Tex-Mex Migas is fluffy scrambled eggs with crispy corn tortilla strips, pico de gallo, and loads of personality! Enjoy them for breakfast, brunch, or dinner. They are so incredibly easy and delicious.
Serve this egg scramble with fresh fruit salad and a Mocha Frappuccino for a great meal!
It’s Migas story time, friends!
Once upon a time, there was this gal (we’ll call her Amy.) She was in a relationship with this guy (let’s call him Baron Von Farty Pants.) She used to eat potato chips for dinner. He, on the other hand, could cook 5-star chef quality meals.
He used to make this simple scrambled egg dish on the weekends that had onion, peppers, cheese, and corn tortillas in it. Tortillas…what? Amy had never had such a creation growing up, thought it was weird, but absolutely loved and requested it often.
They broke up because Amy was awesome and he….wasn’t. Fast forward a lifetime later and Amy missed those eggs. Then she spotted a recipe in a magazine using all of these ingredients and Bam! realized this was an actual dish made all over Austin, Texas.
So Amy, now quite capable in the kitchen, created her own version, and has been making them for herself, husband, and two kids ever since. Don’t you just love happy endings?
What is Migas?
Migas translated in Spanish, means crumbs. The actual dish can mean many things, though, depending where you are. Our version would be classified as Tex Mex and has close ties to Austin, Texas where it is very popular.
Migas is a quick and easy Mexican-inspired breakfast made with scrambled eggs, crispy fried strips of corn tortillas, onions, and peppers, almost like a hash. It’s typically served with cheese and salsa. Some people even wrap it up in a tortilla like a burrito or taco.
Migas Recipe
This egg dish is quick, easy, so delicious, and uses simple ingredients that you probably already have stocked in your kitchen. Here’s what you need for our recipe:
(Scroll below to the printable recipe card for details and measurements.)
- Eggs: We use our method for making the absolute best scrambled eggs, which include half-n-half and cooked low and slow for the fluffiest curds.
- Half n Half: This is simply equal parts whole milk and heavy cream. It makes the eggs wonderfully rich and creamy.
- Corn tortillas: Corn tortillas are cut into small thin strips. Use good-quality tortillas so they get nice and crispy without crumbling or becoming soggy.
- Vegetables: Onion, poblano pepper, and garlic. Traditional migas don’t include these ingredients, but they add another dimension of flavor that I wouldn’t skip.
- Seasonings: Salt, pepper, cumin, butter, and vegetable oil.
- Cheese: If you like some heat, pepper jack cheese works beautifully, but cheddar or a Mexican blend are great, too. Crumbled queso fresco or cotija are also delicious choices. You can omit the cheese entirely and they’re still delish!
- Pico de Gallo: More often than not, I top my migas with fresh homemade pico de gallo, but our restaurant style salsa never disappoints, either!
- Optional toppings: Feel free to load up on extra toppings if you like. Diced red onion, cubed avocado, or black beans are all yum!
Tips for Success
- The type of tortillas matter: High quality, fresh corn tortillas are a non-negotiable. Do not substitute with flour tortillas and ideally, buy locally made and not a commercial brand, which tend to be floppy and crumble.
- Cook in hot oil and butter: Make sure the oil and butter are hot when you add the tortilla strips to the pan, otherwise they’ll get soggy when you mix in the eggs. You want the tortilla strips to be crispy.
- Use a nonstick skillet: While a cast iron skillet retains heat and crisps up those tortilla pieces so well, we prefer a heavy nonstick pan for this dish, which ensures the eggs don’t stick to the pan and end up in tiny pieces.
- Don’t overcook the eggs: It’s important to make scrambled eggs low and slow as instructed and not a fast scramble, so pillow-y large curds can develop, not tiny pieces of brown, dry egg.
How to Make Migas
These are so incredibly easy to make and delicious, you’ll end up craving them all the time. Cook the tortilla strips in butter and oil until crispy, saute the veggies, add in the eggs and half n half, slowly scramble over low heat, then fold in the cheese, top with pico de gallo or salsa and serve! To make this migas recipe, follow the steps below included in the printable recipe card.
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Tex-Mex Migas
Ingredients
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup half-n-half
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 whole high quality corn tortillas , cut into 1/4-inch strips lengthwise, then in half crosswise
- 1 small sweet onion , diced small
- 1 clove garlic , minced
- 1 whole roasted poblano pepper , skin removed, seeded, and sliced into strips
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- salt and pepper , to taste
- 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
- pico de gallo , for serving
- restaurant style salsa , for serving
Instructions
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, half-n-half, and salt; set aside.
- Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Once the butter melts, add the tortillas and cook; stirring, until they are golden and crispy, about 5 minutes.
- Add in the onion and saute until tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the roasted poblano pepper; season with the cumin and some salt and pepper to taste.
- Give the beaten eggs and half n half a quick whisk, then add them to the center of the pan and reduce the heat to medium-low; wait for the edges to just barely start to set, then using a rubber spatula, gently push the eggs from one end of the pan to the other. Continue this process, pausing in between swipes to allow the uncooked egg to settle on the warm pan and cook, gently pushing the liquid to form large curds.
- When the eggs are mostly cooked, with big pillow-y folds, but still look slightly wet, slowly fold the eggs into itself just a couple times, bringing them together.
- Fold in the pepper jack cheese.
- Taste and season with a sprinkle more salt and pepper, only if necessary.
- Remove from heat. Serve hot, topped with a little pico de gallo or salsa.
- NOTE: Half-n-half is simply equal parts whole milk and heavy cream. For more information and helpful tips, don't miss the full article!
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My friend from Mexico used to make these for me, and I loved them! Your recipe looks much the same, except she used to cut up and fry chorizo to add into the eggs. Have you done that?
My family really enjoyed this. It wasn’t like anything I’d ever had before – the crispy tortillas mixed into the eggs is so good. I doubled the garlic and added a pinch of cayenne.
My new favorite egg dish! Even my kids loved it. Thank you!
WOW made these this morning for the family. We love food and I especially love Migas, and these were DElicious. Thanks for sharing
Yay! I’m so glad, Donna! My family loves this dish :D
This is great! And it is exactly the same story I am experiencing now except my ex-boy toy ( who shall remain nameless ) fried up small pieces of bacon and onion used the fat from that to fry the corn tortillas and he used homemade salsa …. Awesome … I have been trying to remember this for years! Thx!
Bacon makes everything better – sound delicious!
This sounds super good! We make egg scrambles all the time and have tortillas on the side, but never would have thought to incorporate them into the actual scramble. I will definitely be trying this in the near future!
This would be a sure winner in our house, super yum!
Sounds really good, and I know one person in this household will try it. All I need are the peppers and cheese and I’ll be good to go.
Well, it sounds like Amy (I thinks he should be Princess Amy, but that’s just me) made a good decision because it sounds like she would have had a very gas-filled relationship with Baron von Farty Pants. But, like the wise woman she is, she used that relationship to learn an important lesson: Migas are awesome. See, every relationship has something to teach us! (I imagine this is how you will explain this to your daughter after her first breakup someday.)
Those are the kinds of fairy tales I plan on telling my kids. Migas happy endings are the best kind.
I am obsessed with migas!! Can’t wait to give this version a try!
Love, love, love this kicked up version of classic scrambled eggs! Can’t wait to try these for brunch next weekend. Thanks for sharing!
At least Baron Von was good for something. Frying the tortilla chips first sounds perfect for some added crunch. I don’t make eggs that often anymore, but the next time I do, a skillet meal like this will surely hit the spot on a cool weekend morning.
P.S. I’m LOVING your photography these days. It’s so clear and be-a-u-tiful.
Aaaaah, thank you so much Kim! Now if only I had your mad writing skillz…