Keto Mexican Scrambled Eggs - Breakfast Recipe - Diet Doctor (2024)

Keto Mexican Scrambled Eggs - Breakfast Recipe - Diet Doctor (1)

Spice up your breakfast with this flavorful keto egg dish. Jalapeños, tomatoes, and scallions enhance the scrambled eggs with just the right amount of zing. Guaranteed to liven up your day!

December 7 2015 recipe by Anne Aobadia, photo by Emma Shevtzoff, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE in Recipes, Breakfast

Spice up your breakfast with this flavorful keto egg dish. Jalapeños, tomatoes, and scallions enhance the scrambled eggs with just the right amount of zing. Guaranteed to liven up your day!

USMetric

2 servingservings

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 (½ oz.) 1 (15 g) scallion, finely choppedscallions, finely chopped
  • 2 2 pickled jalapeños slices, finely chopped
  • 1 (4 oz.) 1 (110 g) tomato, finely choppedtomatoes, finely chopped
  • 6 6 large egglarge eggs
  • ½ cup (2 oz.) 120 ml (55 g) Pepper Jack cheese, shredded
  • salt and pepper

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Instructions

  1. In a large frying pan, melt the butter over medium high heat.

  2. Add scallions, jalapeños and tomatoes, and fry for 3-4 minutes.

  3. Beat the eggs and pour into the pan. Scramble for 2 minutes. Add cheese and seasonings.

Tip

Serve with avocado, crisp lettuce, and dressing to add even more excitement to this zesty meal.

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33 comments

  1. 1

    Judi

    March 31 2016

    I love the recipes and am always trying new ones. It keeps things fresh and interesting. Keep them coming!

  2. 2

    maryhelen

    July 19 2016

    Mexican scrambled eggs (or any fried mexican) are much tastier with corn oil instead of butter; we do not fry in butter. I once tried it and couldn't' figure out what was wrong with my eggs-- tasted funny, not as good-- it was the butter and also saffron oil (ugh on this one. CORN OIL!!

    Reply: #13

  3. Maria

    November 12 2016

    Really enjoyed this dish, I substituted the jalapeños for green capsicum and added a sprinkle of chilli powder. Loved the colours!

  4. 4

    Don

    April 20 2017

    Can you not use olive oil

  5. 5

    Cynthia

    October 1 2017

    These eggs are delicious! The pickled jalapeño gave them just a little heat and a really nice flavor (I don’t usually use pickled jalapeños). I served them with an avocado on the side, as suggested. It was a perfect combo. Kerrygold butter worked perfectly for sautéing the vegetables and cooking the eggs. No need to use any oil.

  6. 6

    Jeffrey

    October 15 2017

    Olive oil is not good to cook with.

    Reply: #16

  7. 7

    Marietjie

    October 16 2017

    What is corn oil? Is it allowed on low carb?

  8. 8

    Cynthia

    October 22 2017

    Corn oil is not recommended. For more information, check out Dr. Eenfeldt’s article on vegetable oils (on diet doctor.com). Search for “Cooking with Vegetable Oils Releases Toxic Cancer-Causing Chemicals.”

  9. 9

    Linda

    November 17 2017

    Ghee or grass fed butter is best

  10. 10

    Redsnapperuk

    January 3 2018

    Have made this now three times for my husband and he absolutely loves it! I use dripping (beef fat) and also a little bit of butter to cook all the things in. Oh and add a bit of ground cumin to it! Scrummy!!!

  11. 11

    Sazid

    February 26 2018

    video using olive oil to cook. Comment/description says use butter - which one should I follow?

  12. 12

    Brandy Bell

    April 16 2018

    I don't eat egg yolks. Is this recipe still as healthy without the yolks?

  13. 13

    Reply to comment #2 by maryhelen

    Mike

    June 21 2018

    No corn oil on keto

  14. 14

    Rhonda

    June 24 2018

    You can cook an egg with olive oil. Eggs can and should be cooked at a very low temperature so it shouldn’t hit a smoking point.

  15. Theresa

    June 27 2018

    How many servings is this?

  16. 16

    Reply to comment #6 by Jeffrey

    Tj

    June 30 2018

    Not true.. It's wonderful!

  17. 17

    sean

    July 18 2018

    Servings are inaccurate -too small!!

  18. 18

    Mags

    September 9 2018

    This is a wonderful recipe! I've made it so many times. Thanks xx

  19. 19

    Una

    September 12 2018

    PLEASE could we have grammes of butter and millilitres or whatever rather than tablespoons the size of varies from country to country. You have them mixed up even in the metric online! Also.this for 3 people asks for 41/2 eggs - ugh? I suppose the answer 4 large - or 5 small ones? We get eggs in five sizes in Britain!!! 😂

  20. 20

    Rachel

    March 20 2019

    I was wondering what the cholesterol, sodium, and iron are per serving because the nutrition panel doesn't state them.

    Reply: #21

  21. 21

    Reply to comment #20 by Rachel

    Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor

    March 20 2019

    I was wondering what the cholesterol, sodium, and iron are per serving because the nutrition panel doesn't state them.

    If you are interested in that information you can look up the ingredients in the USDA database; those aren't numbers as important on keto.
    https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list

  22. 22

    Maria

    April 9 2019

    How many servings is it? 1 or 2?

    Reply: #23

  23. 23

    Reply to comment #22 by Maria

    Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor

    April 9 2019

    How many servings is it? 1 or 2?

    This recipe as written makes 4 servings.

  24. 24

    Monet Coleman

    October 8 2019

    For 1 serving it equates 1and 1/2 half egg?? Hopefully two eggs wont be a problem

    Reply: #25

  25. 25

    Reply to comment #24 by Monet Coleman

    Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor

    October 15 2019

    For 1 serving it equates 1and 1/2 half egg?? Hopefully two eggs wont be a problem

    Yes, sometimes when scaling recipes away from the default number of servings, it can end up with some interesting measurement amounts! Since this is just scrambled eggs, using 2 will be no problem.

  26. 26

    Tori

    March 15 2020

    This is so popular in our house! YUM!

  27. 27

    Alarnna

    June 27 2020

    Is the pickled jalapeño whole or sliced?

    Reply: #28

  28. 28

    Reply to comment #27 by Alarnna

    Kerry Merritt Team Diet Doctor

    June 27 2020

    Is the pickled jalapeño whole or sliced?

    It would be 2 whole jalapenos, but you could also diced up slices if needed.

  29. 29

    cjleslie

    August 19 2020

    I LOVE THIS DISH! Prepared just as instructed and it was delicious.

  30. 30

    Christian

    September 16 2020

    what can we pair with this?

  31. 31

    Michael

    March 18 2022

    When it says add dressing on the side, What dressing are they speaking of? I don't see any recipes under the search menu...Love the dish, very tasty took my leaf of lettuce and avocado slice and wrapped it all up like a Breakfast burrito!

  32. 32

    Patty Watts

    October 26 2022

    I save my bacon drippings and use that to scramble eggs. YUMMY!

    Reply: #33

  33. 33

    Reply to comment #32 by Patty Watts

    Kerry Merritt Team Diet Doctor

    October 27 2022

    I save my bacon drippings and use that to scramble eggs. YUMMY!

    Yum! Love that idea!

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Keto Mexican Scrambled Eggs - Breakfast Recipe - Diet Doctor (2024)

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How many scrambled eggs can I eat for keto? ›

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