Green Eggs and Spam Tacos
These adult-friendly Green Eggs and Spam Tacos are a fun and flavorful breakfast that feature crispy fried spam, sauteed spinach, and roasted garlic chimichurri eggs. No green food coloring required!
Servings 2 people
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 slices spam (¼ inch thick slices, cut into cubes or rectangles)
- 6 large eggs
- 1 ½ tablespoons roasted garlic chimichurri (see recipe above)
- 1 pat butter
- 2 handfuls fresh spinach
- 4 street style flour tortillas
- salt and pepper (to taste)
- feta or other crumbly cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Cook the spam cubes or rectangles in a pan over medium-high heat, flipping occasionally, for 5-6 minutes or until slightly crisp. Remove from pan and let cool on paper towels to remove excess grease.4 slices spam
- Crack 6 large eggs into a bowl. Add 1 ½ tablespoons Roasted Garlic Chimichurri to the bowl. Whisk vigorously until well combined.6 large eggs, 1 ½ tablespoons roasted garlic chimichurri
- Reduce heat in the pan to medium and add a pat of butter (if necessary, though there may be enough Spam grease to use). When the butter has melted, add the egg and chimichurri mixture.
- Cook, moving the eggs across the pan frequently, until desired cook is achieved.
- In another pan, melt a pat of butter over medium heat. Add two generous handfuls of spinach to the pan, along with a few dashes of salt and pepper. Cook until just wilted, around 2-3 minutes.2 handfuls fresh spinach
- Remove eggs and spinach from heat and get ready to assemble!
- Put two tortillas on each plate. Divide spinach evenly amongst four tacos. Divide chimichurri scrambled eggs evenly between four tacos. Divide Spam evenly between four tacos.
- Garnish with additional Roasted Garlic Chimichurri and/or feta (or other crumbly cheese). Enjoy your adult-friendly Green Eggs and Spam!