Potato and Sausage Breakfast Burritos- A Simple High Protein Vegan Breakfast Food
Prep time 10 minutes | Cook Time 30-40 minutes
I love making a big breakfast on the weekends and especially when I have friends over. This
meatless breakfast burrito is filled with homemade tofu sausage, potatoes, green chilis, avocado, vegan cheese and tomatoes.
Not only is this is a nutritious and yummy, protein rich vegan breakfast that will keep you satiated until lunch time, I have served ito to many non-vegans and they are always devoured.
This is also a great vegan meal prep idea. I love to make a big batch of the filling and have it on hand for lunch on-the-go or a quick and easy vegetarian dinner. I also love to transform these into handheld breakfast sandwiches, check out my linked YouTube video below to see how I do that. Be sure to give these vegan breakfast burritos a try and let me know what you think in the comments!
Ingredients & Instructions
For the Potatoes (oven baked home fries)
3 medium yellow potatoes- cut into 1 inch small pieces
½ yellow onion diced
⅙ cup olive oil
1 roasted hatch green chili - skin & seeds removed, diced, (if you use a hot chili only use one, if you use mild you can use more!)
Mix the above ingredients in a covered oven safe dish, sprinkle salt on the potatoes, mix and sprinkle salt on the potatoes again
Be sure to mix well then bake in an oven safe covered pan at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are tender
For the Tofu Sausage/Burrito Filling
1 package of firm tofu (see notes and adjustments)
2-3 diced cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of fennel seeds
1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
1 teaspoon of oregano
1 tablespoon of sage
3/4 - 1 cup of high quality vegan chicken broth (I like Better than Bouillon Vegetarian No Chicken broth)
2 tablespoons of tamari, Bragg’s Liquid Aminos, or soy sauce
Juice of ½ of a lemon
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ t red pepper flakes (optional)
Grape or cherry tomatoes
Avocado slices
Shredded vegan cheese
Salsa
Instructions to Make the Tofu Sausage
Put the garlic and fennel in a bowl and mash together with a pestle- or you can use the back of a spoon, this will just release the flavors a bit
Pour enough vegan chicken broth (about 1/2 cup) into the bottom of a saute pan to just barely cover it, saute the garlic and fennel in the liquid for a few minutes until the garlic is fragrant. Alternatively you can saute in oil but the broth is a bit healthier and I don’t miss the oil in this recipe
Be sure to press all the liquid or squeeze all of the liquid out of your tofu, then crumble it into the saute pan with the fennel and garlic
Allow the tofu to cook with the fennel and garlic for a few minutes while you make up your sausage marinade flavoring stirring occasionally to be sure it doesn’t stick
Mix the following ingredients in a small bowl then pour over your cooking tofu, mix very well and cook over medium low heat until all of the liquid is absorbed
1 teaspoon of paprika
1 teaspoon of oregano
1 tablespoon of sage
2 tablespoons of the vegan chicken broth
2 tablespoons of tamari, Bragg’s Liquid Aminos, or soy sauce
Juice of ½ of a lemon
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ t red pepper flakes (optional)
To Build Your Burritos!
Heat up a tortilla
Add in a scoop of potatoes
Add in a scoop of tofu sausage
Add in a few tomatoes (these will brighten up the flavors)
Add in a few slices of avocado
Optionally add in a small bit of salsa
Add in vegan cheddar cheese
Roll up your burrito! If you aren’t sure how, check out my YouTube video and I will show you how
Enjoy!
Notes and Adjustments:
I usually freeze my tofu, then thaw it, before I use it in this recipe, it gives it a much nicer texture, however if you don’t freeze it it will work just as well, just be sure to squeeze out all the liquid before you saute it.
Hatch green chilis are a must for this recipe, if you can’t find them in your local store check out my links below, you can order them online. If you are using HOT hatch chilis stick to only one until you try this once. They tend to be very hot, no really, even if you like it spicy!
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whole mild chilis https://amzn.to/3KiSvkn (amazon)
diced mild chilis https://amzn.to/3KhTC3J (amazon)
Better than Bouillon Vegetarian No Chicken Base https://amzn.to/4crZBPu (amazon)
