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Best Egg Recipes

No omelets or frittatas please.

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  1. I like deviled eggs, there is so many variations you can do with them. And for breakfast
    I like chorizo with my eggs and fried potatoes and onions.

    1. One of my favorite breakfast places in college served an amazing skillet dish that I recreate at home from time to time. I vary the amounts of each ingredient depending on my mood, so I'll just list them out and let you decide how much (or little) of each to use:

      Sausage links cut into small pieces
      Chopped onions
      Hash brown potatoes
      1-2 slices of American cheese
      1-2 eggs served sunny-side up

      I layer everything into the dish basically in the order that it's listed. I put the cheese between the hash browns and the eggs so that it melts nicely, and I use the shoe-string version of hash browns rather than the chunky ones because I love the way the egg yolk seeps into them after it's pierced.

      1. Baked eggs are a fun variation. Serve with a nice crusty toast. You can also change up the vegetables and cheeses, perhaps adding tomatoes if you like, or replacing the parm with chedder or gruyere. Oh, and you can do more eggs if you need.

        Baked Eggs

        10 oz baby spinach leaves
        1/4 cup finely chopped onion
        1 garlic clove, finely chopped
        2 tablespoons unsalted butter
        5 oz mushrooms, thinly sliced (2 cups)
        1/3 cup heavy cream
        1/4 teaspoon salt
        1/4 teaspoon black pepper
        1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
        4 large eggs
        2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan




        1. We really like stratas, which is more of a concept than a recipe:

          Basic Strata
          Grease 9X13 pan
          1 loaf slightly stale good quality bread cubed (sourdough, French, ciabatta), not Wonder bread
          4 eggs
          1 1/2 - 2 cups milk (whole, 1/2 & 1/2, cream), skim will be watery
          Seasonings (s&p, freshly grated nutmeg), herbs to complement filling chosen
          Options: 2 cups grated cheese of your choice, 2 cups sauteed veggies of your choice(mushrooms, peppers, spinach, shallots, onions, zuchinni, squash, leeks, eggplant, tomatoes - well drained), 2 cups cooked meat (crumbled breakfast sausage, chorizo, Italian sausage, bacon, ham)

          Layer bottom of cassrole dish with cubed bread, then layer of meat, cheese, veggies. Repeat until you have used all ingredients. Beat eggs & milk, add seasoning, pour over casserole, poking to ensure all ingredients are covered. Sprinkle top of casserole with additional cheese. Cover and refrigerate for up to 12 hours. Bake in preheated 375 oven for 45-60 min removing cover for last 15-20 minutes to brown top. The variations of this are endless and great for weekend brunch as it serves 8.

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          1. re: Diane in Bexley

            The other night for dinner I made;
            Super crispy hashbrowns topped with refried beans, fried eggs, salsa, green onions, cilantro and sour cream. Served with warm tortillas...awesome.

          2. Eggs Sardou
            Serves: 6

            Legend has it that Antoine Alciatore (1824-1877) created this dish especially for French playwright Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) on the occasion of a dinner he hosted for the playwright. During the 19th century, Sardou produced light comedies, satiric tragedies, and historical dramas such as La Tosca. Sardou is considered one of the greatest figures of the Art Nouveau culture and his plays were popular in America.


            • 3 cups creamed spinach
            • 6 large (or 12 small) artichoke bottoms
            • 12 poached eggs
            • 3 cups Hollandaise sauce


            1. Put ½ cup warm creamed spinach on each warmed plate.
            2. Place 1 or 2 warm artichoke bottoms on the bed of spinach, then set 2 poached eggs on the artichoke bottoms.
            3. Cover each portion with ½ cup hollandaise sauce.

            Note: Prepare the creamed spinach ahead of time. Use fresh or frozen artichoke bottoms (fresh is always preferable), but make sure they're the best quality. Warm them up and set the pan in a 175 º oven; do the same with the creamed spinach. Prepare the hollandaise sauce and set the container in warm water while you poach the eggs. Assemble on warmed plates.

            Creamed Spinach Ruth’s Chris
            Serves: 6

            As served at Ruth's Chris Steak House in New Orleans.


            • 2 (10 oz.) packages fresh spinach
            • 2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
            • 1½ teaspoons flour
            • ¾ cup milk
            • 4 drops Tabasco®
            • ½ teaspoon salt
            • ⅛ teaspoon white pepper


            1. Pick the stems off the spinach, and wash.
            2. Put the dripping-wet spinach into black cast iron pot over medium-low
            3. Cover the pot and cook until the spinach has completely wilted.
            4. Remove the spinach and chop.
            5. In the same saucepan you used for the spinach, melt the butter and
            add the flour.
            6. Stir in flour until creamed together.
            7. Heat the milk until steaming in a microwave oven.
            8. Stir in milk a little at a time.
            9. Constantly stir with a whisk.
            10. Add the salt, pepper and Tabasco ®.
            11. Cook over low heat until the sauce becomes thick and smooth, then remove from heat
            12. Stir in chopped spinach until completely blended.

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            1. re: speyerer

              Spreyerer, no nutmeg or chopped shallots (onions) in the creamed spinach?? Have been making this dish for 25 years and IMHO, the nutmeg & onions are what sets it above all other recipes. The addition of Tabasco does sound intriguing, will have to try that next time I serve creamed spinach. This is one of DH's favorites veggies and a requirement for rib eye/porterhouse steak or prime rib at our house. Haved also added 2-3 T grated Parmesan once in a while to make it richer.