Breakfast Recipes

Ingredients

• 1 Can (15 Ounce) Re-fried Beans
• 4 10–inch Flour Tortillas
• 2 Tablespoons Canola Oil
• ½ Pound shredded Mexican Cheese Blend
• 2 Cups coarsely chopped Chicharonnes or Pork Cracklins
• 4 Large Eggs
• ½ Cup Chopped Green Onions (with some tops)
• 1 ½ Cups prepared thick and Chunky Mexican Salsa, warmed

Directions

Place refried beans in a 1–quart pan and cook over low heat until hot, stirring occasionally (can be heated in the microwave too).

Immerse tortillas one at a time in warm water, and briefly drain. Oil two baking pans each 10×15–inches. lay tortillas flat in the pans and bake at 500° F until pale gold (about 4 minutes) Remove from oven and lower oven temperature to 350° F.

Sprinkle ¼ of the cheese and ¼ of the cracklins or chicharrones evenly around the outer edge of each tortilla. Be sure to cover tortilla edges completely to prevent too much browning.

Break an egg on the top center of each tortilla and return pans to the oven and bake until eggs are cooked the way you like them (4–5 minutes for soft yolks).

Carefully loosen tostatdas from the pan with a wide spatula. Transfer 1 tostada to each warm serving plate. Spoon the warm salsa on top of each and garnish with green onions.

Makes 4 Texas Servings

Recipe by Peter Halferty of Corpus Christi, TX
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cook time: 45 minutes

prep time: 30 minutes

servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 3 tsp of cooking oil
• 8-10 eggs, beaten lightly
• 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
• 7oz of pork rinds
• 2 chorizos (Mexican style sausage)
• 4 teaspoons of chopped cilantro leaves
• 2 cups of hot water
• Salt to taste
• Pickled jalapenos or hot sauce to garnish eggs
• Flour tortillas, warm (10-15 small)

Directions

Sautee onions in oil until transparent. Discard casing from chorizo. Add chorizo to onion and break it up with fork as it cooks. Soak pork rinds and cilantro in hot water until pork rinds are soft and tender. This will only take a minute or two. Drain the pork rinds and add them to the onion and chorizo mixture. Beat the eggs lightly, and add them in, scrambling them.

To serve, place a heaping tablespoon or more in the center of each hot flour tortilla. Add jalapenos or hot sauce to taste. Roll up tortilla like a taco and enjoy.

Comments from Our Recipe Testers

Could substitute other meat to make it less spicy.

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cook time: 5 minutes

prep time: 25 minutes

servings: 2 to 3

Ingredients

• ½ of a 3–oz. bag of unflavored pork rinds
• 2 eggs
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 3 pkts Splenda®
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon egg nog extract [optional]

Directions

Crumble pork rinds up until they resemble bread crumbs (use your food processor if you like—or put them in a Ziploc bag—air removed—and roll them with a rolling pin.) Set aside.

Beat eggs well and then mix with remaining ingredients and beat again. Add crushed pork rinds to the egg/cream mixture and allow to sit for approximately 5 minutes. Mixture will thicken to a “gloppy” phase during this time.

Meanwhile, heat skillet or griddle with butter or oil, and when hot, fry pancake style until golden brown on both sides. Serve with your favorite low-carb maple syrup (DaVinci, Keto, Atkins, Howards, etc, etc.)

If you don’t tell someone who eats them, they will never have a CLUE that these little french toast pancakes are made with pork rinds. And everyone loves ’em. Really. Yeah, really. Would I kid you?

Less than 1 carb per serving.

Extremely Important Notes:

Rinds that are super crunchy don’t work well for this. It’s also important that they be very well crushed—just one step above dust.

Also—remember to let it really get to its “gloppy” phase and don’t rush it. Plus, make sure the skillet is hot before you start adding the mix—with just enough oil to moisten bottom of pan but not enough to fry chicken in.

Lastly, while the egg nog extract is optional, it really adds something. If you don’t have any, we suggest you substitute a vanilla, rather than just leaving it out.

Adapted from Maehing Schenck from Summerville, SC
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prep time: less than 15 minutes

servings: 4 to 6

Ingredients

• 2 ounces pork rinds
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons granular sucrolose sweetener (e.g. Splenda) or regular sugar
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Directions

Spread the pork rinds out in a large baking dish. In a small bowl, stir together the cinnamon and sweetener. Drizzle the melted butter over the pork rinds while shaking the dish to evenly distribute the butter on all sides of the rinds. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and sweetener, stirring to coat.

Comments from Our Recipe Testers

Great for diabetics because it uses Splenda.

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