All the Single Ladies - Egg Bake
We’ve come a long way from the church basement egg bakes….
To clarify, these are a couple of my single ladies. Meet Violet, Roxy and Tortoise.
These ladies are getting up there in years, so they don’t give out as many eggs as they used to, but a couple years ago, we were scrambling to use all their eggs as quickly as they came. It has pushed me to come up with quite a few egg recipes. Don’t worry, there will be more!
Another piece to this story: my husband decided it was a good idea to buy THREE POUNDS of pepper jack cheese from the Amish this week. To his defense, it was $2.85, so who could pass that up?!
Anyway, it was time to break out this recipe to use up some of the cheese… If anyone has any other suggestions on what to make with pepper jack for this week- I’m all ears! Otherwise, the rest of this will make its way into the freezer for later this week!
I’ve made several variations of this recipe over the years, but here is the best I’ve found:
Ingredients:
12 eggs- bonus if they’re fresh
Olive oil
2 jalapenos- chopped
1 bell pepper- color of your choice- chopped
1 onion- chopped
3 cloves of garlic- minced
1 lb spicy sausage
1 lb regular sausage
tater tots- enough to cover the bottom of a 9x11 pan
1/2 cup of cream
1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup of shredded pepper jack cheese
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp pepper
Optional- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of salt- This can be left out depending on your preference. The cheese and sausage add saltiness, but I do add a little bit.
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9x12 pan with butter and layer the tater tots in however you’d like. I'm a little particular, so I like them all lined up.
In a separate pan, heat oil. Add peppers, onion and garlic. Cook until soft. Add meat and mix well.
While the meat is cooking, beat eggs, cream and spices. Set aside.
When the meat and veggies are cooked, spoon it over the tots. Don’t dump it. You do not want the liquid. That’s what makes it pushy and will remind you of the egg bakes you had in the church basement! Not what we are going for.
Sprinkle some of both cheeses over the meat and veggies.
Dump egg mixture into the pan, making sure it is evenly distributed.
Add the rest of the cheese to the top.
Bake for about 45 minutes. This egg back will not turn out runny, so if it is runny, let it cook a bit longer. Let it sit for 5ish minutes before cutting and serving.
Enjoy! And thank your chickens.
