How to Make a Soulfood Breakfast
Soul food is range of cuisine which is popular among African American culture. Usually when soul foods are mentioned, people talk about breakfast food. However, in ancient times during slavery, breakfast was the most important meal of the day. Nowadays many restaurants especially those located in the Southern American serve soul food breakfast all day long. There are several soul food breakfast items with Big Mama’s Skillet Southern delight being one of the most popular. Some other popular recipes include egg and biscuit scramble, cinnamon toast, Hoe cakes, Maple syrup, Peanut Butter and Jelly Granola Bars etc.
Instructions
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Big Mama’s Skillet Southern Delight
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 to 20 min
Total time: 45 to 50 min
Yield: 2 to 3 servings
Utensils: Skillet, large bowl, measuring spoons, frying pan, mixing bowl and serving plates and spoons.
Ingredients:
Vegetable or olive oil: 2 tablespoons
Potatoes, sliced: 6 medium
Yellow onion, diced: ½
Green pepper, diced: ½
Season salt: To taste
Black pepper: ¼ teaspoon
Celery seed: 1/8 teaspoon
Dash of crushed red pepper or cayenne, optional
Breakfast sausage, cooked and drained: 1 pound
Mushrooms, sliced: ½ cup
Water:1/8 cup
Shredded cheddar cheese: 1 cup
Eggs, beaten: 6 to 8
Margarine: 1 tablespoon
First you need to take a large skillet and fill it with oil. Heat it and then add potatoes, onions, green peppers, salt, pepper, celery seed and red pepper. Deep-fry with low heat for almost five minutes in order to prevent the ingredients from sticking. Then increase the heat and sausage. Stir for five minutes. In end you need to add mushrooms and water and cover the skillet. Heat it until potatoes are tender. Then pour cheese onto potatoes until it melts when you serve.
You can serve scrambled eggs with margarine with this. You need to prepare this in a separate skillet. -
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Big Mama’s Egg and Biscuit Scramble
Prep time: 25 to 30 min
Bake time: 10 to 15 min
Total time: 35 to 45 min
Yield: 4 to 6 servings
Utensils: Mixing bowl, stove, sheet pan, spoons, serving plates and spoons
Ingredients:
Breakfast sausage: 1 ½ pound
Chopped onions: 1 ¼ cups
Green peppers: 1 ¼ cups
Eggs: 10 large
Shredded cheese: 1 ½ cups
Buttermilk biscuits (baked and split): 6 large
First you need to brown the sausages, onions and peppers. Use skillet to do this. Drain them afterwards. Next you need to take eggs and mix them in medium sized bowl. Add this to the mixture you created first. Scramble it with medium heat on the stove.
Now you need to place the biscuit with their cut side facing upwards on a sheet pan. Add the scrambled egg mixture and cheese over these biscuits. Later place them in an oven. Heat these biscuits in 375 degrees and continue heating until the cheese on top melts down. -
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Breakfast Sausage
Prep time: 15 min
Bake time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Utensils: Baking dish, bowl, paper towel or tissue, serving plates.
Ingredients:
Sausage links: 9 to 12
Place the sausages in a skillet and brown them on all sides. Use a paper towel or tissue to drain them and then serve.
