Beef Chorizo Breakfast Tacos

A Breakfast Taco Worth Getting Up For

Chorizo does not have to come from a packet. A handful of smoked paprika, cumin and dried oregano turns good grass-fed ground beef into something deeply savoury and gently spiced in under ten minutes. Pile it into warm corn tortillas with soft scrambled eggs, a squeeze of lime and plenty of coriander, and you have a breakfast that eats like a weekend treat but comes together on a weekday morning.

Ingredients

Serves 4  |  Cost: $7.25 per serving  |  Total: $29.00  |  Ready in 20 min

• 450 g (1 lb) grass-fed ground beef
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon chilli flakes
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 6 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon beef tallow or olive oil
• 8 small corn tortillas
• 1 lime, cut into wedges
• Fresh coriander leaves, to serve
• Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Season the beef. Combine the ground beef with the smoked paprika, cumin, oregano, chilli flakes, vinegar, a generous pinch of salt and plenty of black pepper. Mix with your hands until the spices are evenly distributed and leave to sit for 5 minutes.
2. Brown the chorizo. Heat the tallow in a large heavy frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the seasoned beef and press it flat. Leave it undisturbed for 3 minutes to build a crust, then break it up and continue cooking for 5–6 minutes until cooked through and caramelised at the edges.
3. Scramble the eggs. Push the beef to one side of the pan. Pour the beaten eggs into the cleared space and stir gently with a spatula over low heat for 2 minutes until just set and still glossy. Fold the eggs loosely through the beef.
4. Warm the tortillas. Heat the corn tortillas in a dry pan for about 20 seconds per side until pliable and lightly blistered. Stack them in a clean tea towel to keep warm.
5. Build and serve. Spoon the beef and egg mixture into the warm tortillas. Top with coriander leaves, add a firm squeeze of lime, and serve immediately while everything is hot.

Nutritional & Dietary Notes

Dairy-Free

There is no milk, cream, butter or cheese in this recipe. Richness comes from the meat, the cooking fat and the aromatics rather than from dairy, which makes it a comfortable choice for anyone who is lactose intolerant or avoiding dairy altogether.

High Protein

Built around a generous serving of premium BC-sourced protein, this dish is designed to support muscle repair, satiety and steady energy through the day. It works particularly well as a post-training meal or as the anchor of a high-protein meal prep rotation.

Featured HOTRO.ca Product

This recipe is built around Grass-Fed Ground Beef from HOTRO.ca. We source premium BC-raised and ethically farmed meats and slow-simmered bone broth, so the quality of the core ingredient does most of the work for you. Substituting a lesser product will change the result more than any other single change you could make to this recipe.

Smoky chorizo-spiced grass-fed beef and soft scrambled eggs folded into warm corn tortillas.