We're Flipping for Chef John's Crispy Rolled Breakfast Burrito
Chef John gets the breakfast burrito right. The secret is his tortilla flipping technique, which totally browns and crisps the tortilla.
I like burritos, and I love breakfast, but I've never been a huge fan of breakfast burritos. Maybe I've just not enjoyed one made by a true master of the craft, but the ingredients, especially the scrambled eggs component, never seemed to fully integrate with each other. And yes, I might be overthinking this. Still, I wanted to try to make one where the eggs, cheese, and tortilla were much more connected, and somehow cooked together, verses just some scrambled eggs wrapped in a tortilla.
The good news is, I think we did just that, the bad news is you have to be able to flip something over in a pan without having your breakfast burrito turn into a breakfast stovetop. Even an experienced flipper such as myself had an issue, although in fairness I was doing it from the side, so as not to block the camera, but still, if there's a flaw with this technique, that's it.
However, if you can effectively flip, and stick the landing, you'll be enjoying what I think is a superior breakfast burrito. Besides the ingredients being more harmonized, we also get 100% of the surface area of our tortilla browned and crispy. So, I guess what I'm saying is get in there and practice, and, as always, enjoy!
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