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Mexican-spiced scramble

Eggs for breakfast, lunch or dinner! This delicious Mexi scramble for one is vegetarian, easy to make and provides you with five+ vegie serves in one hit.

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 1 person
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 200g chilli beans (½ x 400g can)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-fat milk
  • cracked black pepper
  • 1 small red capsicum, finely diced
  • 1 small zucchini/ courgette, finely diced
  • ½ small red onion, diced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • ¼ cup corn kernels
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle sauce
  • 1 soft corn tortilla, warmed
  • fresh coriander leaves, to serve
  • 1 tablespoon low-fat plain 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 Spray a large pan with oil and set over medium-high heat. Add capsicum, zucchini and
    red onion and cook, stirring, for 3-4 minutes. Add diced tomato and corn 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 tortilla
    and garnished with coriander leaves, yoghurt and chipotle sauce mix.

    Variations

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

    HFG tip

    If you don’t want to use your leftover beans right away, pop them in the freezer for later use.

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