Leftover pasta turns into something incredible with veggies, eggs, and black beans to make this amazing Mexican Breakfast Pasta
Leftover pasta + veggies, topped with an egg + cheese = brunch perfection. Inexpensive, healthy, filling, wonderful perfection.
Loving your leftovers can be real, friends. And here it is in all its glory...
This Mexican Breakfast Pasta is a great weekend brunch recipe. It has a nice balance of protein to healthy carbohydrates with lots of veggies to boot.
You know me & my veggies and how I love them so. Well, pasta is the perfect foundation for a veggie-ful meal.
Breakfast pasta might sound like a strange concept but it's similar to eating pizza for breakfast or anything else savory in the morning. You can also eat this for dinner to have breakfast for dinner {one of my faves}.
It's a fantabulous way to use leftover pasta which is the jam because leftovers rock. Plus, there are one million veggies in here, and veggies complete me. So this is basically like the best meal ever.
Plus, a serving of this dish is huuuuuuuge without tons of nonsense. But if you want a smaller serving, just add an extra egg to the skillet and make this to serve three instead of two.
Have you ever tried using leftover pasta?
Honestly, it's probably my favorite way to eat pasta {unless it's in a soup, of course}. Something about the texture being slightly chewy but then a little crunchy {when stir-fried and/or baked}. I don't know how to accurately describe it but what I do know is that it's good!
And then to top it all off, this dish is cooked in one pan. Obviously that is a huge bonus to any recipe for me because I hate washing lots of dishes like simple things.
If you don't have leftover pasta, just cook pasta, strain, and refrigerate while you chop all the veggies and shred the cheese.
You can double this recipe for a bigger crowd, just make sure you use a larger and/or deeper pan or skillet. I used a 10-inch non-stick skillet and it was perfect for two servings. This serving size was pretty huge, so you can always add another egg and serve three.
You'll also want an oven safe skillet since this will have a run in the oven to cook the eggs.
Last but not least, my morning became exponentially better when I realized the leftovers {the Mexican Breakfast Pasta} of leftovers {pasta} were delish! Bam!
Mexican Breakfast Pasta
Ingredients
- 2 tsp olive oil divided
- 1 large onion diced {about 2 cups}
- 3 medium bell peppers diced {about 4 cups}
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small jalapeño minced {about 1-2 TBSP}
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 ounces pasta cooked
- 1 cup black beans
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup cheese shredded (about 2 ounces)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375*F.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in an oven safe, non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add diced onions and bell peppers. Sauté for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in garlic, jalapeño, salt, and remaining teaspoon of olive oil. Stir well.
- Add in cooked pasta and beans, and stir well to incorporate. Make two indentations into the pasta-veggie mixture and crack eggs in them. Top everything with grated cheese.
- Put in the preheated oven and bake until eggs are cooked to your liking, about 15-20 minutes {I like my eggs completely hard so I baked for 18 minutes}.
Notes
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Meme
Deanna Segrave-Daly says
Oh girl - you hit it out of the park with this one for creativity and flavor appeal - can't wait to try it. pinning.....
Meme says
Thanks Deanna! I just ate leftovers and I'm going to have to agree with you on that flavor comment 😉 It is delish!
Diane Boyd says
Looks delicious and nutrient dense! My kind of food! Will have to give this a try.
Meme says
Thanks Diane!! I love your version of breakfast pasta as well 🙂
Jeanette | Jeanette's Healthy Living says
What a fun idea for breakfast - I've never had pasta for breakfast. Bet my kids would love this!
Meme says
Thanks Jeanette!! You need to try it; your kids will totally love it 🙂
Kelli @ Hungry Hobby says
This is my favorite one I've seen for the contest, so many veggies and eggs!!! You are good! BTW I stalked your pinterest boards earlier and added you to my feedly reader, LOVE your blog!!!! Keep it up!
Meme says
Aw Kelli! Thanks so much!! You are too kind 🙂 xx
Karli @peasofcake says
Yum! I love cooking with all these ingredients! Will have to give it a try!
Meme says
I know, right?! Aren't tons of bell peppers and onions the best? Thanks!!
Min says
Love this idea, Meme! What a well-balanced meal. And of course, I'm always in the mood for Mexican flavors 😉
Meme says
Thanks lady! I completely agree about the Mexican and lucky for you over there in Texas 😉
Liz - Meal Makeover Mom says
Comforting, nutritious, all my favorite ingredients. Another awesome recipe from Meme! PS: My web guys are going to set me up with CoSchedule. Send me an email b/c I want to make sure you get credit!
Meme says
Thanks so much Liz!! I'll send you an email 🙂 You're going to love CoSchedule - life changing!