Great, Easy One-Dish Dinner.

by Carlos J. Collazo
(Westfield, NJ)

Filled Omelet is a delicious and easy one dish dinner or brinner recipe. The French name for this dish is omelette au lard et aux pommes de terre. But because I added cheese and fresh herbs, in addition to the potatoes, it can be called simply a filled omelet.

1) To get started, first do your mise-en-place: Gather your eggs, any seasonings or flavorings you'd like to use, vegetables, herbs and spices , Prep the onions, garlic, fresh parsly, and fresh oregano by finely chopping them. Grate some cheese (Set all these prepped things aside.

2) Now, take however many eggs you want in your omelet (I used four) and beat them in a bowl to make an egg mixture. To the egg mixture add the finely chopped fresh parsly & oregano. Add salt and pepper. Set mixture aside.

3) I boiled 2 Idaho potatoes until they were still firm, not mushy and cut them into cubes.

4) In a skillet, saute diced bacon in skillet with olive oil, along with finely minced garlic and onion. Add cubed potatoes to the sauteed diced bacon, garlic, and onion.

5) Put beaten egg with herbs mixture in a very hot omelet pan. Chef recommends a Teflon pan for this, but I find my trusty cast iron skillet doesn't stick and works well.

6) Then add the grated cheese to the omelette - whatever kind you'd like. Then pour as much of the sautéed potatoes on top of the omelette as you can.

When I made this concoction, I couldn't wait to try it, especially when I saw and heard the crackling and sizzling of the cheese and potatoes cooking in the skillet. It tasted as great as it looked and sounded!

7). Plate the filled omelette. You can add a vegetable side, but if you serve it alone, you still have an easy, satisfying, one-dish brinner!

Carlos J. Collazo
Westfield, NJ


Chef Todd Says:
Thank you for sharing, Carlos. That's a too hearty a meal to save for breakfast. It's a brinner inspiration for sure! It's got it all, protein, starch, fiber, dairy. Great contribution.

Chef Todd