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Recipe tags: 5 or less ingredients, Beef, Egg, Mexican, Quick, Stove Top

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Breakfasts

Chorizo and Egg Tortilla

Recipe submitted by DaVita renal dietitian Elaine from Arizona.

Portions:   1

Serving size:  1/3 cup meat with one egg

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup Chorizo from Easy Chorizo recipe on DaVita.com
• 1 egg or 1/4-cup low-cholesterol egg product
• one 6” flour tortilla

Preparation

1. Cook 1/3-cup portion Easy Chorizo in a skillet on stove top, chopping meat into fine crumbles with a spatula. 
2. Drain excess fat and water, if needed. Once meat is thoroughly cooked, add 1 egg or 1/4-cup cholesterol-free egg product, stirring to combine as eggs are cooking.
3. Serve in a flour tortilla.

Nutrients per serving

• Calories:  227
• Protein:  17 g
• Carbohydrates:  15 g
• Fat: 11 g
• Cholesterol:  237 mg
• Sodium:  225 mg
• Potassium:  275mg
• Phosphorus:  195 mg
• Calcium:  41 mg
• Fiber:  1.3 g

Renal and Renal Diabetic Food Choices

• 2 meat
• 1 starch

Carbohydrate Choices

• 1

Helpful Hints

• Cook entire recipe at once, if desired, and freeze for later use. This is a quick and delicious way to increase protein intake at breakfast.

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  Joshua L. says:

I loved this recipe!

Reviewed: Apr. 11, 2009, 2:23 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

  felicia m. says:

love this recipe everyone in our family enjoys it

Reviewed: Apr. 08, 2009, 5:08 PM  -  Inappropriate review?   

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