Josh Scherer’s Excessive-Protein Turkey Breakfast Burrito Recipe
JOSH SCHERER USED to see health as one thing he might measure. Six years earlier than he helped launch Legendary Kitchen, a wildly widespread YouTube meals channel, in 2020, he was a collegiate athlete.
“Once I was a hammer thrower at UCLA, health meant being 270 kilos and deadlifting twice my body weight so I might spin in a circle and throw a heavy metallic ball,” he says. “Now that I’ve zero ball-based bodily obligations, health is just the power to stay an lively life-style free from ache and fatigue.”
That also means (mild) Olympic lifts however now additionally mountaineering, pickup basketball, yoga, rowing, and HIIT. Scherer, who’s a self-trained chef, says his weight loss program is simply as assorted and contains pizza, rooster wings, and burritos—solely his more healthy spins on them.
“Residing a wholesome life-style really makes me really feel like I’ve the ability to vary something in my life for the higher, and that’s an unimaginable feeling,” he says.
Here is his Weights & Plates recipe.
Turkey “Chorizo” Breakfast Burrito
Often, Mexican chorizo is made with pork and might style heavy and greasy. Right here, Scherer swaps in lean turkey and improvs on the spices to re-create the flavors—with out the heft.
What You will Want:
1 lb floor turkey
1 Tbsp chili powder
2 tsp paprika
1½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp cumin
½ tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp white vinegar
Cooking spray
½ cup spinach
2 eggs
1 small avocado, diced
2 Tbsp pico de gallo
1 tortilla burrito
Learn how to Make It:
1. In a big bowl, add the turkey, chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, cumin, ½ tsp black pepper, cinnamon, vinegar, and a couple of Tbsp chilly water. Combine nicely by hand; let the
combination sit a minimum of 10 minutes within the fridge.
2. Spray a big pan over medium warmth with cooking spray. Add the turkey combination, utilizing a wood spoon to stir
and break into superb crumbs. Cook dinner until carried out, 5 to 7 minutes. Take away ¾ of the combination and save for future burritos.
3. Add the spinach; saute until wilted, about 1 minute. Add the eggs and scramble, about 2 minutes. Season to style with salt. Switch the combination to a bowl and canopy.
4. Wipe out the pan, warmth it over medium excessive, add the tortilla, and warmth until pliable, 10 seconds a facet. Take away, then prime with the eggs, turkey combination, avocado, and pico. Roll, then place again within the scorching pan, seam facet down, until sealed (about 10 seconds). Wrap in foil, or simply eat with scorching sauce.
A model of this text initially appeared within the October/November 2023 subject of Males’s Well being.
Paul is the Meals & Vitamin Editor of Males’s Well being. He’s additionally the creator of two cookbooks: Man Connoisseur and A Man, A Pan, A Plan.
