Frittata is the perfect breakfast food--or lunch or dinner or midnight snack food. In other words, frittata is perfect any time of the day or night. What makes the frittata delicious of course, depends on the ingredients and cooking method. Here, we combine chicken sausage, eggs, and parmesan cheese and kick up the flavor with basil, sun dried tomatoes, Italian spices and jalapeno pepper. So whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner, this is a great anytime dish.
What Is The Difference Between Frittata, Omelette and Quiche
Each of these dishes involves eggs in a pan, so choosing which would be right for you depends on what your cooking and preparation preferences are. You can essentially add the same ingredients to any of these dishes.
Frittata: A frittata has eggs and your chosen ingredients mixed together in a pan and baked in the oven. Typically, the meat, vegetables or spices are sauteed before adding the eggs, but the process is simple enough for a novice cook.
Omelette: To make an omelette, you cook the base of scrambled eggs in a pan, and add your omelette ingredients on top of that. You then flip the omelette in half. An omelette requires more finesse in preparation than a frittata or quiche, due to the fact that if you mess up the flipping, you basically will have scrambled eggs.
Quiche: A quiche requires the advance preparation and baking of a crust, which is more time consuming than either the frittata or the omelette.
For all of those reasons, we choose to make this simple frittata.
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Ingredients For Frittata
Only a few ingredients and a little chopping are required to make this dish.
olive oil
garlic clove
eggs, whisked
Italian seasoning
half n half
fresh basil leaves
sundried tomato in oil
jalapeno diced
onion
cooked diced chicken Italian sausage
parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F.
Whisk eggs and half and half and set aside.
Place oil, jalapeno, onion and garlic in oven safe pan. Cook 1 minute then add the sundried tomato. Add chicken sausage, and saute.
Add eggs, spreading evenly over pan. Sprinkle parmesan over the eggs and sprinkle the basil leaves into the wet eggs and parmesan. Season with salt and pepper. Cook the eggs on the stove top on medium heat for 3-4 minutes to allow the eggs to set. Don't stir the eggs.
To finish the dish and create the golden brown top, place the pan in the oven and cook for 3-5 minutes.
Check the middle for doneness with a fork or skewer and pull the pan out when ready. Set the pan on the cutting board and place a high heat spatula carefully under frittata and loosen. Slide the frittata onto serving dish and top with a dusting of paprika.(optional)
Variations
Eggs are probably the most versatile food available, and while this frittata is prepared with ingredients to create an Italian flavored dish, you can substitute any meat, cheese, vegetable or spice that you prefer to create your signature frittata.
Equipment
You will be cooking the frittata in the oven for a period of time, so it is important to have an oven safe pan.
Storage
We do not recommend storing or freezing this frittata. Eggs are best enjoyed immediately after cooking.
Top tip
It is important to confirm that the eggs are done before removing from the oven. You can check the middle for doneness with a fork or skewer and pull the pan out when the eggs are firm and ready. Set the pan on a cutting board and carefully place a high heat spatula under frittata and loosen.
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What To Serve With Chicken Sausage Frittata
Regardless of what meal you are serving this Frittata for, we suggest serving it with your favorite fruits, fruit juices or fruit smoothies.
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