Nest Egg Omelet

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 corn tortillas
• 1/2 lb chorizo sausage or 1/2 lb bacon or 1/2 lb breakfast sausage or 1/2 lb ham
• 4 ounces cheese (monterey jack, hot pepper, cheddar or what ever is on hand)
• 2 bell peppers (bell, red or green, chopped)
• 1 onion (medium size, chopped)
• 3 onions (green, sliced)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon chili powder (omit if using chorizo)
• sea salt and black pepper (fresh ground)

Recipe

• 1 cut tortillas into ¼ to ½ inch strips.
• 2 in a heavy skillet heat 2-tablespoons butter.
• 3 add tortilla strips.
• 4 browning slowly.
• 5 in another heavy skillet, cook the sausage or ham or bacon.
• 6 drain, crumble and set aside.
• 7 wipe out the skillet and add 1-tablespoon butter.
• 8 sauté the onion and peppers just until they are soft.
• 9 add the chili powder.
• 10 mix the onion, peppers and meat together. arrange the tortilla strips to cover the bottom of a skillet.
• 11 add the meat mixture on top.
• 12 do not stir.
• 13 add 1-tablespoon butter to the skillet.
• 14 beat the eggs and add to skillet.
• 15 let cook until almost set.
• 16 slice green onions and sprinkle on top. shred cheese or just cut into pieces and place on top.
• 17 set under broiler until cheese is browned and bubbly.