Scramble Egg Breakfast Tacos with Quick Cider-Chipotle Breakfast Sausage

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup apple cider
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tsp ground chipotle pepper
• 1 tsp dried sage, crushed
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme, crushed
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1 # ground pork
• EGGS
• 1 Tbsp clarified butter
• 8 large eggs
• salt and pepper
• 12 butterhead lettuce leaves
• whole30-compliant pico de gallo or hot sauce
• chopped avocado optional
• fresh cilantro leaves optional

Instructions

1. Prepare the sausage: In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Add the ground pork and use your hands to thoroughly mix
2. the seasonings.
3. In a large skillet, cook the sausage over medium-high heat until browned, using a wooden spoon to break up the meat into small pieces as it cooks.
4. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the sausage to a bowl. Pour off any fat remaining in the skillet and wipe out the skillet.
5. Prepare the eggs: Place the skillet in which you called the sausage over medium heat and add the butter. Ina medium bowl,
6. which the eggs just until the yolks are broken. Pour the eggs into the skillet. Cook, stirring often, until they reach the desired doneness.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Divide the sausage and eggs among the lettuce leaves. Top with pico de gallo and, if desired avocado and cilantro.