Thursday, March 15, 2012

Bacon and chicken sausage fritatta

I've made the following recipe a few times because it's quick and easy to make. It's also very tasty. Basically it's an omelette so it can be made pretty much with whatever extra ingredients you want to add.


Review: As I mentioned above, this recipe is super easy to make and fairly cheap if you need to buy the ingredients because you don't already have them. I've made it a few times with different meats and this time I chose to make it with the leftover bacon and chicken sausage I had from the previous night's dinner; however, because it is basically like an omelette you can choose to add whatever meat you want, make it simply with cheese or add different vegetables to it. It takes about 45 minutes to cook and that includes prep. You can find the original recipe here from allrecipes.com.

Recipe: bacon and chicken sausage fritatta

  • 1 1/2 cups smoked sausage, sliced (you actually can use however much you want)
  • 1/4 cup diced onion
  • 6 eggs
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup sour cream
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese, divided (you can use however much cheese you want as well)

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Cook the sausage (or whatever meat product you choose) and onion in an oven-proof skillet over medium heat until the sausage has browned. If you want to add vegetables such as peppers add those with the onion and meat. That will take about 10 minutes. Drain excess grease from the skillet if there is any. Whisk together the eggs, milk, sour cream, salt and pepper in a separate bowl. Sprinkle the sausage with 1 cup of Cheddar cheese then pour the egg mixture over it. Bake in the oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and return to the oven until the cheese has melted, about one minute.

I actually cooked the meat and onion in a skillet and then after it was finished transfered them to an 8 x 8 pan, poured the cheese over it in the pan and then the eggs over that. I also didn't worry about the amount of cheese and just sprinkled a layer of cheese over the meat and then after it cooked sprinkled another layer of cheese over the top. I've tried it with bacon, I've tried it with smoked sausage, I've tried it with crumbled sausage and I've tried it with a combination. All are good.

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