Serious Eats: Recipes
Dinner Tonight: Breakfast Sausage, Home Fries, and Eggs
[Photograph: Nick Kindelsperger]
It's not often, but sometimes I just need to revel in greasy diner fantasy with only meat, eggs, and fried potatoes involved. The trick is to get as many ingredients as possible fried in the sausage fat. These are just the rules. Break them and you'll have a perfectly fine dinner, but if you follow along, this simple meal can reach extraordinary heights.
Apparently Emeril Lagasse shares this fantasy with me. This recipe from the Food Network adds a slight Creole twist to this diner classic. A little green bell pepper gives it a nice freshness, and the sprinkling of Creole powder adds some kick.
Of course, Emeril would like you to use some of his special concoction, but I used a mix from Penzeys with good results. The amount of canola oil you use will vary wildly depending on how fatty the sausage is. Just make sure there's always fat in the pan. This is not a light meal.