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$Backpacker\'s Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings$

Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings

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Enjoy the easy-to-prepare Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros meal on your next adventure. The meal features dried egg mix, red beans, chilies, onion, bell peppers and cheese.

To prepare, simply add water, blend well and let stand for 10 min. to rehydrate the beans; blend again then cook over low heat while stirring frequently
Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
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Ingredients: egg whites, egg yolks, red beans, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto), butter sauce (modified corn starch, salt, whey solids, non-fat dry milk, dehydrated butter, natural butter flavor, sugar, xanthan gum, lactic acid, turmeric and annatto), bell pepper, tomato, onion, salt, apple cider vinegar (maltodextrin, food starch-modified and apple cider vinegar), new mexico chili pepper, green chili pepper, garlic, jalapeno chili pepper. contains: egg, milk, soybean. Allergen information: contains egg, milk, soybean. Produced in a facility that processes peanuts, milk, soy, wheat, gluten, egg and tree nuts.

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Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings Customer Reviews

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Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings

2.0

(based on 10 reviews)

30%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Flavorful (3)

Cons

Best Uses

- Reviewer Profile:
- Casual/ recreational (6), Avid adventurer (3)
- Was this a gift?:
- No (7)

Reviewed by 10 customers

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May

2013

4.0

People need to read directions

By Cabinguy

from Madison WI

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Good Value

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

I just need to repeat the point that Mitch makes in his review. People really need to read the package and realize what they are buying. These are not freeze dried eggs they are POWDERED eggs. When you add hot water to this it makes beaten raw eggs not cooked eggs like a freeze dried product. As such they cost less that half what the Mountain House eggs cost.
I have found these very helpful in a variety of recipes and once cooked are pretty good on their own with the addition of a little more spice. But that's just my taste most folks will find them fine just as they are.

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Mar

2013

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Awesome Breakfast!

By Mitch17

from Colorado

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Goes Down Easy
Good Value
Tasty

Cons

Best Uses

Car Camping

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

I usually don't post reviews, but I was reading the other reviews about this breakfast, and I think a lot of them are related to user-error. It sounds like people aren't following the cooking instructions. Backpacker's Pantry eggs need to be cooked in a skillet. They're not like Mountain House eggs that you just add boiling water to. And, even though they take a little more work, I think Backpacker's Pantry eggs are really really tasty. Nice job Backpacker's Pantry. It's spicy and has really good flavor, and the beans give added protein for us vegetarians. Other people considering buying this product - if you follow the cooking instructions, you'll be very very pleased!

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Feb

2013

(0 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Not Good

By JEmote

from Carbondale, IL

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Flavorful

Cons

Runny

Best Uses

NONE

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

Just picked this up on a whim while on my way out of town to camp. What a disappointment! It was runny and gross to eat. The flavor wasn't so bad, but it was like egg soup. Not a good effort on the part of Backpacker's Pantry.

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Sep

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Disgusting

By D Ness

from Lynnwood, WA

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Pros

Cons

Difficult To Prepare

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

It didn't asorb the water and I could see the powder floating around. I tried a bean and it was still crunchy. I let it sit twice as long as directed just to be sure. When I dumped it out it looked like vomit which pretty much sums it up.

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Aug

2012

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Almost Ruined Huevos Rancheros Forever

By RollingRocker

from The Cloud Peak Wilderness

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Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

I had been leary of trying rehydrated eggs and after eating this nasty egg soup concoction I now know why. The flavor wasn't to bad but the beans took forever to rehydrate and the eggs turned into a gritty soup like mixture that together was one of the most awful things I've ever eaten. They should use this stuff on fear factor!

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Jun

2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Not Practical Trail Food

By Bergsteigerulo

from Tiburon, Ca

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Pros

Flavorful

Cons

Needs A Pan to cook

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

For a distaer readiness kit, this is not badm however; for mountaineering it is unpractical because you need a pan to cook food in, where other freeze dried meals simply need a hot water added into the package. With that kind of convenience, Backpackers Pantry meals are antiquated, unless you want to carry extra pans and clean after your finished cooking.

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Jun

2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Forget it.

By Cedarbend

from Warroad, MN

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

This stuff was horrible. We had used a different breakfast from "another brand" the day before and that was pretty good. If we had started out eating this one I would never have even tried eating another one. This was not worth buying or eating. I would rather just eat a nice packet of instant oatmeal than this grainy, tasteless stuff.

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Jul

2010

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

I liked 'em

By Kajsa

from MN

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Flavorful
Lightweight
Nutritious

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Extended Trips

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

We had these on a recent trip to the BWCA, and of the three people on the trip, one liked them and went back for seconds, one thought they were good but not great, and one thought they were ok but said he'd bring them again. Prep was fine, other than our cook not reading the bit about using a non-stick pan; even so, the finished product was quite edible.

Note:
The packaging and ingredients list of the ones we had were updated from what's shown here.

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Mar

2010

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Runny Eggs

By Snow Chief

from Vancouver, WA

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Pros

Nutritious
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Difficult To Prepare
Texture - Runny

Best Uses

Backpacking
Extended Trips

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

I tried these eggs 2 times. Each time the eggs were very runny and did not care for the texture. Once I drained the excess liquid, the texture was better but felt I lost a lot of flavor. They were very salty too.

The only reason I did not give this a 1 is because they are still better than the old, original military style eggs and they were edible (where some meals are not even edible).

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May

2009

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Wasn't good

By I need a nickname?

from Sacramento, CA

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Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Huevos Rancheros - 2 Servings:

I won't buy this again. They used powdered eggs and mixed in some spices. I came out with a very disgusting look. The taste was barely okay. If it was all I had, I would eat it, but I would look around very hard for something else. I would stick with a brand that used freeze-dried eggs instead of powdered eggs.