Make Ahead Breakfast Burritos for Camping Trips

You’ll be so glad to have these make-ahead camping breakfast burritos on hand for your RV and camping trips.

All you have to do is wake up, throw them on the grill or over the fire and enjoy a hearty and absolutely delicious breakfast in the great outdoors.

Now that we’ve joined the camping weekend warriors and summer-time vacationer world, instead of full-time RVing, I am a big fan of make-ahead camping meals and doing whatever I can to make meal prep easier.

We recently rented a campervan for the weekend. Although we had already planned on eating out often, we were going to prepare a couple of meals in the tiny (but oh so awesome) campervan kitchen.

With just a little advanced prep work, preparing those meals on the road was a breeze.

Does homemade pico de gallo taste better in a camper van? Yes, I believe it does.

While I really enjoy cooking, I don’t love showing up to a campsite with a zillion things to chop, peel, and grate. I want to be involved with minimal prep work at the campsite.

Instead, I do as much of that washing, dicing, and chopping at home. Because, you know, there’s a counter in the kitchen.

But also because when you have the right recipe, it makes camping that much more fun. You bring chopped goodies and create a simple, albeit delicious camping dinner.

Breakfast Burritos for Camping

That’s why these breakfast burritos are perfect. Everything is done ahead of time. You just have to heat them up, eat and enjoy!

Before we get to the recipes, here are a few common questions about preparing breakfast burritos ahead of time.

Best Way to Reheat Breakfast Burritos

There are three ways you can reheat these:

• In the oven at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes: Leave them in the foil and place them either directly on the oven rack or on a sheet pan and heat. If you’re RVing and have an oven, this would be one option.
• On the grill: Heat the burritos over hot coals for about 10 to 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes so they don’t burn
• Over the fire: Place them on a grate over the fire if you have access to one or on hot coals next to the fire. Heat for about 10 – 15 minutes, turning every 5 minutes so they don’t burn

You’ll start to hear the breakfast burritos sizzling as they’re getting close to being done. That sound is music to my ears.

Store in the refrigerator?

I would say you can leave these breakfast burritos in the refrigerator for up to three days. If you need to make them a week or so ahead of time, I would freeze them. This leads me to my next point.

Freezing the burritos

Yes, you can freeze these. In fact, if you want to make these several days or a week ahead of time, freezing them is the way to go.

To freeze, wrap the burritos in heavy-duty aluminum foil and place in a gallon freezer bag. When you’re ready to go camping, take them out of the freezer and place in a cooler or RV refrigerator and they will be good to go to heat up over the fire or grill.

Tips for Making Vegetarian or Meat Burritos

Since we have a vegetarian in our family, I would need to modify a few of the burritos for him. Which is really easy to do.

For this recipe, just set aside a few of the eggs and potatoes before you mix them with the sausage. If you wanted to include the red pepper and green onions with the vegetarian option, instead of adding them to the sausage to cook, I would add them to the potatoes toward the end of their cooking time.

How to Prepare Breakfast Burritos

Ingredients

• 5 to 6 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 12 eggs, beaten with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 large red bell pepper, diced
• 6 green onions, chopped – both green and white parts; separated
• 1 lb. breakfast sausage
• 3/4 cup shredded cheese (I used a cheddar/Monterey jack combo)
• 12 to 14 burrito sized tortillas (depending on how much filling you put in them)
• salt and pepper

This recipe makes approximately 12 individual servings.

Here’s your printable breakfast burrito recipe

Make Ahead Camping Breakfast Burritos

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

You'll be so glad to have these delicious make-ahead camping breakfast burritos on hand for your RV and camping trips.

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Ingredients

• 5 to 6 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 12 eggs, beaten with 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 large red bell pepper, diced
• 6 green onions, chopped - both green and white parts; separated
• 1 lb. breakfast sausage
• 3/4 cup shredded cheese (I used a cheddar/Monterey jack combo)
• 12 to 14 burrito sized tortillas (depending on how much filling you put in them)
• salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add potatoes and 1/4 tsp of salt. Cook until done and crispy, about 10 - 12 minutes
2. After potatoes are done, place them on a paper towel-lined plate 
3. In the same skillet, scramble the eggs; set aside when done
4. In the same skillet, cook the sausage, red bell pepper and whites from the green onions until the sausage is done. Add the green parts of the onion at the end, mix.
5. Drain grease from the sausage if needed.
6. Either add all of the ingredients back to the same skillet to mix together or mix in a large bowl.
7. To assemble, tear off a piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil, place a tortilla on the top, add a couple of spoonfuls of egg, potato, sausage mixture and fold up the tortilla. To fold, start rolling at one end and when you get to about the middle, fold in the sides and then continue rolling up the burrito the rest of the way. Wrap burrito in foil and put them in the refrigerator.
8. Serve with pico de gallo, salsa, sour cream or guacamole

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 838Total Fat: 38gSaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 259mgSodium: 1844mgCarbohydrates: 89gFiber: 13gSugar: 8gProtein: 37g

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Julie Bonner

Julie specializes in helping you whip up delicious meals in your tiny RV kitchen, as well as RV organization tips and helping fellow RVers make their RV feel like home. Her favorite RVing spot is in Banff National Park in Canada where yes, the water really is that blue and the people really are that nice.