Cottage Cheese Breakfast Tacos

Name: Cottage Cheese Breakfast Tacos (Keto, No Tortilla)
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes 2 tacos
Cuisine: Keto
Ingredients: ¼ cup cottage cheese; 1 egg white; ¼ tsp red pepper flakes; ¼ tsp pepper; ¼ tsp salt; 2 eggs; ½ avocado, sliced; Chili oil and chives, for topping

Keto, No Tortilla

Two baked cottage cheese taco shells topped with avocado, fried eggs, chili oil and chives on parchment.

Crispy shells made from baked cottage cheese and egg white, filled with avocado, a sunny egg, chili oil and chives. No tortilla needed.

2tacos
20 minbake
400°Foven

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Why this works

These tacos skip the tortilla. The shell is cottage cheese and egg white, beaten with a pinch of red pepper flakes and baked flat until golden and crisp at the edges. Fill it with sliced avocado, a sunny-side-up egg, a drizzle of chili oil and fresh chives, and breakfast is done.

Cottage cheese and egg white batter spread into two rounds on a parchment-lined baking sheet.

The shells bake on their own while you fry the eggs, so it works on a busy morning or a slow weekend brunch.

The recipe

Cottage Cheese Breakfast Tacos

Makes 2 tacos · 20 min bake · 400°F oven

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Ingredients

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Method

01
Heat the oven to 400°F (about 200°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
02
Beat the cottage cheese, egg white, red pepper flakes, pepper and salt together.
03
Spoon the mixture onto the baking sheet in two rounds, one for each taco.
04
Bake for 20 minutes.
05
While the shells bake, fry the 2 eggs sunny side up, slice the avocado and chop the chives.
06
Let the shells cool before you fill them. Top each one with avocado, an egg, a drizzle of chili oil and chives.

Good to know

Don't skip the parchment paper. The shells are cheese and egg, so they need it underneath to lift cleanly off the tray.

Give the shells a few minutes to cool before filling. They firm up as they cool and fold more easily.

Fry the eggs while the shells are in the oven, so everything is ready at the same time.

No chili oil? A drizzle of sriracha or your favorite hot sauce works too.