I have to admit… of all the breakfast foods I’ve ever eaten, the omelette is by far my all-time favorite. Even my wannabe Huevos con Chorizo recipe takes a back seat to the almighty omelette! I don’t [yet] have a nice flat-top on which to cook these delightful dishes so I’ve had to attempt mastery of the art of flipping two and three egg omelettes in a nice little non-stick pan - the second greatest invention on earth in terms of food, second only to ketchup in a squeeze bottle! I like making these for myself or family and friends however when the opportunity presents itself to flip these lovelies for a crowd, I jump all over it. Last month at our annual Memorial Day beach party I put on a spread of ‘build your own’ parts for made-to-order omelettes for a crowd of around 20 people. I browned Jimmy Dean sausage, fried a couple pounds of bacon, sauteed onions and mushrooms, then went to town chopping raw red and white onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, cilantro, roma tomatoes, and jalepeno peppers. This fiasco was merely a dress rehearsal for the big show later this year where I’ll have a team cooking up short order “breakfast for dinner” meals for a crowd of 200!
Putting all of this together at the party a few weeks ago made me think of an omelette cooking method that had to have been the craziest thing I’ve ever heard - a BOILED omelette? It’s a cheeseless creation passed to me by a friend that requires only a pot of boiling water and some sandwich ziplock baggies. Boiled omelettes work the same way as the flat top or pan versions, the only difference is that you drop your favorite ingredients into the ziplock baggy, pour in two whisked eggs, zip-seal the baggy and drop it in the boiling water for two minutes. Fish your omelette out of the boiling water with tongs, or a net, maybe and let it cool enough to be handled them turn the baggy inside-out to serve. For those of you that can’t endure an omelette without cheese [meaning you're like me] just sprinkle some shreds on it and enjoy.
This method is a lot of fun for just a few people or a whole crowd and as a bonus, kids seem to love it as much as the grownups! It’s a perfect tailgating dish(just keep the little ones away from the boiling water!)