Low-Carb Breakfast Tacos with Sausage, Peppers, and Eggs

Ingredients

• 8 fajita-size low-carb whole wheat tortillas
• 1 lb. turkey or pork ground breakfast sausage
• 2 tsp. + 2 tsp. olive oil
• 1 red pepper, chopped into small pieces
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped into small pieces
• 10 eggs, beaten to combine yolks and whites
• 1 can diced green chiles
• 1/2 tsp. Spike
• Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste for seasoning eggs
• 1 cup Mexican 4 Cheese Blend + more for adding at the table if desired
• Sour cream for serving, optional
• Salsa for serving, optional
• Green Tabasco Sauce, Cholula, or your favorite hot sauce for serving, optional

Directions

1. Before you turn on the stove, set out the tortillas, beaten eggs, grated cheese, sour cream, salsa, and hot sauce. The filling moves fast once it starts cooking, and these tacos are best assembled while everything is warm. If you are cooking for a few people, you can wrap the tortillas in foil and warm them in the oven while the filling cooks.
2. Warm 2 tsp. olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the sausage and cook it over medium-high heat, using your spatula to crumble it as it browns, until it is fully cooked and well colored.
3. As the sausage cooks, trim off the stem ends of the red and green bell peppers, remove the seeds, and chop the peppers into small pieces.
4. Once the sausage is browned and cooked through, stir in the chopped peppers. Cook for about 3-4 minutes more, just until the peppers begin to soften.
5. Transfer the sausage mixture to a plate, or use a second pan with the other 2 tsp. oil for the eggs. If you are including the diced green chiles, stir them into the eggs before the eggs go into the pan.
6. Warm the oil over medium heat, or medium-low if your stove runs hot. Once the oil is hot, pour in all the eggs at once.
7. Cook the eggs while stirring steadily with a turner, scraping the bottom and sides of the pan so the cooked bits keep moving into the softer eggs. Take them off the heat when they are mostly set but still look very moist. Do not push them too far, since they will keep cooking after the heat is off.
8. When the eggs are ready, slide them to one side of the pan and add the sausage and peppers. If the sausage mixture has cooled, warm it for a minute or two before combining.
9. Carefully fold the sausage, peppers, and eggs together until evenly mixed.
10. Warm the tortillas one at a time in the microwave, or take them from the oven if you warmed them in foil.
11. Spoon the sausage, pepper, and egg filling into each tortilla, then sprinkle each one with about 2 tablespoons of grated cheese.
12. Serve the tacos hot, with extra cheese, salsa, sour cream, and your preferred hot sauce for adding at the table.