Easy Sunday Brunch

I just made this dish for a last minute brunch when we found out Wes was coming through town this morning. I saw it on Food Network yesterday and it impressed me, which was surprising because it's from a Food Network host that I don't like. I used ground beef and chorizo but for you girls that are not eating red meat, you should definitely try it using ground turkey and turkey sausage. I believe chorizo is pork so I think you could probably still use it if you want. I served with a couple simple buttermilk pancakes.

Brunch Skillet

1/2 lb ground beef, or ground turkey

1/2 lb fresh Chorizo, or turkey sausage

2 medium red potatoes, chunked

1/2 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 springs fresh rosemary

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

4-6 eggs, depending on size

1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley for garnish

In a medium skillet over medium/high heat, add ground beef and chorizo in enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan. Cook until brown, breaking it up as it cooks. Add in the onion, garlic, rosemary, red pepper flakes and season with salt and pepper to taste. Let that cook down until your potatoes are fork tender. At this point, you add your eggs straight in to the skillet on top of the hash. Season with salt and pepper and cover with the lid. Let the eggs cook until desired doneness. Sprinkle over your parsley and serve.

I like my eggs over easy but I accidentally overcooked them. It was still delish though. I was happy with the way it turned out, aside from that. This is a super easy, low stress dish because it’s an all in one pan - easy clean up!

Buttermilk Pancake Batter

2 cups Flour

2 teaspoons Sugar

2 teaspoons Baking Powder

1 egg

2 cups Buttermilk

pinch of salt to taste

I measured everything in to a big, glass measuring cup with a little pouring spout so I could use that to pour the batter on to my nonstick pan with less of a mess. I let the batter rest for about 30 minutes in the fridge and it thickened up a bit. I also didn’t have any buttermilk so I used the old regular milk plus a few teaspoons of white vinegar trick. You could also add a few tablespoons of sour cream to your milk now that I think about it. I found that using a cooking spray on my nonstick pan over medium heat works the best with pancakes, spraying in between each batch. The pancakes aren’t super thick and fluffy but they were still tasty with butter and real maple syrup.