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Southwest Cactus Egg Scramble

Scrambled eggs cooked with diced nopales cactus, tomato, and onion for a fresh Southwest breakfast.

⏱ 10 minPrep time
🔥 10 minCook time
🍽 4Servings
🏷 BreakfastCategory
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Scrambled eggs cooked with diced nopales cactus, tomato, and onion for a fresh Southwest breakfast.

Desert morning scramble

Tender nopales, tomato, and onion folded into fluffy eggs — a bright, tangy breakfast with Southwestern roots.

Step by stepInstructions

  1. Sauté the nopales, onion, tomato, and jalapeño in the olive oil 5 minutes until the onion is soft; remove.
  2. Whisk the eggs with the milk, salt, and pepper.
  3. Melt the butter in the skillet and scramble the eggs until almost set.
  4. Fold in the nopales mixture, cook 1 minute more, and remove from heat.
  5. Top with cotija and cilantro and serve with warm tortillas.

💡 Chef tips & storage

Use jarred or pre-grilled nopales to skip the prep. Cook the eggs gently — the vegetables are already cooked.

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Recipe details

Prep10 min
Cook10 min
Servings4
CategoryBreakfast
PublishedAugust 16, 2026
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