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Mexi scramble

Eggs for breakfast, lunch or dinner! This delicious Mexican spiced scramble for two is easy to make, vegetarian and provides you with 5½ of your 5-a-day.

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 2 people
Ratings: 3.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 400g can chilli beans
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • ¼ cup skim milk
  • pepper, to season
  • 1 red capsicum, diced
  • 1 courgette, diced
  • 1 small red onion, diced
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • ¼ cup sweet corn kernels
  • 2 soft corn tortillas, warmed (we used Tio Pablo)
  • 2 tablespoons chipotle sauce (we used Culley’s)
  • coriander leaves, to serve
  • 2 tablespoons low-fat plain Greek-style yoghurt, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place beans in a sieve over a bowl to drain. Reserve any sauce that drains off and set beans aside.

    2 Combine beaten eggs with milk and season with pepper. Set aside.

    3 Heat a large pan over a medium-high heat. Spray with oil. Add capsicum, courgette and red onion and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes. Add tomatoes and corn kernels and stir to combine. Add beans and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

    4 Add egg mixture to pan. Stir gently to make a scramble. As soon as egg is set, remove from heat.

    5 Combine chipotle sauce with reserved chilli bean sauce. Serve eggs with warmed tortillas and garnished with coriander, yoghurt, and chipotle sauce.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check chilli beans, chipotle sauce and Greek-style yoghurt are gluten free.

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