If you're looking to add more veggies to your diet, you've got to try these Zucchini Breakfast Tortillas! They are zucchini wraps made from shredded tortillas, then filled with scrambled eggs and your favorite breakfast fillings.
Wrap these up and eat them like a taco or a wrap. These zucchini breakfast rollups are low-carb, high in protein, and absolutely delicious!
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Zucchini tortillas
"What are zucchini tortillas," you ask? Well, they're a thin zucchini pancakes or zucchini wraps that you can cook up in the air fryer in about 5 minutes!
Use zucchini tortillas in place of regular tortillas and fill them with your favorite breakfast foods, such as scrambled eggs, lox, cheese, ham—your choice! Wrap them up and enjoy! They're not quite as portable as my tortilla egg wraps, but they're a great healthy veggies-for-breakfast recipe!
More veggies + egg breakfasts to try: Roasted Pumpkin Frittata
Ingredients
The ingredients below typically make 3 zucchini wraps.
For the zucchini tortillas:
- 1 medium zucchini (about 8 inches, ½-lb of zucchini)
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground thyme (or Italian seasoning)
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour (or use gluten-free flour for gluten-free wraps!)
- Generous pinch of salt
- Ground black pepper, to taste
For the filling:
- 4 eggs
- Salt & pepper (for scrambled eggs)
- Smoked salmon / lox (try homemade lox for a budget-friendly breakfast!)
- 1 scallion, diced (about 3 tablespoons diced), or use chives or other herbs—I LOVE fresh basil with eggs!
More summer squash recipes: Zucchini Fritters
Zucchini wrap filling ideas
This recipe has a simple filling of scrambled eggs, lox, and scallions, but the beautiful part about these zucchini wraps is that they're so versatile and you can add ANYTHING! Try these ideas:
- Sliced ham
- Cooked strip of bacon
- Shredded cheese - add this right after air frying and let it melt a little, or pop the cheese-topped zucchini tortilla back in the air fryer for a minute to really melt the cheese
- Sliced cheese - add to the tortilla before adding other toppings
- Dollop of sour cream
- Salsa
- Ketchup
- Fresh cilantro, basil, or parsley
More veggie-filled breakfast recipes: No-Bake Frittata with Kale
Equipment
- Air fryer
- Parchment paper (this is a must-have so that the zucchini pancake comes out neatly and doesn't stick to the tray)
- Olive oil sprayer (I love this refillable one!) or use a silicone brush to brush the parchment paper with oil to prevent sticking
- Colander or cheesecloth (to strain the extra liquid from the zucchini, I'll show you below how to do this!)
- Pan (to cook scrambled eggs)
More veggie-filled savory breakfast ideas: Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Instructions
Grate the zucchini on the large side of the grater.
Use a colander or a cheesecloth to squeeze all the water from the zucchini. You should get about ½ cup of liquid from 1 ½-lb zucchini. If using a colander, you'll have to squeeze all the water out with your hands. If using a cheesecloth, wrap it tightly around the shredded zucchini and squeeeeeze with all your might. You'll have to re-open the cheesecloth and rearrange the zucchini to get the water out from the center. I recommend the colander method because I find that it is easier to squeeze all the water out with your hands. It gets a little messy, but it's really east to rinse zucchini off you hand! I have a picture below of when I squeezed water out of yellow squash to make squash tots, it's the same process.
Add the egg, garlic, oil, salt, pepper, thyme to zucchini and mix well. Add the corn starch and flour and mix.
Line your air fryer tray with parchment paper. Try not to have too much excess parchment paper sticking up. Lightly spray or brush the parchment paper with olive oil.
Place about ½ cup of the zucchini "batter" in the air fryer (about ⅓ of the batter) and using the back of a spoon to spread it out into a circle shape. Smooth it out so it is the same thickness all around.
Air fry at 400F 5 minutes, or until the top of the zucchini tortilla is set and not jiggly. Take the parchment paper out and repeat to cook the other zucchini wraps.
Prepare your scrambled eggs (whisk together eggs, salt, and pepper) and scramble over low-medium heat in a large pan.
Assemble the zucchini wraps: Add a little bit of scrambled egg, a thin slice of lox, and some green onions to the zucchini tortilla. Roll it up / wrap it up, and enjoy!
More savory breakfast ideas: Savory Oatmeal Bowls
What to serve with zucchini breakfast wraps
These make a great light breakfast on their own, but for a more hearty meal, I would serve these with:
- Home fries (try these sweet potato home fries!)
- Toast (add some pesto butter to the toast, yum!)
- Hash browns
- Breakfast sausage
- Bacon
More recipes using zucchini: Zucchini Brownies
How long will zucchini wraps last in the fridge?
These zucchini tortillas can be prepared ahead of time, cooled down, and stored in the fridge for up to 1 week. I like to keep a layer of paper towel in between each zucchini tortilla to absorb any extra water that might separate out as they are stored.
Check out more low-carb breakfast ideas in this roundup of low-carb cottage cheese recipes!
How to reheat zucchini tortillas
I actually like to reheat these in the air fryer, just 1 minute at 350F is enough for me! This way they crisp up a little again.
Reheating these in the microwave works fine too, as is eating them at room temperature.
Recipe variations
- Try making this with yellow squash instead of zucchini, or use both types of summer squashes!
- Try adding a few tablespoons of grated cheese, such as a melty cheese like cheddar or provolone, or a hard cheese like freshly grated Parmesan to the zucchini batter mix.
- Try adding different dried herbs, such as Italian seasoning, dried basil, or herbs de Provence, for a different flavor.
More zucchini recipes: Zucchini Bread Pancakes
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Zucchini Breakfast Tortillas
Ingredients
- 1 medium zucchini - (about 8 inches, ½-lb of zucchini)
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon ground thyme - (or Italian seasoning)
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour - (or use gluten-free flour for gluten-free wraps!)
- salt - to taste
- black pepper - to taste
- 4 eggs
- salt & pepper - (for the scrambled eggs)
- smoked salmon / lox - (try homemade lox for a budget-friendly breakfast!)
- 1 scallion - diced (about 3 tablespoons diced), or use chives or other herbs
Special equipment
- Colander or cheese cloth to strain out extra liquid from zucchini
- Pan to cook scrambled eggs
Instructions
- Grate the zucchini on the large side of the grater.
- Use a colander or a cheese cloth to squeeze all the water from the zucchini. You should get about ½ cup of liquid from 1 ½-lb zucchini. I recommend the colander method.If using a colander, you'll have to squeeze all the water out with your hands. If using a cheese cloth, wrap it tightly around the shredded zucchini and squeeeeeze with all your might. You'll have to re-open the cheese cloth and rearrange the zucchini to get the water out from the center.
- Add the egg, garlic, oil, salt, pepper, thyme to zucchini and mix well. Add the corn starch and flour and mix.
- Line your air fryer tray with parchment paper. Try not to have too much excess parchment paper sticking up. Lightly spray or brush the parchment paper with olive oil.
- Place about ½ cup of the zucchini "batter" on the parchment paper (about ⅓ of the batter) and using the back of a spoon to spread it out into a circle shape. Smooth it out so it is the same thickness all around.
- Air fry at 400F 5 minutes, or until the top of the zucchini tortilla is set and not jiggly. Carefully remove and cook the rest of the zucchini tortillas.
- Prepare your scrambled eggs: whisk together eggs, salt, and pepper). Scramble over low-medium heat in a large pan with a bit of olive oil.
- Assemble the zucchini wraps: Add a little bit of scrambled egg, a thin slice of lox, and some green onions to the zucchini tortilla. Roll it up / wrap it up, and enjoy!
Notes
- Sliced ham, cooked strip of bacon
- Sliced cheese or shredded cheese - add to the tortilla before adding other toppings to let it melt a little, or pop back into the air fryer for a few seconds to melt the cheese
- Dollop of sour cream, salsa, or ketchup
- Fresh cilantro, basil, or parsley - finely diced
Nutrition
The nutritional information displayed is an estimate and not to be used as dietary or nutritional advice. Consult a nutritionist or dietician for nutritional info based on the exact ingredients you use.