Texas Breakfast Tacos

This recipe has been a long time in coming and was difficult for me to finally hit, “publish”. Maybe this has something to do with the fact that its not possible to capture in a picture (nor with words) everything the breakfast taco means to me. But here we go…here we finally go.  If you gave me one breakfast option for the rest of my life, it would be this one, hands down. Texas Breakfast Tacos. I’m still figuring out why I like these things so much. Maybe its because they remind me of my family and the place I was raised?

I can see it now, hands I love reaching into a brown paper bag filled with foil wrapped tacos, tiny plastic salsa containers, too many napkins, and the salt and pepper packs that always get tossed. I love mornings in Texas: warmly pleasant, the morning doves haunting the air with their sad song, and if there hasn’t been rain, the scent of cracking earth.

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You can tell how hot a day will be by how soon the parking lot swelters heat. Most parking lots in Texas are concrete but occasionally you’ll come across an asphalt drive. If the forecast is unbearably hot and your favorite taco shop has an asphalt lot, get there before 10 so your shoes won’t get ruined. Cheap flip flops and melting asphalt aren’t a good match. If its concrete, it’ll just radiate the heat back up to you as you walk. But here, I am on a major digression. Maybe, the breakfast taco is my breakfast of choice because it is delicious.

let’s make Texas breakfast tacos

Crispy bacon: Please and thank you.

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside potatoes: of course.

Fluffy, cheesy eggs: always.

All of this goodness with: the best tortilla you can get your hands on, home style salsa, maybe some avocado or jalapeno (don’t eat next to the purists), and the blackest cup of coffee you can find = yes. forever and ever and ever YES.

Here’s a tip for happy mornings. Make an extra batch and freeze (instructions below) so you can quickly re-heat for breakfast taco bliss all week long. Also, I’ll let you in on a secret- this is all fantastic withOUT the tortilla as well. Shhhh, please don’t tell Texas.

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