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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Homemade Sausage Egg McMuffin Recipe

I woke up this morning craving grease. Perhaps it was that extra cocktail I had last night, but for whatever reason, I just had get my hands on a cholesterol-laden breakfast sandwich. Let me begin this with a full confession-- I have eaten a McDonalds Sausage McMuffin with Egg before, so let's get that one out in the open, and believe me, I am fully aware of the pink goo controversy as well as the chain restaurant's penchant for frying potatoes in beefy flavored oil. However, sometimes on rare occasion, I just don't feel like making breakfast for myself so I've hopped into my Honda and driven the full half mile to the Mickey D's for a McMuffin. Lazy, unhealthy and contributing to all that's wrong in the food world. I know.

So, this morning, I set out to make my own version and what a treat it was. I started by pan frying some Aidell's Sausage with Roasted Garlic and Gruyere along with an organic brown egg....
Then, I toasted up an English muffin....
Then, I stacked it up with a small slice of American cheese (for full Mickey D's effect, of course)...
...and, Voila! Runny egg, meets runny processed cheese in toasty, sausagy heaven.

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9 comments:

  1. Cucina49December 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM

    I so should not have clicked on the link for the pink goo. Yuck--just yuck. Your McMuffin looks vastly superior to the McDonald's kind, and hopefully it helped to soak up that extra cocktail.

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  2. Tim VidraDecember 29, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    I have not made one of these in a while! I am going to put some whole hog sausage on the list for my first breakfast in 2012.

    E.A.T.

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  3. KENDRA BAILEY MORRISDecember 29, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    It did a most excellent job of soaking up the booze, thank you :) Tim, let me know how it turns out with the whole hog sausage. BTW, where can you find that in RVA? My grandfather used to can his own sausage after a hog killing. Never had anything as good since.

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  4. Mary JamesDecember 30, 2011 at 1:41 AM

    Oh my...I am craving one now. Made my own English Muffins last month...may have to do that again just for this!

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  5. LemonDecember 30, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Looks like a gorgeous breakfast, yum.

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  6. Tim VidraJanuary 2, 2012 at 4:36 PM

    Kendra, I know there are some claims to "Whole Hog" sausage in RVA but I believe it is a marketing term and pale in comparison to what you and I call whole hog. The whole hog sausage I get on occasion comes in a ziploc bag with "Country Sausage" written on it from a guy in Roanoke when he has it. I will let you know when I come across some and keep my eyes open.

    Happy New Year to you and yours!

    E.A.T.

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  7. KENDRA BAILEY MORRISJanuary 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM

    Oh, I would love some Tim! Let me know what you find out. Thanks

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  8. UnknownJanuary 8, 2013 at 5:32 PM

    Just made one and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing.

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  9. KENDRA BAILEY MORRISJanuary 9, 2013 at 7:07 AM

    Thank you so Sarah! It's so much better than Mickey D's, no?

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