
Fried your perfectly cooked sunny side up eggs to desired yolky-ness.
Assemble the tacos, layer on the red cabbage slaw, fresh cilantro, sliced avocados, red onions (optional) and drizzle with baja cream sauce. Serve with any remaining slaw on the side.
Terri says
I just realized that I have never made tacos for breakfast either and I LOVE tacos too! Can't wait to make these - they look incredible! Great photos 🙂
Nancy says
It's really either we used left overs from tacos the night before and add an egg on top 🙂
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