Sausage, Potato And Egg Skillet

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb hot breakfast sausage
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium onions
• 2 medium russet potatoes, boiled with skins on
• 4 garlic cloves
• 6 large eggs
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese (any preferred type)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°.
• 2 in a 10-inch cast iron skillet brown sausage until crumbly and medium brown in color.
• 3 stir as required.
• 4 while sausage is browning peel potatoes and cut in to 1/2-inch cubes, chop onion and mince garlic.
• 5 after browning, remove sausage from pan with a slotted spoon, add potatoes to pan and carefully brown them in the sausage fat.
• 6 remove potatoes from pan and add to reserved sausage.
• 7 add butter to pan (if required), once butter is melted add onion and cook until slightly brown and soft, add garlic and cook till aromatic.
• 8 while onions are browning, light whisk eggs, half-and-half and sugar till slightly foamy.
• 9 return potatoes and sausage to pan, mix well with onion and garlic.
• 10 season with salt and pepper.
• 11 pour egg mixture over sausage/potato/onion, sprinkle on 1/2 the cheese and mix, sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
• 12 place pan in preheated oven; cook for 10 minutes and then lower heat to 350° and cook for an additional 10-20 minutes (depending on how you like your eggs). keep an eye on the pan--if the cheese gets too brown, then cover with buttered aluminum foil.
• 13 serve with hot sauce and toast.
• 14 •variations:.
• 15 add mushrooms, green pepper, red pepper and sauté with the onions.
• 16 season the egg mix with hot sauce, replace half-and-half with yogurt.
• 17 cheese selections, i prefer a small amount of provolone and parmesan mixed in the eggs with none on top--the wife likes cheddar on top and mixed inches.