So this all started because I was lucky enough to score my grandmother’s set of baking dishes.. not the baking for cakes and stuff.. but casseroles and all that yumminess! Awesome white pyrex… already broken in and in these awesome crazy sizes!
Anyways, I had maybe one smallish “Bowl” Of chili left from my super awesome crock-pot chili {I don’t even think it’d be a full bowl.. like half a bowl depending on your version of a portion}.. I didn’t want to eat it as is.. because after chili for 2 dinners and a snack.. it got a little old.. So.. I made it into an egg bake!
And let me tell you.. it rocked.. ok I won’t torture you anymore… here’s the recipe!
Ingredients:
• Chili {1/2 a bowl or more… However much you really want in it}
• 8 eggs
• 2 Sausages {I used the frozen, uncooked kind}
• Salt + Pepper
• Spices
• Crushed Red Pepper Flakes {If you want.. totally optional}
• Coconut oil or olive oil
How to:
{This is so easy it hurts}
• Pre-Heat your oven to 350 F
• Crack your eggs into a bowl, I add a splash of water into them {around 2 tbsp worth for that many eggs.. if you do dairy add milk or heavy cream!} and beat them a bit
• Dump your chili in.
• Slice up the sausages and add those in
• Add salt, pepper, whatever herbs you want {if any}. Beat it all together so it’s mixed
• But wait! Before you dump it into your baking dish of choice**, rub it down liberally with an oil of choice {coconut or olive oil, you could even use butter!}.
• Now dump it all into the pan… Bake for 35-45 minutes, until the middle is set {It’ll depend on your pan size and depth.. I start it at 25 minutes and watch it after that}
And Enjoy!
** I’ve used Round cake pans to do this, you could a big casserole dish, you could use a a fun shape cake mold.. even a muffin tin, which would rock because the kids could take it to school, or it’d be really easy to freeze that way in individual portions and you’d always have something yummy and quick on hand !
Here’s the awesome thing about this, if you have lets say left over filling from stuffed peppers or stuffed cabbage or something like that even if it’s raw you can still dump it in with the eggs, the meat will cook with the eggs and be done when they’re done! I wouldn’t recommend doing it with raw chicken though.. just because of timing an such… but cooked chicken would rock! Really replace that chili with whatever makes you dance around the kitchen excited to eat it… The beauty of using a filling or a chili is that it has spices, onions, meats already in it.. so you’re not chopping up veggies and making more work {And dishes.. ick… I hate dishes}.
However, sometimes I grab a bag of frozen veggies {combo bag} and will toss that in with eggs and lots and lots of sausage and bake it like that. If you eat dairy, add cheese in it! And then the last five or so minutes top it with more and let it get melty.. ohh that sounds good.
Don’t like breakfast or don’t have time? Use this for dinner! Serve it with a side salad and maybe an avocado or something and boom… insta-easy I can’t believe I barely did anything to make it dinner!
So think of this as a method and as your jumping off point to use your leftovers in a creative seriously easy way… Just make sure you oil down the pan! Or you’ll be in my icky situation.. It STILL won’t clean all the way.. *sigh* It’s almost there! hahahaha
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