Back to School Meal Prep

I’ve been trying to come up with some easy breakfast meal prep ideas now that my boys are back in school, and these green chile breakfast enchiladas are definitely going into the rotation.

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Watch the recipeSydney Woods

Sydney Woods

Easy Green Chile Breakfast Enchiladas

A make-ahead breakfast enchilada with browned sausage, hash browns, eggs and green chilies rolled in tortillas, topped with a creamy green chili sauce and baked until hot and bubbly.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 40

Servings: 6 servings

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

1 lb* breakfast sausage browned
2 cups* hash browns
6* eggs scrambled
4 oz* hatch green chilies canned
1 cup* pepper jack cheese shredded
8* tortillas for rolling
2 tablespoons* butter for sauce
2 tablespoons* flour for sauce
1 cup* milk for sauce
4 oz* green chilies canned, for sauce
1 teaspoon* garlic powder
1 teaspoon* onion powder
1/2 teaspoon* pepper
1/8 teaspoon* cumin a pinch
1 cup* cheese shredded, for topping

Method

Brown up some breakfast sausage.
Add hash browns and scramble in a few eggs.
Mix in the hatch green chilies and any cheese you have on hand (today pepper jack).
Roll everything up in tortillas.
Make a quick creamy green chili sauce with butter, flour, milk, another can of green chilies, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper and a pinch of cumin.
Pour the sauce over the rolled tortillas.
Top with more cheese and bake until it’s hot and bubbly.

Notes

Amounts marked * are estimates based on the video.

Servings and times are estimates based on the video.

It’s easy to make ahead and reheats really well.

I just brown up some breakfast sausage, add hash browns, scramble in a few eggs, then mix in Hatch green chiles and any cheese I have on hand. Today I use pepper jack.

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A hand places seasoned sausage, egg and hash brown filling onto an open flour tortilla ready to be rolled.

Creamy Green Chile Sauce

Roll everything up in tortillas, then pour over a quick creamy green chile sauce made with butter, flour, milk, another can of green chiles, and my favorite spices:

Creamy white green chile sauce is being poured from a pot over rolled tortillas lined up in a baking dish.

Garlic powder
Onion powder
Pepper
Just a pinch of cumin

Top with more cheese and bake until it’s hot and bubbly.

A spatula lifts a golden, cheesy baked enchilada out of the pan showing the finished dish fresh from the oven.

Make Ahead Breakfast

The green chiles are super mild. They’re not spicy. They just add so much flavor.

It’s easy to make ahead, reheats really well, and, honestly, makes those busy school mornings so much easier.