Recipes

Southern Breakfast Tower

Ingredients:

Grits

4 cups                                     chicken stock or plain water

2 tablespoon                          butter

kosher salt to taste

Red New Potatoes

4 cups                         diced potatoes (washed)

½ cup                          vegetable oil

¼ cup                          green bell pepper

3                                  crushed garlic cloves

½ cup                          white onion

salt and pepper to taste

 

Hotlinks

4                                                                    hotlinks

 

Cajun Country Gravy

¼ cup                                      vegetable oil

¼ pound                                 ground turkey

1 tablespoon                          garlic powder

¼ cup                                      flour

2 cups                                     milk

2 teaspoon                             Cajun seasoning

white pepper to taste

Eggs

2 tablespoon                          butter or margarine

3                                               eggs (beaten)

Chopped green onion (for garnish)

 

Directions:

In a 2-quart saucepan bring chicken stock or water to boil.  Add butter and salt.  Add grits.  Set aside.  In large skillet add vegetable oil.  Then add potatoes.  Cook until tender.  Add bell pepper, garlic, and onion.  Cook for 5 minutes.  Add salt and pepper.  Drain excess oil and set aside in warm oven.  Grill hotlinks.  Set aside.  In medium saucepan add oil and brown ground turkey.  Add garlic powder and flour until thick clumps form.  Add milk, Cajun seasoning, and white pepper.  Simmer for 5 minutes until thickens.  Cover and remove from heat.  Fry eggs in butter

Building the tower: Coat the inside of a 2” metal ring with vegetable or butter spray.   Place in center of plate.  Put grits in ring (pack firmly), then potatoes.  With back of spoon, place on top of potatoes and very lightly hold potatoes down as you remove ring.  Top with eggs, then hotlinks.  Spoon gravy around tower, garnish with green onions.  Serves 4

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