Rancho Huevos

When hubby and I would go to Boston to visit his mom, one of the dishes she would always make for us was rancho huevos. Before I met my hubby I had never had rancho huevos let alone heard of it….still have a hard time pronouncing it. My Southern kicks in and it comes out something like raaaeenchoo hoorverus. Anyway, her version of the dish is always delicious. She taught me how she makes it, and since then I have put my own spin to it. Ofcourse, hers will always be hands down, the best. Hubby asks for me to make mine frequently, so he seems to like mine as well.

These go great with refried black beans….yes I said refried black beans (another yummy thing I discovered since meeting my hubby) and warm corn tortillias. Ok and being the bacon lover that I am, a side of bacon along with it as well makes me swoon.

You will need…..

2 cans of diced tomatoes, an onion, 2 cloves of garlic, cumin, dried cilantro, salt and of course eggs.

First, chop up the onion…..

then mince the garlic.

Heat a pan on medium high heat. Add a few Tbs of olive oil.

Throw in the onion and the garlic. Cook until onions begin to soften.

Add the tomatoes, undrained. Reduce heat to medium.

Next add cumin, salt and cilantro. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes.

Make a hole in the tomato mixture and add in the egg.

Repeat with desired amount of eggs, making sure they have a little space between them.

Cover the pan and reduce heat to medium low. Cook for about 10 minutes or until eggs are cooked.

Serve right away.

Enjoy!

Rancho Huevos

Ingredients:

eggs
2 cans of diced tomatoes, undrained
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
salt to taste
1/4 tsp cumin or more to taste
2 tsp dried cilantro or more to taste

Directions:

Heat a pan on medium high heat. Add a few Tbs of olive oil. Throw in the onion and the garlic. Cook until onions begin to soften. Reduce heat to medium and add the tomatoes, cumin, salt and cilantro. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes.

Make a hole in the tomato mixture and add in the egg. Repeat with desired amount of eggs, making sure they have a little space between them. Cover the pan and reduce heat to medium low. Cook for about 10 minutes or until eggs are cooked.

Serve right away.

Home Fries

One thing I love for breakfast, besides bacon that is, are home fries. Those little diced potatoes that are fried in the pan til crunchy on the outside but tender on the inside….heaven.

Here’s what you need:

Potatoes, an onion, canola oil (or any other kind of oil you prefer), butter, salt and pepper.

Peel the potatoes and cut into small bite size chunks.

Dice 1/2 of the onion.

In a cast iron skillet, drizzle enough oil to cover the bottom then add 2 Tbs of butter. Heat to medium high heat.

Throw in the potatoes and the onions. The onions will get very brown, if you prefer your onions a little less done, throw them in with the potatoes about halfway through the cooking time.

Cook for about 8 minutes.

Turn the potatoes over and continue cooking another 8 minutes, then put them into the oven and continue to cook at 415 degrees for another 10 minutes, stirring at least once, until potatoes are done. I like to finish the potatoes off in the oven so I can have the stove free to finish the rest of breakfast while the potatoes cook.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve along side your favorite breakfast items. You can even crumble bacon into the potatoes to make it even more delicious.

Enjoy!

Home Fries

Ingredients:

Potatoes, peeled and cut into bite size chunks
1/2 onion, diced
canola oil
2 Tbs. butter
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
In a cast iron skillet, drizzle enough oil to cover the bottom then add 2 Tbs of butter. Heat to medium high heat.

Throw in the potatoes and the onions. The onions will get very brown, if you prefer your onions a little less done, throw them in with the potatoes about halfway through the cooking time. Cook for about 8 minutes. Turn the potatoes over and continue cooking another 8 minutes, then put them into the oven and continue to cook at 415 degrees for another 10 minutes, stirring at least once, until potatoes are done.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve along side your favorite breakfast items. You can even crumble bacon into the potatoes to make it even more delicious.

Sausage and Egg Biscuit

Down South biscuits are a big thing. They’re great for breakfast or part of the evening meal. Moms and grandmothers pass their biscuit making skills down to their daughters, granddaughters and sons with love and attention. I can remember when I was a little girl, my mom rolling out the dough, she even had a special cutter she used to get them all just the right size. I do occasionally make biscuits from scratch just the way my mom taught me, but I must confess….here I go with the confessions again…I use a biscuit mix most of the time. Yep, it comes from a box. I think some of my Southern relatives just swooned.

This is it right here….my secret is out. It’s a little known brand but I can’t tell you how many never knew my biscuits were from a mix.

ok really, I do add some of my own touches to it so I guess you can say it’s semi homemade? That counts right? But you can use a mix or your made from scratch recipe. Either way, whats even better is a biscuit with sausage and an over easy egg nestled right in between.

So lets get down to it.

If using a mix, follow the box directions.

I like to add 1 1/2 Tbs. of cold butter, cubed.

Just throw it into the mix.

Then add 1/8 tsp. salt.

Mix with a fork, cutting the butter into the dry mixture. Then add any milk or water as directed.

I don’t always roll my out my dough, I like to form them with my hands and then put them into a pan sprayed with no stick spray.

Cook according to the directions, I bake mine at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes.

While the biscuits are cooking start with the sausage.

I had a few Italian sausage links leftover in the freezer.

I took those out of the casings and formed them into patties. You can use ground sausage as well.

Place patties in a skillet. Heat to medium to medium high heat.

Cook about 7 minutes, then turn them over and cook for another 5 minutes or until done; set aside.

Now for the eggs over easy:

In a small skillet sprayed with no stick spray or melt 2tsp. of butter. Add eggs to the skillet and cook over medium heat. When the whites of the egg starts to set, season with salt and pepper to taste.

Gently turn egg over. Cook about 30 seconds, then remove from pan. if you don’t like your eggs over easy, you can cook them until the yolk is done.

After biscuits are done, split in half. Add sausage.

Then top with the egg

and other half of biscuit.

I do have to warn you, this is messy but oh so good.

You may even find yourself eating this with a fork.

Enjoy!

Sausage and Egg Biscuits

Ingredients:

Biscuits
sausage patties
eggs, cooked over easy

Directions:

Make biscuits either from your favorite recipe or from a mix. If using a mix, add 1 1/2 Tbs. cold butter, cubed and 1/8 tsp. salt. Mix with a fork until dry ingredients are blended. Add water or milk according to box mix directions. Bake at 450 degrees (unless directions say otherwise) for 10 minutes.

In a skillet over medium to medium high heat, cook sausage patties for 7 minutes, turn them over and continue to cook another 5 minutes or until done.

In a small skillet sprayed with no stick spray or melt 2tsp. of butter.Add eggs to the skillet. Cook egg over medium heat. When the whites of the egg starts to set, season with salt and pepper to taste. Gently turn egg over. Cook about 30 seconds, then remove from pan. if you don’t like your eggs over easy, you can cook them until the yolk is done.

After biscuits are done, split in half. Add sausage then top with the egg and other half of biscuit.