Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Scalpel's Texas Omelette


So tender you can cut it with a scalpel.
Now with EVEN MORE butter!

Red bell pepper slices
Jalapeno pepper slices
Diced ham or Canadian bacon
Bacon bits
Grated cheese
Red potato, pre-boiled
2 eggs ,well-scrambled
English muffin

Stir-fry the sliced red onions, red bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, bacon bits, and diced ham in a little butter over medium heat. Place aside on a plate and sprinkle with grated cheese. Cut the previously-boiled red potato into wedges and simmer it in butter with some sliced red onions over medium heat, turning occasionally until well-browned. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, then remove onto a plate. Start toasting the muffin now because you're almost done.

Put another small dab of butter into the same Teflon-coated medium skillet and coat the skillet, still over medium heat. Pour in the egg mixture and allow to cook unmolested for 20 seconds or so, then lift up one edge of the omelette slightly and tilt the skillet so that the soupy uncooked eggs on top can flow around to contact the hot skillet underneath. This will cause one side of the omelette to be slightly thicker than the other. The thicker side will be flipped over the top.

Place the meat/veggie mixture on the thin side of the omelette and then fold the thick side carefully over the top with a spatula, trying not to tear the eggs. Cook for a few more seconds, then flip the omelette with a quick confident wrist action and cook the other side for a few more seconds. No guts, no glory when it comes to flipping omelettes. If you try to baby it, you'll mess it up.

I sprinkle the top with salt and pepper and a few shakes of Tabasco sauce. You'll notice the muffins aren't buttered. They don't need to be. They will absorb the butter from your mouth.

Enjoy.

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7 Comments:

Anonymous SuperBadJack said...

Look at that fancy plate.

Way to fancy for a down-home meal like that.

11/26/2008 01:24:00 PM  
Blogger Sevesteen said...

Only thing I'd change is the pan--a round cast-iron griddle is hard to beat for omelets. Teflon is for people too weak to lift cast iron :)

11/26/2008 08:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The omelet looks good. But the english muffin looks "rare". I prefer mine medium well :)

I agree with Sevesteen that cast iron is the preferred cooking vessel, but since I am one who is too weak to lift my cast iron for omelets, I've reverted to teflon skillets. Still use the cast iron for most other cooking though. A tribute to my southern mother from NOLA who always cooked with cast iron.
CardioNP

11/26/2008 09:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's about danged time you posted a recipe. How long has it been. Looks good.

Sallie

11/27/2008 08:05:00 PM  
Blogger ERP said...

Sounds good but I wonder if it should come with some Pepcid.

11/27/2008 08:22:00 PM  
Blogger Epijunky said...

Daaaang Scalpel...

Now i just have to convince someone to make one for me.

11/27/2008 11:13:00 PM  
Blogger Uro*MA said...

Omg that looks amazing!!

12/22/2008 11:52:00 PM  

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