Crunchy Breakfast Tacos Pampered Chef Food

KIDS CAN MAKE: CRUNCHY BREAKFAST TACOS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Warm the taco shells on a baking sheet, about 5 minutes.
• Crack the eggs into a bowl, add the taco seasoning and whisk well with a fork. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Melt the butter in the skillet; when it foams and bubbles, add the eggs and reduce the heat to low. Cook the eggs, stirring regularly with a wooden spatula to break them up, until set, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Line the center of each taco shell with about 2 generous tablespoons of the scrambled eggs. Top with some of the cheese, scallions and lettuce and a spoonful of salsa. Garnish with some chopped tomatoes, and serve with olives and sour cream on the side if using.

CRUNCHY BREAKFAST TACOS - PAMPERED CHEF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• For salsa, bring water to a boil in (2-qt.) Saucepan. Add tomatillos and jalapeño pepper; cook 5-8 minutes or until tomatillos are tender.
• Meanwhile, for tacos, chop cilantro and dice tomato using Santoku Knife; set aside.
• To finish salsa, transfer tomatillos from Saucepan to blender container using Slotted Spoon. Remove jalapeño pepper from Saucepan; test for spiciness. Add desired amount of pepper to blender; cover and blend until smooth. Add cilantro and salt; blend 2 seconds or until cilantro is coarsely chopped.
• To finish tacos, line up taco shells, side by side, in Medium Bar Pan; fill with half of the cheese. Bake 5-6 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from oven.
• As taco shells bake, whisk eggs and water in Small Batter Bowl. Place butter in (10-in.) Skillet; heat over medium heat 1-3 minutes or until foamy. Add eggs; cook and stir 2-3 minutes or until eggs begin to set. Add 1/4 cup of the salsa; cook 1-2 minutes or until eggs are completely set.
• To serve, spoon eggs evenly into shells; sprinkle with remaining cheese, cilantro and tomato. Serve with remaining salsa.
• Cook's Tips: Tomatillos are also referred to as "husk tomatoes" because of their papery outer skins. Tomatillos are quite tart and are typically cooked before using. When buying tomatillos, the husks should be fresh looking, not brown and wrinkled. The fruit should be firm to the touch and not "splitting" the husk.
• The heat level of jalapeño peppers can vary widely. To test for spiciness, cut off and taste the end. It's best to add the jalapeño pepper conservatively; it's far easier to spice up a mild salsa than to try to reduce the heat once too much has been added.

BREAKFAST TACOS

Steps:

• Set out bowls containing the fillings, cheese, salsa and cilantro.
• Each person builds their own taco by placing the fillings of their choice in the center of the tortilla, and topping it with cheese, salsa and a little cilantro.
• Fold the taco and eat as is, or if you prefer, fold the filled tortilla and spread some butter on the top half of the folded tortilla and place under the broiler a few minutes to"crisp" the top a bit and melt the cheese inside.
• One of my favorites is scrambled eggs, bacon, cheese, salsa and cilantro.
• Potato, egg and cheese with salsa tacos are popular in my household, too.

TACO RING - PAMPERED CHEF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Brown ground beef and drain off the grease.
• combine ground beef, taco seasoning, cheese and water.
• Unroll crescent rolls, seperate into triangles.
• Arrane triabgles in a circle on 13" baking stone with wide ends overlapping in center and points towards outside (there should be a 5" diameter opening triangle).
• Using medium stainless steel scoop, scoop meat mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle
• Bring points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of doughat center of ring (filling will not be completely covered.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.
• Cut up the rest of the veggies and prepare to top your taco ring when done baking.

CRISPY TACO BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray a mini-muffin pan lightly with vegetable oil.
• Seperate wonton wrappers and place one in each cup of the pan. Using the pampered chef mini tart shaper, press each wonton into the cup, keeping the cup area open. (If you don't have the tart shaper, just press down with your fingers, being careful not to tear the wonton).
• Combine all filling ingredients into a mixing bowl, and blend until smooth.
• Fill the wonton cups with a teaspoon each of the filling mixture.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until edges are slightly brown. Garnish with toppings of your choice.