Breakfast Soft Yolk Burrito with runny yolks, cheese and meat of your choice make a delicious quick breakfast.
Breakfast Soft Yolk Burrito
Breakfast Soft Yolk Burrito is a combination of a scrambled egg and sunny side up eggs. Firm whites with loose yellow yolks make for the best egg, cheese and bacon burrito. No more dry and hard egg burritos!
Schmear Tortilla with Cream Cheese
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Ingredients for Breakfast Soft Yolk Burritos
- Eggs
- Cream Cheese
- Butter
- Cheese
- Ham, Bacon or Sausage (optional)
Pro Tip: A little smear of cream cheese will add creaminess to the breakfast burrito.
Heat Cast Iron and Add Butter
Greasing Skillet
- Heat your skillet up prior to adding in the fat. This will help your pan to become non-stick. I recommend the Lodge 8″ Cast Iron Skillet.
- Butter, olive oil, bacon grease, shortening, whatever you normally use to grease your skillet is what to use!
Pro Tip: Chop up the meat of your choosing so that it will cook faster and you will get some in every bite!
Think about making some awesome Air Fryer Greasy Spoon Home Fried Potatoes. Oh gosh, they are so delicious!!!
Cook Meat First
Burrito Add Ins
- Bacon
- Ham
- Sausage
- Red, Green, Orange, Yellow Bell Peppers
- Mushrooms
All the above add ins work well in this Breakfast Soft Yolk Burrito. I used ham, but you could use ground leftover turkey, chicken, bacon, turkey sausage. The possibilities are endless. You could also skip the meat.
Pro Tip: The meat and eggs should be mostly cooked prior to adding the eggs. The eggs cook so fast and in order to keep the yolks runny, any add ins should be cooked or mostly cooked first.
I love my Lamson Sharp Chef’s Slotted Turner and recommend it for flipping eggs and any place where you need a good, thin spatula. In my Instant Pot New York Cheesecake #1 Best Recipe you can see how easy it works to remove the cheesecake from the pan.
Grate in Cheddar Cheese
Once the white part of the eggs are cooked, add your favorite cheese. Cheddar cheese is always a great choice in burritos.
Blocks of cheese will melt better than pre-shredded cheese. A good Microplane Artisan Course Grater will easily grate the cheese.
Add Grated Cheese to Cast Iron Pan Over Egg Yolks
Best Type of Cheese
- Any cheese you like is the best type. The important thing is to grate it yourself.
- Blocks of cheese will melt better and taste fresher than packaged shredded cheese.
- Package shredded cheese has a starch coating to keep the cheese from sticking together. This causes the cheese to dry up and not melt well.
Some of the cheese will melt, but mostly the cheese will just become warm, which is perfect.
If you LOVE cheese, try my Instant Pot Bagels Lox and Cream Cheese Pasta for dinner!
Crack Egg Yolks
Lodge 8″ Cast Iron Skillet stays very hot long after use, so turning off the burner prior to the yolks cooking is a perfect trick for runny eggs.
They yolk will quickly warm, but remain runny!
The heat of the cast iron skillet will melt the cheese and cook the yolks enough so that they are not raw, and won’t drip out of your burrito, but loose enough for those who like soft yolks.
Add More Cheese to Breakfast Soft Yolk Burrito
The heat from the eggs will melt the cheese enough.
Once the burrito is sealed, the cheese will continue to melt and be absolutely perfect.
Breakfast Soft Yolk Burritos are so delicious as there are stages of melty cheese inside!
Side Dishes for Soft Egg Yolk Burrito
Remember to Heat the Tortilla Shell Before Filling!
The little schmear of cream cheese seriously gives breakfast burritos a creamy taste.
Scoop the eggs to once side of the tortilla, giving room on both sides to tuck in and fold.
Quickly Roll Up Tortilla
Roll up the burrito by first folding in the ends and then rolling up.
Perfectly Delicious Runny Yolk Burrito
Take a bite and say ummmmmmm! You will see burritos in a whole new light. No more dry and hard eggs! Soft yolks are the way to go!
More Breakfast Recipes to Make:
- Sous Vide Bacon and Jarlsberg Egg Bites (Starbucks)
- Low Carb Air Fryer Radish Hash Browns / Home Fries
- Low Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake Pancakes
- Pressure Cooker Spanish Tortilla {Potato & Egg Frittata}
Kitchen Equipment and Essentials
- Lodge 8″ Cast Iron Skillet
- Amco Advanced Performance 18/10 Stainless Steel Measuring Spoons
- J.A. Henckels Classic 8 inch Chef’s Knife
- di Oro Living Silicone Spatulas Set
- LamsonSharp Chef’s Slotted Turner– I totally love this spatula!
- Porcelain & Bamboo Salt Box with Spoon
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Here is the handy printable recipe:
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Bacon Grease or other fat
- Ham chopped (or other meat)
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 Tortilla
- 1 Tablespoon Cream Cheese Optional
- 2 ounces cheddar cheese or other cheese
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Instructions
- Heat cast iron skillet over medium heat.
- Add in the fat.
- Toss in the ham and lightly brown.
- Smear cream cheese on tortilla.
- Crack the eggs into the skillet and scramble just the whites.
- Grate in the cheese.
- Turn off burner and crack the yolks.
- Mix together to achieve desired yolk preference.
- Add mixture on top of cream cheese.
- Roll up.
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Breakfast Soft Yolk Egg Burrito
Eye like your descriptive style of writing. I cook my egg Tacos as you describe. Turn of burner pan will continue to cook… hot eggs will melt cheese.
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Thank you, Randal! Jill
“Pro Tip: The meat and eggs should be mostly cooked prior to adding the eggs.”???? Had to read this a couple x’s, maybe I need another cup of coffee. Then some of my backyard eggs. Course I’m missing a few things: cream cheese, tortilla, cilantro, salsa. Sounds GREAT!!!
Store time.
Been making an egg burrito for years and years. Love it.
Quite impressed with your egg burrito recipe. Looks amazing. Can’t wait to make it and eat it!! This web site is excellent including the pictures and demonstrations. Looking forward to your emails. Thank you.
Dear Sandra. Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words. Enjoy the burrito (and other recipes)! Jill