60 minutes•Medium•Serves 4
Shrimp and Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
By @chef10
A hearty and flavorful breakfast burrito filled with succulent shrimp, spicy chorizo, scrambled eggs, black beans, and a zesty chipotle crema. Perfect for a weekend brunch or a satisfying weekday breakfast.
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Ingredients
- ●170g Raw peeled shrimp
- ●4 oz chorizo
- ●4 large eggs
- ●60g Whole milk
- ●1/2 cup black beans
- ●1/4 cup red onion
- ●1/4 cup cilantro
- ●1 avocado
- ●280g Flour tortillas
- ●1 tbsp olive oil
- ●1.0g Salt
- ●120g Sour cream
- ●15g Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- ●15g Lime juice
- ●0.6g Black pepper
Instructions
- 1In a small bowl, combine sour cream, minced chipotle peppers, and lime juice. Mix well and set aside.
- 2Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chorizo and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until browned and cooked through. Remove chorizo from skillet and set aside.
- 3In the same skillet, add shrimp and cook for 2-3 minutes per side, or until pink and cooked through. Season with salt and pepper. Remove shrimp from skillet and set aside.
- 4In a bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture into the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until eggs are set but still slightly moist.
- 5Warm tortillas in a dry skillet or microwave until pliable.
- 6Spread a layer of chipotle crema on each tortilla. Divide scrambled eggs, chorizo, shrimp, black beans, red onion, cilantro, and avocado evenly among the tortillas.
- 7Fold in the sides of each tortilla, then fold up the bottom and roll tightly to form a burrito.
- 8Serve four burritos, one burrito per serving.
Recipe details
- Category
- Breakfast
- Preparation
- 38 minutes
- Cooking
- 22 minutes
Estimated total: 60 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- mix: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- saute: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
- mix: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- eggs scramble: 4 min planning allowance (eggs_scramble)
- tortilla warm: 0.5 min planning allowance (tortilla_warm)
- assemble: 5 min planning allowance (assemble)
- shape: 15 min planning allowance (shape)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
- Explicit reviewed multiplication: 2 sides/batch actions; source quantities and pan capacity reviewed.
- Explicit reviewed multiplication: 4 sides/batch actions; source quantities and pan capacity reviewed.
- Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount.
- eggs: USDA large portion weight
- Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
- black beans: USDA SR Legacy canned pinto beans, drained solids (174286), used as a disclosed comparable drained-legume nutrient approximation for black beans, not undrained canned-bean analysis. Black/pinto variety, brand and moisture vary. No rinsing-loss factor is invented; sodium uses the drained reference before any additional rinsing loss. Separate USDA cooked-black-bean cup weight used below, not a can-to-drained yield. (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/174286/nutrients)
- black beans: USDA Food Patterns Equivalents Database 2015–2016 methodology, Appendix 11: one cup equivalent cooked black beans = 175 g. Chosen cooked-solid volume approximation for already-drained black beans; separate pinto-drained nutrient profile. Residual moisture and packing vary; no unknown package drained yield calculated. (https://www.ars.usda.gov/arsuserfiles/80400530/pdf/fped/fped_1516.pdf)
- Selected drained solids for canned black beans.
- red onion: USDA cup, chopped portion weight
- Assumed red onion is a generic raw onion, chopped.
- cilantro: USDA cup portion weight
- avocado: USDA fruit, without skin and seed portion weight
- Selected California avocado as the first option for a whole avocado.
- Choose four 70g tortillas; source makes four burritos.
- olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
- Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
- Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce: USDA FoodData Central Branded: LAS PALMAS, published 2022-12-22; product-label estimate, formulation and label rounding may vary (https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2400063/nutrients)
- Chipotle-in-adobo product-label reference, selected for count or measured volume; brand varies.
- Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
- USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
- Flour tortillas: Choose four 70g tortillas; source makes four burritos. Original: {"item":"flour tortillas","amount":"4 large"}. Authored: {"item":"Flour tortillas","amount":"280g"}.
- Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"chipotle peppers in adobo sauce","amount":"1 tbsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce","amount":"15g"}.
- Lime juice: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"lime juice","amount":"1 tbsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Lime juice","amount":"15g"}.
- Whole milk: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"milk or cream","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Whole milk","amount":"60g"}.
- Sour cream: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"sour cream or Greek yogurt","amount":"1/2 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Sour cream","amount":"120g"}.
- Raw peeled shrimp: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"shrimp","amount":"12 large"}. Authored: {"item":"Raw peeled shrimp","amount":"170g"}.
- Salt: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Salt and pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1.0g"}.
- Black pepper: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.6g"}.
- Flour tortillas: Choose four 70g tortillas; source makes four burritos. Original: {"item":"flour tortillas","amount":"4 large"}. Authored: {"item":"Flour tortillas","amount":"280g"}.
- Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"chipotle peppers in adobo sauce","amount":"1 tbsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce","amount":"15g"}.
- Lime juice: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"lime juice","amount":"1 tbsp"}. Authored: {"item":"Lime juice","amount":"15g"}.
- Whole milk: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"milk or cream","amount":"1/4 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Whole milk","amount":"60g"}.
- Sour cream: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"sour cream or Greek yogurt","amount":"1/2 cup"}. Authored: {"item":"Sour cream","amount":"120g"}.
- Raw peeled shrimp: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"shrimp","amount":"12 large"}. Authored: {"item":"Raw peeled shrimp","amount":"170g"}.
- Salt: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Salt and pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"1.0g"}.
- Black pepper: Recipe Studio chosen explicit quantity for an ingredient required by the written method. Original: not separately listed. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.6g"}.
- Raw peeled shrimp: 170 g · USDA reference 174210
- chorizo: 113.4 g · USDA reference 173859
- eggs: 200 g · USDA reference 171287
- Whole milk: 60 g · USDA reference 171265
- black beans: 87.5 g · Food reference · Portion reference
- red onion: 40 g · USDA reference 170000
- cilantro: 4 g · USDA reference 169997
- avocado: 136 g · USDA reference 171706
- Flour tortillas: 280 g · USDA reference 175037
- olive oil: 13.5 g · USDA reference 171413
- Salt: 1 g · USDA reference 173468
- Sour cream: 120 g · USDA reference 171257
- Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce: 15 g · Food reference
- Lime juice: 15 g · USDA reference 168156
- Black pepper: 0.6 g · USDA reference 170931
shrimp · chorizo · breakfast burrito · scrambled eggs
Estimated nutrition per serving
587 calories · 25.4 g protein · 47.6 g carbohydrate · 33 g fat · 6.3 g fiber · 1251 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
Recipe Context
This recipe was created with the following context in mind:
breakfast
spring