How to Use Eggs & Cheese in an Enchilada (6 Steps)

While an enchilada filled with scrambled eggs and topped with cheese makes a special breakfast, it works equally as well as a breakfast-for-dinner meal when you add a side of beans and a green salad. Use your favorite enchilada seasonings in a plain enchilada, or adopt some typical flavors of Mexico where eggs are commonplace and cooked either ranch-style with a tomato and chile sauce as huevos rancheros; cooked with green chiles, onions and fresh tomatoes as huevos a la Mexicana; or cooked with beef jerky or sausage as machacado con huevo and huevos chorizo.

Things You'll Need

  • Vegetable oil, butter or non-stick cooking spray
  • Baking dish
  • Enchilada sauce
  • Small bowl
  • Fork or whisk
  • Two skillets
  • Corn or flour tortillas
  • Large spoon
  • Shredded cheese

Instructions

  1. Spread a thin layer of oil or non-stick spray along the bottom and sides of a baking dish so the enchiladas won't stick, and spread about 1/2 cup of enchilada sauce, either green, red or white, onto the bottom of the dish as well. Set the dish aside.

  2. Beat eggs with a fork or whisk in a small bowl with a little salt and pepper only long enough to combine the yolks and white. The more you beat, the tougher the eggs will become.

  3. Cook the eggs over medium-low heat in oil or butter in a skillet, stirring constantly until large curds form. Continue cooking until the eggs have just set and are no longer runny, about 2 minutes for every 6 eggs, but do not cook them completely.

  4. Place corn tortillas individually in a separate frying pan to warm them slightly for easier rolling. Alternatively, microwave an oiled stack of tortillas for about 1 minute. Flour tortillas are already pliable enough to roll without warming them.

  5. Spoon about 1/3 cup of the scrambled eggs into each tortilla. Roll the tortillas and place them, seam sides down, into the baking dish. Pour enough enchilada sauce over the tortillas to cover them completely and run down the sides.

  6. Sprinkle the enchiladas with shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese and bake them at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 40 minutes until the cheese and sauce are bubbling. Let the dish stand for 5 minutes before serving to cool off slightly.