Sausage and Egg Breakfast Scramble
Powdered eggs, shelf-stable sausage, and cheese in one pan, rolled into a tortilla.
- calories
- 620
- weight
- 5.5 oz
- cal / oz
- 113
- protein
- 30 g
- serves
- 2, scales
- prep
- 5 min
- cook
- 10 min
- total time
- 15 min
- water
- 180 ml boiled
- cost
- $$
Calorie and protein figures are my own estimates, good enough for planning a food bag and not meant as precise nutrition data.
- Breakfast
- Canister stove
- Campfire coals
- Car camping
- Basecamp
- Backpacking
- One pot
- Pre-mix at home
- Shelf stable
- Basic
Ingredients
| Powdered whole egg | 3/4 cup | reconstitutes to about 6 eggs |
|---|---|---|
| Shelf-stable precooked breakfast sausage | 6 oz | vacuum-sealed maple links, chopped |
| Dried diced onion | 2 tbsp | |
| Dried diced bell pepper | 2 tbsp | |
| Hard cheddar | 2 oz | grated at camp or diced |
| Real bacon bits | 1/4 cup | the shelf-stable jarred kind |
| Onion powder, salt, pepper | 1 tsp total | |
| Oil or ghee | 1 tbsp | |
| Flour tortillas | 4 small |
Method
- Cover the dried onion and pepper with about 60 ml of hot water and leave them for five minutes. They stay crunchy otherwise.
- Whisk the egg powder into 120 ml of warm water until no lumps remain. Do this before the pan is hot.
- Heat the oil, add the chopped sausage and the drained vegetables, and cook until the onion picks up some color.
- Pour in the egg. Stir slowly and scrape the bottom often. Pull it off the heat while it still looks slightly wet.
- Season, then fold in the cheese and bacon bits off the heat. Spoon into tortillas.
The original is an oven dish baked in tortilla bowls, which is not a thing you have at camp. Everything here does the same job in one pan: powdered egg instead of shells you would crack in your pack, vacuum-sealed sausage instead of refrigerated, dried onion and pepper instead of fresh. Soft tortillas replace the baked shells and pack better than anything rigid.
Rehydrating the vegetables separately is the step people skip. Dropped in dry, they pull water out of the egg and stay tough. The cheese and bacon go in after the heat is off so the cheese melts into the egg instead of frying onto the pan.
Packing
Egg powder, dried vegetables, and seasoning go in one bag. Sausage, cheese, and bacon bits ride separately since they are the greasy ones. Tortillas flat against the back panel of the pack.
Variations
- Skip the tortillas and stir in a handful of potato flakes for a heavier bowl.
- Hot sauce packets do more for this than any extra seasoning.
https://www.thisisnotdietfood.com/sausage-and-egg-breakfast-tacos