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Brisket Breakfast Tacos

Brisket Breakfast Tacos Recipe

5 from 3 votes
Brisket breakfast tacos are an easy and tasty way to use up leftover brisket. These brisket breakfast tacos are so delicious. Give them a try.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Mexican
Calories: 574

Ingredients
  

Steak Sauce
  • 3 dried Guajillo chiles stemmed and seeded
  • ¼ cup canola oil divided
  • ½ cup white onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic whole
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder preferably chipotle
  • ½ teaspoon red wine vinegar
  • 1 lime juiced
Brisket Tacos
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 pound lean brisket cooked and chopped
  • 8 eggs
  • 8 flour tortillas warmed
  • ½ cup white onion chopped
  • ¼ cup cilantro chopped
  • ½ cup queso fresco cheese crumbled
  • 1 jalapeño pepper thinly sliced
  • ¼ cup pickled red onion
  • 8 green onions grilled (optional)
  • 1 lime sliced (optional)

Method
 

Sauce
  1. Heat the chiles in a skillet over medium heat for 1 minute per side. They should get darker in color. Soak the toasted chiles in hot water for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a medium frying pan. Sauté the onion with 2 whole garlic cloves until the onion is softened and slightly browned. Remove from the heat and set aside. Drain the chiles and discard the soaking liquid. Add the chiles to a blender with the onion, garlic, salt, cumin, chili powder, red wine vinegar, the remaining canola oil, and lime juice. Blend until smooth.
Brisket Tacos
  1. In a non-stick pan over medium heat, add the canola oil, butter, and brisket. Cook until the meat is slightly browned.
  2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs until combined. Add the eggs to the pan and reduce the heat to simmer. Stir occasionally, removing from the heat when the eggs are almost done but still a little wet. They will continue to cook.
  3. Spoon a generous helping of brisket and eggs onto a tortilla. Add some of the Guajillo steak sauce. Top with chopped white onions, cilantro, queso fresco, thin slices of fresh jalapeño peppers, and some pickled red onion. Serve with grilled green onions and garnish with lime slices.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tacosCalories: 574kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 39gFat: 41gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 416mgSodium: 947mgPotassium: 754mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1820IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 188mgIron: 5mg

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