Dinner · 15 min · Amounts not specified
Migas
Eggs stretch leftover tortillas. Tear them, soften in the pan, eggs last. Tomato if it is ripe. Don't make scrambled eggs with chips on the side.
The sheet · 2 plates · 15 min
easyWhy tonight. Eggs stretch leftover tortillas. Tear them, soften in the pan, eggs last. Tomato if it is ripe. Don't make scrambled eggs with chips on the side.
What it needs
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- eggs
- tortillas
- cheddar
- onion
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: tomato.
Method
- Cut the tortillas into strips and fry them in a little oil until they are properly hard. Soft strips turn to paste the moment egg touches them.
- Onion in with them at the end, then the beaten egg over the top.
- Stir slowly and pull the pan off the heat while it still looks underdone. Cheese in the last ten seconds.
- The texture is the point: some strips crisp, some softened by egg. Cooked to uniformity it is just scrambled eggs with sadness in them.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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- Eggs and custardScrambled Egg Omelet - Food WishesFood WishesScramble against omelet on the same stove, which makes the heat-and-stirring tradeoff visible.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardEggs Part 1 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishThe foundations — how pan heat and timing decide whether a scramble is custard or rubber.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Eggs and custardEggs Part 2 | Basics with BabishBinging with BabishOmelets and poaching, with the failure modes shown rather than described.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- eggs
- The cheapest way to turn a side dish into dinner.
- tortillas
- They want direct heat before they go anywhere near a plate.
- cheddar
- Sharpness plus melt. Aged cheddar tastes like more and melts like less, so a dish that wants both usually wants a mix — grate it, do not slice it, and take the pan off the heat before it goes in.
- onion
- The base under most of this library.
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