Homemade Breakfast Burritos with Potatoes

Name: Homemade Breakfast Burritos with Potatoes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 6 flour tortillas; 1 lb sausage meat (remove from casings, if any); 3 medium potatoes (grated); 6 large eggs; 3 Tbsp olive oil; sea salt (to taste); black pepper (to taste); 8 oz cream cheese; 2 medium avocados (pitted and diced); 2-3 medium tomatoes (chopped); 1 small red onion (chopped); fresh parsley (chopped)

Jump to Recipe

These nifty potato breakfast burritos are absolutely delicious, and only require 10 minutes to prep!

A stack of breakfast burritos with another burrito half leaning on the side.

Burritos are an easy breakfast idea for busy mornings or a weekend brunch for your family. They’re great to have before leaving for work! These hot burritos are stuffed with cream cheese, potatoes, scrambled eggs, avocados, fresh parsley, red onion, and ground sausage meat. Then, they’re wrapped in flour tortillas, so you can start your day with an excellent breakfast.

Now lunch can have fries, and dinner can have a side of roasted potatoes. But breakfast potatoes hit your tongue differently in the morning when you season them right. With just a touch of salt and black pepper, you can’t go wrong with adding them to your own breakfast burritos.

While sweet potatoes can be an interesting choice, I prefer regular potatoes. Their savory and delicious flavor goes best in hearty breakfast burritos. If you like a spicy breakfast burritos recipe, the potatoes are the best place to add the spice. You can improvise all you want and cater to your taste buds!

Table of Contents

Breakfast Meal prep

These Potato Breakfast Burritos are the perfect start to your day! Make them the night before and heat them up in the morning for a grab-and-go breakfast. A great way to make them for a big crowd is to place them in a single layer on a cookie sheet and warm them in the oven until slightly golden brown for the last step.

Freezer Breakfast Burritos!

Yes, you can make the burritos ahead of time, but you don’t have to heat them up in the skillet for the final step. Place the burritos into a freezer-friendly air-tight container or a freezer Ziploc bag. They’re good to enjoy for up to 6 months. Next time you need one of those easy breakfasts, these make-ahead breakfast burritos can come out in a pinch.

Key Ingredients

Breakfast burritos ingredients olive oil, sausage meat, potatoes, avocado, red onion, tomatoes, cream cheese, pepper, salt, eggs, tortillas, and parsley.

Tortillas: I use flour tortillas, you could also use whole wheat or gluten-free tortillas.

Meat: Ground sausage meat, you could also use ground breakfast sausage meat.

Potatoes: Cut very thin or shredded. (No time to cut potatoes? Use frozen and shredded hash browns.)

Eggs: large ones.

Oil: Extra-virgin olive oil.

Sea salt and black pepper to taste (a couple of pinches of each)

Cheese: For a creamy center, I use cream cheese.

Avocado: Optional.

Tomatoes: Medium size.

Onion: Red onion, but yellow would work too.

Herbs: fresh parsley. You could also swap for fresh cilantro.

This is a great recipe to save for when you need to feed a crowd. Use it as a delicious recipe to make ahead for breakfast.

Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.

How to make Homemade Breakfast Burritos

Step 1: Start cooking

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil and sausage meat. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer cooked meat into a small bowl.

Steps 2 & 3: Prepare and cook potatoes

Peel and grate the potatoes.

In the same pan as the sausage add potatoes and cook until golden brown, stirring constantly. Remove potatoes with cooked meat into a small bowl.

Step 4: Cook eggs

In a separate bowl, whisk 6 large eggs and add them to the same pan you used for the potatoes and meat. Season with salt and pepper. Stirring occasionally cook scrambled eggs.

Step 5: Chop vegetables

Chop 3 medium tomatoes, fresh parsley, 1 red onion, and 2 avocados.

a cutting board with chopped tomatoes red onion avocado and parsley.

Step 6: Spread cream cheese

Spread cream cheese over the center of each flour tortilla.

a tortilla with cream cheese in the center spread out.

Step 7: Add fillings

To assemble, place eggs over cream cheese, then place potatoes, meat and veggies.

a tortilla with all of the burrito toppings in the center.

Step 8: Fold the burrito

Fold the sides of the tortilla, then roll up burrito style. Repeat with remaining tortillas.

Step 9: Heat the burritos

Heat up a clean medium skillet on medium-low, and warm each tortilla on both sides, until lightly browned.

Expert Tips

Ensure a tight and secure wrap to prevent the burrito from falling apart while eating.
Set out the cream cheese for several hours before using. This way, it is room temperature and easy to spread.
Cook potatoes in batches if needed. Overcrowding the pan can lead to uneven cooking and steaming instead of browning.
For spicy breakfast burritos, add the spice into the potatoes while you’re cooking them. Use red pepper flakes, onion powder, or garlic powder. Additionally, sprinkle hot sauce before rolling the tortilla!
To reheat a frozen burrito, place it into the microwave for 1-2 minutes. Once the inside is warm, it is ready to eat!
Add shredded cheese to the inside of these tortillas for extra flavor. I recommend using shredded Monterey jack cheese for the best cheese flavors.

Recipe FAQs

Can I use pre-cooked sausage?

Yes, you can use pre-cooked sausage if you’re looking to save time. Adjust the cooking time accordingly to heat it up.

Can I substitute the sausage with bacon or other meats?

Certainly, feel free to customize the burrito with your preferred meat choice.

Can I make a vegetarian version?

Certainly, omit the sausage and consider adding sautéed vegetables or plant-based protein alternatives.

breakfast burritos resting on top of one another.

Other Delicious Egg Breakfast Recipes:

Breakfast is one of my favorite meals of the day, especially during the weekends. Some of my favorite breakfast recipes are:

Breakfast egg muffins, which are also great to reheat for the week ahead.
This sweet potatoes breakfast skillet dish is also perfect for a hearty breakfast.

Enjoy more potato recipes

If you tried these Homemade Breakfast Burritos or any other recipe on my website, please leave a 🌟 star rating and let me know how you enjoyed it in the📝 comments below. I love hearing from you!