Big Country Breakfast Burrito
Quick Reference
| Product | Receiving | Storage- Open/Thaw | Thaw Time | Storage Hold Time | Cook Time | Minimum Internal Cooking Temp | Quality Serving | Hold Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tortillas | Freezer | Cooler | 24 hours | Unopened-90 Days (Freezer) Cooler-2 days once thawed | 1 = Button 1 2 = Button 2 | |||
| Sausage | Freezer | Freezer | Expiration on case | 7 minutes | 155°F | 150°F – 160°F | 60 minutes | |
| Bacon | Freezer | Cooler | 24 hours | 7 minutes | 145°F | 4 Hours- Room Temp | ||
| Eggs | Cooler | Cooler | 2-3 minutes | 150°F – 160°F | MPHC- 30 minutes 4-Quart Container- 48 hours | |||
| Hash Rounds | Freezer | Freezer | 2 min 15 secs. | 150°F – 160°F | 10 minutes | |||
| Sausage Gravy | 150°F – 160°F | 6 hours |
Q.A. Standard: Tortillas should be completely thawed before serving. Wraps should be soft and moist. There should be no dry or hard areas on the wrap.
Tools Needed
- 1 oz. ladle
- #8 Disher
- Biscuit splitter
- Cutting board
- Brown tongs
- 3 ½ size 2 inch deep pan
- Sharpie
- Two ½ size wire grate
- Solid lids for MPHC
- 1/6 4 inch pan
Worksafe
- Never run the microwave oven empty. This may cause a fire.
- Cases of flour tortillas should always be stored flat. Never store cases on their side. See photos below.
Tortillas
Rotating and Thawing
- During opening, rotate ONLY the next day’s product from the walk-in freezer to the walk-in cooler
- Tortillas must thaw for 24 hours prior to use
- When tortillas are rotated from the walk-in freezer to the walk-in cooler, use a sharpie marker to mark the package with the following information:
- Pulled By Date/Time: Date & Time the product is removed from the walk-in freezer
- Ready By Date/Time: Exactly 24 hours from the pulled by date and time
- Use By Date/Time: End of Breakfast, the day following the Ready by date
- See example below:
Pulled by date/time: 7-22-20 4:00 A.M.
Ready by date/time: 7-23-20 4:00 A.M.
Use by date/time: 7-24-20 End of Breakfast
Holding
- Remove tortillas from the walk-in cooler 1 hour before use so that they can reach a holding temperature of 50°F – 70°F
- Before use, flex the room temperature package of tortillas. See photo below.
- Tortillas must be held away from any heat source in their original bag
- Place 1 bag of tortillas on top of deli liner into a ½ size 2-inch deep pan with lid
- Once the bag has been opened, be sure to seal the bag in-between uses to maintain product freshness
After Breakfast
After breakfast, any sealed/unused, thawed product can be placed back into the walk-in cooler for the next day’s use, as long as the product has not exceeded the use-by date marked on the package.
Big Country Sausage Burrito
- Pull down a foil wrap and lay upside down on the make-up table with the word “Special” at the top
- Place a 10” floured tortilla on the center of the foil wrap
- Use 1 oz. ladle, portion sausage gravy about 1/3 from bottom of tortilla side to side
- Use #8 disher to evenly portion scrambled eggs over sausage gravy
- Bring down the cutting board and biscuit splitter. Use red tongs to place 1 sausage patty on the cutting board.
- Use the biscuit splitter to cut the sausage patty in half (2 even size pieces)
- Place the 2-half pieces on top of scrambled eggs
- Use brown tongs to place 5 hash browns evenly across sausage
Big Country bacon Burrito
- Pull down a foil wrap and lay upside down on the make-up table with the word “Special” at the top
- Place a 10” floured tortilla on the center of the foil wrap
- Use 1 oz. ladle, portion sausage gravy about 1/3 from bottom of tortilla side to side
- Use #8 disher to evenly portion scrambled eggs over sausage gravy
- Place the 2 whole bacon slices on top of scrambled eggs
- Use brown tongs to place 5 hash browns evenly across bacon
Folding Breakfast Burrito
- With the product running horizontal, fold right and left sides into tortilla about 1/3 onto the mixture
- Fold the bottom of the tortilla to center (No product should be side on sides or bottom)
- Roll the tortilla bottom over the ingredients (Burrito appearance- No product showing)
Wrapping Breakfast Burrito – Use Foil Wrap
Ensure the word “Special” is facing away from you. With the big country wrap diagonal (corner to corner) on center of wrap, fold the bottom left corner of the paper wrap about halfway up until it touches the tortilla
Fold the top right corner of the paper wrap over until it touches the tortilla
Fold the bottom right corner of the paper wrap up until it touches the bottom of the tortilla
Roll up twice from bottom right corner to top left corner
Use a sharpie to mark the burrito:
“S” for big country sausage burrito
“B” for big country bacon burrito
Holding
- Prepared big country breakfast burritos can be held in the display in a ½ size 2inch deep pan with wire grate for 1 hour as long as the meat temperature holds to at least 150°F. Use QA tag to mark discard.
- No more than 6 burrito should be placed in the display at one time
- During changeover, breakfast burrito are prepared to order