Breakfast is served

I love breakfast, I love hash browns, and I love bacon. You too can make excellent hash browns at home with very little effort. Here are the basic ingredients. You want to shred the spuds on a knucklebuster.



Put the potatoes in boiling salted water. Let it return to a boil and cook for a minute or two. Try for a translucent look. Drain and rinse out the starch. I use this same technique to make potato pancakes. This way the potatoes do not turn gray while you are making them.



Add peppers, onions, garlic to hot oil. Salt and pepper too...



Cook for a little bit to get it nice and brown.


While that is cooking, let's discuss pork strips. This is my caramelized peppercorn, before and after. It is cooked so it is still pliable.



Breakfast is served.


Here is a bonus breakfast: Migas.  This is meal explains why I am here. I would never of heard of this dish if it wasn't for Roadfood. It is made with red and green peppers, jalapenos, onion, chorizo, crisp corn tortilla chips, cheese and eggs. I have never made this before, but it was very good. This was a winner!!



I like how my photos have a steamy vapor that I can assure you is very aromatic.  As always, I hope that you are inspired to try this for yourselves at home.

mark

Doggydaddy - Thanks for the cooking tips on the hashbrowns...I'm making them next weekend!

Very, very impressive.  Thanks.  You and JohnA should be a tag team duo....

Sure wish you had a breakfast diner here!

Very Nice!  I never tried boiling the potatoes first.  They looked perfect.
 
And any breakfast with hot peppers is a home run for me.

Come to think, please tell us how you made the Migas.

Beautiful Mark. Those hash browns look better than Waffle House.

Now please go to Denny's and tell them how to brown their hash 'browns'...

wow!  looks absolutely fabulous!!!  you can cook breakfast for me any time, mark!!

joclyn


wow!  looks absolutely fabulous!!!  you can cook breakfast for me any time, mark!!

joclyn,

Just to let you know, I am as easy as my eggs... If I came for breakfast, how are your muffins?

mark

Thanks for all your nice comments. As I have written, I hope to inspire others to try their hand at cooking.

Baah, I give John a lot of credit for all his cooking contributions. I'll let him man the grill.

Mellowroast,  I wish I was anywhere south of the Mason/Dixon line, and I am really close to getting out of the frozen north.  A diner in Chatanooga would be fine with me.

As for the migas, this is another case of me cooking unemcumbered by the thought process. I knew the basic idea behind it, but it wasn't until after I made it that I went to look for a recipe name. Turns out that this was a very close duplication of the dish.  I have since learned that this is just as popular in Spain and Portugal, when I thought this was a Mexican specialty

I cooked up the chorizo, with the onions and peppers. I added he tortilla chips and they actually started to soften a little. From there, I added the eggs and cheese.

mark

Excellent, thank you!  I'll try my hand at migas.

Looks GREAT!

doggydaddy

joclyn


wow!  looks absolutely fabulous!!!  you can cook breakfast for me any time, mark!!

joclyn,

Just to let you know, I am as easy as my eggs... If I came for breakfast, how are your muffins?

mark

i'm not much of a baker and haven't ventured to do muffins - make a pretty darn decent banana bread though :)

excellent doggydaddy,everything looks great.
don't care for those miga things but you can make me breakfast anytime.

Mark,
 
I too love Breakfast, probably my favorite meal of the day...  This looks amazing and I love the hashbrowns... You truly are my new hero!!!

Bob loves hash browns, but I could never seem to get them right.Thanks for the tip on boiling in water for a bit-I think that solved my problem!

===i'm not much of a baker and haven't ventured to do muffins - make a pretty darn decent banana bread though :)===

I am biting my tongue, trying to refrain from banana jokes....

I'm glad that I may have helped in culinary encouragement to you all.  Truthfully, the caramelized bacon is my favorite go-to item when I make breakfast for others.  I suggest that you folks try that one too.
Coming up....Eggs Benedict. I made this one back on New Years Day, but I'll give a demo soon. It is easier than it looks.



mark

When making hash browns, I find giving the raw slivers a ride in the salad spinner makes a big difference in the outcome.

Never heard of MIGAS, do you have a recipe or guide to go buy - looks fantastic/delicious...

   Thanks, Mark, and consider me inspired. I will have a go at the hashbrowns this Sat. morning and again, thanks much.