Just let this happen.
We really just need to… we really need to just let this happen.
Put an egg on absolutely anything and call it breakfast. ย That means that putting an egg on top of this melty mixture of warm corn chips, cheese, black beans, fresh corn and salsa is totally a legit breakfast.
It’s like a breakfast burrito, but more crunchy. ย It’s like breakfast tacos, but more crunchy. ย It’s like eggs over easy, on top of a crazy amount of crunchy chips. ย I promise that this breakfast will inspire at least 14 minutes of absolute breakfast table silence… aside from the crunching (you totally knew I was going to say that).
You don’t need me to tell you how to make nachos. ย You know that you pretty much have this one covered.
I used chips (naturally), drained black beans, shredded cheese, some leftover shredded beef, and an ear of corn.
Slice the corn from the cob (getting it all over your kitchen counter… it’s just the way things go). ย Grab the salsa… let’s do this!
Pile everything delicious onto the chips. ย It’s art.
I cook the eggs separately, and save the fresh avocado and salsa for topping.
What’s that? ย You want sour cream? ย Well, why not! ย Go for it!
Fried eggs, cooked up in a skillet, top these fresh-from-the-oven nachos. ย Throw on the salsa, avocado, and anything else that makes you happy. ย You might consider hot sauce, green onions, or pickled jalapeno. ย Don’t let em get cold. ย Get on in there.
Breakfast Nachos
If feels silly to write a recipe for nachos. ย It’s more about how hungry you are, and how much you feel like sharing. ย Here are the essentials:
Corn tortilla chips
Sharp cheddar cheese and/or jack cheese, shredded
One can drained black or pinto beans
Shredded chicken or beef
Fresh corn sliced from the cob
Salsa
Sliced ripe avocado
Eggs over easy.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. ย Line a baking sheet with parchment paper for easy clean-up. ย Layer corn chips across the pan. ย Sprinkle over cheese, beans, meat, and fresh corn. ย Place in the oven and heat through until everything is warm and cheese is melted, about 7 minutes. ย While nachos are in the oven, cook eggs, over easy, in a nonstick pan. ย When nachos are melted and still warm, slide eggs onto nachos. ย Top with salsa and avocado. ย Serve immediately. ย
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The Dish looks so delicious, I am going to try this to make.
The Dish looks so perfect And delicious, I am going to try this to make.
I might use crumbled sausage or bacon; and a Bloody Mary to wash it down! Hello!
I am always looking for ways to get more veggies in for breakfast. This looks like a great option. Nachos for breakfast?! Yes please! I’ve seen a sort of similar recipe that substituted potato wedges for chips. I wonder if that would work here.
Great spin on huevos rancheros!! I love that you took the corn right off the cob instead of using canned corn. This would make for a quick and delicious brunch!
Oh my goodness, I think I may have fallen in love a little bit. I’ve never considered making breakfast nachos but I’m definitely putting this on my to-do list now. Drool.
to this i say, WHY NOT!!! nacho bad at all! definitely exactly like a breakfasty burrito but with a delightful crunch. you always seem to be making what i’m craving, joy!
Breakfast for dinner tonight and these were delicious! Big hit with the family. Yummy! Thanks for the recipe!! I had featured u in the post of Top 7 Healthy Coarse Cereals Breakfast on AllFreshRecipes.I will pay close attention to ur newly Eats!
Oh! Thats almost exactly what we call in Mรฉxico “chilaquiles con huevo” (Google image search) and it is the most popular hangover dish :D
This just inspired me to use last nights taco leftovers for breakfast..fantastic
perfect!
I did not think it was possible, but I think I love you even more for this post alone. Sweet Jesus, cannot wait to try this…
Oh yum! Egg and avocado make everything better. And for breakfast? Brilliant.
I’m a London lass but I went to NYC at the beginning of the year and had a breakfast like this. My mouth still waters at the memory. Thanks for the recipe, I’ll be trying it out soon x
…swoon
Breakfast of champions? I think soooo!!! Eggs are always on the menu for the weekend. I shall add this recipe to the mix :) Thanks!
Thank you to Rachel for mentioning this recipe on facebook. Love, love this! Quite frankly, put an egg on anything and it makes it amazing. I love these and I need to make these soon!
I’ve had breakfast pizza before, so breakfast nachos doesn’t really sound that weird. I’ll have to try it provided I can convince my husband to not eat all the chips first!
joy, this is my 20th recipe from yours!:) love. love. loved it. i used what i had on hand- refried beans, ground turkey meat, and chopped tomatoes instead of salsa( which i think i will always use when i make this again). i love your simple savory recipes, they always turn out so well! i also added parsley on top.
This looks so yummy! We love nachos! :)
These look amazing! What a great breakfast :) or lunch, snack, etc/…
Made this for lunch today. Yum-diddy (as my son would say). Thanks for the idea!
This looks too good to be true!
You’re a genius, Joy!
This looks so, so good.
But I gotta tell you about a real game-changer. Stick the ear of corn in the center of a bundt pan, and chop off the kernels, letting them fall into the greater pan area. What?! It’s so smart, I wish I thought of it.
I’ve done this before but yours looks a lot more scrumptious. And avocados with my nachos is something I need to try ASAP.
I LOVE this idea! Why not? After all it’s not really all that different from huevos rancheros…except for the crunchiness…
What a great breakfast. I can’t wait to try it.
Love ice cream cones. I recently had a double scoop chocolate cone during a trip to the beach. The cone was dipped in chocolate too. The best summertime treat.
can’t wait till sunday-breakfast
Thank you. This is a real treat. I cannot wait to wake up in the morning and bake this baby up!
Great way to justify having nachos for breakfast. Love any excuse to have some nachos!
This is hilarious! I have never had nachos for breakfast, but I’m sure it is high time that I change that. I made nachos the other night and actually thought of doing a post over the perfect nachos.
Thanks for the inspiration!
OMG.
Doing this.
Like now. Kay? Kay.
I love this idea! Any excuse to eat nachos… I’m in! Delish!
I’m the biggest fan of heavy breakfasts, but this looks so amazing!! Maybe it’s the pretty picture or the fact that it has eggs on top…I just love eggs, especially if they’re runny.
i loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee looking at your blog you make me feel like nah nah nah please marry me and cook me fooooooooooooooooood
Nachos for breakfast? I’m in!
Beautiful!!
I totally agree, an egg on top of anything can pretty much get qualified as breakfast..
this looks yum!
we once ate at a restaurant in Asheville, NC that topped their nachos with an egg….which I immediately also went home to do. Best idea ever! I wouldn’t call these breakfast nachos…these are anytime, anywhere, anyday nachos in my book :)
Yesss. Now I can have nachos for breakfast!
Since it’s in an awesome tray, that means I can eat it in bed. Breakfast nachos in bed…that’s what I want! Nachos are definitely on my top 10 list of guilty pleasures and adding a delicious runny egg on top sounds great! Your nachos look fresh and beautiful!
You’ve just blown my mind. Fried eggs make everything better, and just when I thought nachos are already pretty darn perfect the way they are. I cannot wait to make this for breakfast (although seriously, this would be good at any time of day).
Oh my! What are you doing to me? As if i didn’t love your recipes enough, you go and do THIS. Happy days & good times!
This should be called hero food. If I showed up to the breakfast table with this Keith would pretty much pass out in appreciation.
Hey, I don’t even need to put eggs on it. If someone is questioning my breakfast choice (cookies, cake, chocolate) I just say it’s what Italians eat for breakfast (true story)
x elena @ Randomly Happy
I seriously could not think of anything better than nachos for breakfast. Thank you for making it acceptable. x
This really reminded me of the “chilaquiles” my dad made for me all the time as a little kid. He’d bring home freshly fried tortilla chips, and later when they were stale-ish, toast them in the toaster oven. He’d scramble eggs over the now-crispy chips in a skillet, smother the whole thing in salsa and top with cheese and avocado. Always served with fresh OJ from super-tart oranges off our tree. Half soft, half crunchy super spicy deliciousness. I can’t think of a single dish I’d rather have right now.
Quick shout-out: The chips and salsa roja we used were always leftovers from El Tepeyac in East LA, my dad’s been eating there since before I was born (:
I love nachos and I love you ! I love how coming to your site makes me feel that it is normal to eat whatever I want during my meal times.
Oh yes. And yes. And yes. Eggs on anything.
This looks so much like chilaquiles, yum-yum!
I’m definitely going to try it, thanks for sharing, and have a great weekend!
i’ve just had my breakfast and i feel hungry again!!!!!
Saved, saved, and saved. This looks incredibly delicious. I get so excited for weekend breakfasts!
Breakfast of champions! Love it lots! :)
i think you’ve just changed my life.
I used to travel a lot for work and one day my boss called me into her office with an “issue with my expense report.”I couldn’t imagine what it could be, always being hideously responsible, and she said to me, “Erina…all you ever eat when you get to your hotel late at night is Nachos and Champagne..what’s up with that?!”
Nachos and champagne, it’s true, is one of my favorite combinations…I hadn’t given any thought as to what I could do if I opened it up to breakfast.
Could be trouble.
breakfast nachos and mimosas. duh.
I just fell in love, large. thank you.
joy, i just love you. you never fail me when it comes to breakfast.
This didn’t sound crazy to me at all, but maybe it’s similar to a Mexican dish I had growing up, called Chilaquiles. We cut of fresh tortillas and fried them in a skillet first though, instead of tortilla chips. Although I’ve seen people use them too.
Just found this recipe and we tried it for breakfast and it was amazing. I shared this on https://grubodex.com as I wanted to add it to my portfolio of recipes.
Joy, if you were a man, I’d marry you.! I WANT THAT D60! It’s on my wants list, not my needs list. But I might just change that over, since I might need psycotherapy if I don’t get it, then it becomes a need! Anyway about the recipe, it’s great, but I’m going to add some fried potatoes-I’m old school and Okie, we put fried potatoes on Chocolate cake, honest. No, just kidding, that’s pinto beans on chocolate cake. I forgot-haven’t been to Ok in years.
I love this idea! It’s not a bad way to use up some leftovers either. Thanks!
Friggan’ brilliant as nachos for breakfast could ever be. Breaking the yolk all over those bad boys would be splendid!
I’ve done this before, but with scrambled eggs. I like to add some hot sauce, too. Great idea!
Oh My Gosh those look crazy good!!
i need this in my life. tomorrow. WOW. Thank you <3
Oh! Oh! I have a trick for the corn situation! https://www.20somethingcupcakes.com/2010/07/clever-as-a-fox/
Forget breakfast, I’ve been putting an egg on anything and calling it dinner, lately. :) These look really great – I love pretty much any sort of Tex-Mexy type concoction, especially for breakfast.
Dang! How do you consistently come up with these amaaazing ideas?! You have foodie sense… like spidey sense, but way more useful. ;)
I’ve been a nacho devotee since I was a teenager. I cannot believe I never thought to breakfast them up. You rule!
Well, THIS is a thing of beauty.
This sounds so great. I usually put eggs or avocado on toast for breakfast; your idea wins!
… sooooo goood…. sometimes i hate you. <3
You totally made my mouth water! I’m almost positive a nap ensued afterwards.
You nailed this, Joy! I was wondering when you posted about an egg on nachos how the egg was going to be prepared and was very intrigued to see the end result.
Great job. Will definitely have to try these!
Chilaquiles?
Mmmmm this has to be one of the best ways to do breakfast. EVER. Looks so delicious. I might even let it happen for dinner. Brinner.
Also, I adore those plates! Where did they come from? So cute!
I need this in my life! Heck, I need it now!
I learned the “put an egg on anything” trick a few months ago and haven’t looked back. Damn… this looks good.
I swear you were talking directly to me when you mentioned the sour cream.
Nacho eggs. Nacho eggs.
ShutterEGG!
Loves.
Absolutely yummmmm yummmmms.
I can’t find a single thing that i don’t absolutely love about this recipe.
Breakfast nachos for dinner? OH YEAH
“Put an egg on anything and call it breakfast”….love it!
I feel like I need to keep these supplies on hand for my next hangover. I already know I’ll love them.
WHAT?? I already ate breakfast and I’m hungry again.
What a fabulous idea. So true about adding eggs to anything to make it breakfast, and I’m okay with that.
You had me at “Just let this happen.” That photo said it all. Yum!
Mind = blown
xoxox Sarah
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This looks like the best breakfast EVER. It kind of reminds me of huevos rancheros!
P.S. I’m listening to your podcast as I type this comment…it’s like a double-dose of Joy the Baker!
Looks like a fun “kids cook” breakfast. Also, your blue plated with circles motif reminds me of the percolator photography app. Beautiful!
i feel like you just gave me the green light to enjoy nachos at every meal. WHOA! (said in my best joey from blossom voice!) holy heck i’m gonna have to start buying my gluten free tortillas by the bucketload now! :)
This made me GASP! Looks so good and tasty. Nachos and eggs must be my favourite combination of foods.
I’m picturing some salsa verde on mine with chopped tomatoes possibly some sliced black olives and cilantro! good thing I have to pass by the grocery store tonight anyway….
I want to make this……with sausage! This looks so delicious!
Love nachos, love eggs, sounds good! :D
good morning glorious! these just made me smile…
Oh, Delicious!! This is totally the kind of breakfast AND breakfast-for-dinner I could get my husband to eat (who happens to hate breakfast-for-dinner!)
Love it!
The gentleman friend came up behind me as I was reading this and demanded I make it for him this weekend.
PS: I love your crusty baking pan!
Uh, brilliant. Also, how do you get your eggs to look so perfect! I’m super jealous.
Two things: 1) I totally had a dream about breakfast nachos last night. 2) I learned somewhere (Food Network maybe?) that there’s a simple trick to slicing corn off the cobb and not making a mess. Take a small bowl and place it upside down inside a much larger bowl. Then you have a platform to put your corn on, but it’s still inside the big bowl so all the kernels stay contained.
UM, hello genius!
those eggs are perfect. I’m jealous of your skillz
those eggs don’t look over easy but sunny side up!
Amazing !
hmmm…these need to appear in my kitchen. Amazing!
Oh yes you did!
These look fabulous! Your dish reminds me of an Austin favorite: Tex-Mex Migas. A breakfast food that never fails to fill me up and make me feel better (especially after those nights of too many *cough* sangrias *cough cough*).
Delightful dish, as always! :)
great one!!!
ps. since introducing my mum to your strawberry upside-down cake last year it has became one of her favourite summer cakes recipes.
I bet this is pretty much the best breakfast ever!
Eating corn on the cob and avocado sounds like a great idea, no matter the time of day!
What can I say Joy???? I looooooove you!
HOLY MOTHER OF NACHOS.
i will let this happen tomorrow morning.
The only silly part about this is how silly I feel for not thinking of this sooner. Sounds so good!!! My little brother would be all over these.
This is fantastic! My husband’s away for the next few days so I’ll be going egg silly – I do believe this will be one of the things I make. Thank you for sharing such a simple but brilliant idea :D
oh my gosh-so want this today-perfect for feeling a bit rough!
Not silly at all. This is the tastiest and easiest thing to toss together. Crack a few eggs on top? Well, why the heck not? Great to put it down and share.