My weekend breakfast life has gone through phases. For a very long time, all I ever ate on lazy Saturday and Sunday mornings was waffles. I didn't have a waffle maker, so going out for brunch and getting thin crisp waffles drowning in maple syrup, or thick chewy Belgian waffles topped with fruit was a treat. Then I went through several years of pancakes - all kinds, but thick, light and fluffy were my favorite. Of course, eggs play a role almost every day, but for big breakfasts, I was always an omelette girl, and even went through the "egg-whites only" period.
However, I've never gotten into Eggs Benedict of any sort, though other people go bonkers for them. I don't mind them. I don't think they taste bad. I just never order them myself, and only three or four times in my life have I actually made them (and it seems always to be around a holiday). I think the super runny yolk freaks me out a little.
But these are a twist on the traditional Eggs Benedict. People have made Benedicts with crabcakes, with spinach, smoked salmon, but this is a southern fried version that, if you really read into it, isn't a Benedict at all. It's a fried egg on sausage instead of Canadian bacon, biscuit instead of English muffin (the one pictured is not a biscuit - use your imagination), and drowning in gravy instead of Hollandaise.
Yes, it does sound a bit like a Sausage Biscuit from McClownburger, but this one is on a plate. And since you have to eat it with a fork, you can serve it for brunch, daaah-ling.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1-29-2006 @ 1:47PM
Robyn said...
This is kind of like a Loco Moco (egg with hamburger and rice)! Interesting... I don't believe I've ever had any of these variations... except the Egg McMuffin-type.
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1-29-2006 @ 2:33PM
andrew said...
reading this, i just realized that the Hawaii "loco moco", fried egg on top of a hamburger patty, on top of white rice, smothered in gravy, is their asian, blue collar version of eggs benedict.
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1-29-2006 @ 4:41PM
sarah said...
i've never had loco moco, but must try :)
and an egg mc muffin is basically eggs benedict to go.
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1-29-2006 @ 6:26PM
rita said...
Are those twinkies under the eggs?
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1-29-2006 @ 6:56PM
sarah said...
LOL!
rita - it is just bread.
though i wonder what a twinkie benedict would taste like.
scratch that - i don't want to wonder. LOL!
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1-30-2006 @ 5:12PM
nando said...
I cant get enouph of Saskas in San Diego they have a Carne Asada Benedict, topped with sliced avocado.
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